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Welcome to the Community Roots Ohio Blog where we talk about what we're growin' and showin'. We love sharing our passion for all things seeds, soils, gardens, and more! Through our blog, we hope to share all that is happening around our greenhouses and gardens and to inspire one gardener to another. If you're interested in volunteering with us, please check out our volunteer page!
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Community Roots
Dec 18, 20181 min read
Cardboard Recycling
Have an abundance of cardboard this holiday season?! Bring it on down to us and we will recycle it with our deep mulching method. Just...
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Community Roots
Dec 8, 20181 min read
New Community Composting Partner!
Thanks to our volunteers Quentin Platt and Emily McKinley we now have a new community compost source from downtown Mount Vernon! Along...
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Community Roots
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Community Gardens Intercollegiate Workday
Students from Kenyon College and the Mount Vernon Nazarene University came together to help us manage the rehab of former Glass Gardens...
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Community Roots
Oct 26, 20181 min read
Transitioning to Winter
Doesn't feel much like winter when you are still harvesting jalapeños! All these beauties went straight into the MVHS kitchen today. We...
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Community Roots
Aug 4, 20181 min read
Rummage Sale to Raise Funds for Garden Fence!
Rummage sale next weekend (8/10-8/11) to raise money for the rehab of the former Glass Garden greenhouses and to build a fence around our...
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k frye
Aug 4, 20181 min read
Next Local Food Council Meeting (Knox Co.)
Good afternoon Knox County Local Food Council and Friends, Our next meeting is Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 at the Kenyon College-Wright...
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Jeremiah Kohl
Aug 3, 20182 min read
Volunteering with Community Roots
Working with Community Roots has been great so far. I decided to volunteer with them because I wanted a way that I could give back to the...
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Community Roots
May 18, 20181 min read
Making Use of This Cold Dreary Spring!
We assembled our grow lights, getting a head start on autumn season extension! #farmtocafeteria #schoolgarden
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Community Roots
May 18, 20181 min read
Our MVHS greenhouse is cooking!
We transplanted 20 seedlings of oregano and jalapeño plants today. We learned how to brake up those girdled roots: "break 'em up like...
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Community Roots
May 15, 20181 min read
Extra MVHS Workday Due to GREAT WEATHER (finally!)
We painted compost collection buckets today (and learned a little about the physics of particle drift in these breezes!) The students...
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Community Roots
Apr 28, 20181 min read
Tubers for the Door!
Chef couldn't work with the tiny potatoes that came in an order last month, so he let them sprout and gave them to us to start a little...
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Community Roots
Apr 21, 20181 min read
MVHS - learning transplanting
This Friday we learned how to transplant seedlings and boy did the students do a great, careful job with them! One even declared the...
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Community Roots
Apr 6, 20181 min read
MVHS Spring Break Update
Spring Break must’ve been good for our project! We resumed our farm-to -cafeteria work today and found nearly everything had germinated!...
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Community Roots
Apr 5, 20181 min read
Upcoming Garden Class: DIY Seed Paper & Seed Tape
$10 - includes free childcare activity making seed bombs April 14 10-Noon see https://www.communityrootsohio.org/garden-classes for more...
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Urban Arbors
Apr 3, 20182 min read
Free Fertilizer
You know how it goes, April showers bring May flowers...pretty it up with images akin to the Morton salt girl visiting the Netherlands...
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Community Roots
Mar 17, 20181 min read
Winter Seed Sowing Class & Fairy Garden Building
Our first class was a hit and the fairy gardens were terrifically whimsical!
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Urban Arbors
Mar 14, 20183 min read
What The Crocus?!
A common question this time of year is how the early spring bulb flowers survive those late snows in March and April. The answer is there...
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Community Roots
Mar 9, 20182 min read
MVHS Farm-to-Cafeteria Project Update
Well, March is at its Marchiest. Temps in the 30's and snow flurries, lots of clouds and no sunshine...morale was a little Marched on...
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Community Roots
Mar 6, 20181 min read
March Meeting Knox County Local Food Council
In this meeting the newly reformed council worked on creating a simple mission statement that would help guide future work. The current...
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