Gardening Tips & Resources
Growing our own food for community resilience:
Growing our own food for community resilience:
Hello BAM families! It gives me so much hope to be part of a community that is responding to overlapping crises of racism, police brutality and Covid-19 with an increased commitment to building a strong, self-sufficient and safe community for all. I feel that one small part I can play in these efforts is to share my gardening knowledge widely and support your efforts to grow food for yourselves and our community. As a start, I have distributed seeds, soil and plant starts to many of you, and now I would like to share some more information about how to care for your plants.
Hello BAM families! It gives me so much hope to be part of a community that is responding to overlapping crises of racism, police brutality and Covid-19 with an increased commitment to building a strong, self-sufficient and safe community for all. I feel that one small part I can play in these efforts is to share my gardening knowledge widely and support your efforts to grow food for yourselves and our community. As a start, I have distributed seeds, soil and plant starts to many of you, and now I would like to share some more information about how to care for your plants.
Transplanting:
Transplanting:
In this video, I demonstrate how to transplant a seedling by removing it from a small container and re-planting it into a larger space.
In this video, I demonstrate how to transplant a seedling by removing it from a small container and re-planting it into a larger space.
Planting Guide: This resource provides some general plant-care tips, explanations of a few common gardening terms, and a brief description of the needs of some of the summer crops I gave out to families.
Planting Guide: This resource provides some general plant-care tips, explanations of a few common gardening terms, and a brief description of the needs of some of the summer crops I gave out to families.