A casual look at gardening in the north suburbs of Chicago and a look at our local CSA and Farmers' Market.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Potatoes are popping up
With all the rain we received this week (3.5 inches by my rain gauge) I was a bit worried about the potatoes I planted. I did not want them to rot in the soil, but after checking up on them I have found a couple of sprouters popping or beginning to pop out of the soil. Yeah!
Farming and the environment have been a passion of mine for along time. As a kid I would help my grandfather with his garden and I would play in the streams and forests that made up the Arkansas and Ohio backdrops of my childhood. As an adult I have focused my life on educating children about the wonders of nature and the joys of gardening. I have worked at environmental education centers as well as learning farms. For the last five years I have worked and devoted much of my free time to Prairie Crossing Charter School, whose mission is to educate the next leaders of our world about the importance of the environment and sustainable farming.
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