Southside Garden Tour -August 18

Good news for all of the supporters of Peace Garden, Pgh and the garden at 11th and Bingham!

Our community garden will be featured on the first annual Southside Garden Tour hosted by Green n'at on Saturday, August 18th. The tour will start at 18th and Carson and will go from 10-2. You will need to buy tickets (for a suggested donation of $5.oo) which you can find around the city and at the Enchanted Garden on 13th Street. Be sure to let us know if you have any questions.

We are asking for volunteers to help show off our hard work at the garden and talk to guests about some of the unique features of our garden. Let S.J. or Anthony know if you are interested in doing so. This is our chance to show how cool our neighborhood really is!

Summer Expansion Project

Good News From the Peace Garden!

The Summer Expansion Project has been completed. This means that we have added two new garden plots and of course new plants. Additionally, we have finally purchased our rain barrel from the Millvale Borough. I would highly recommend the barrel. If you would like one for your own garden, check it out here: http://www.millvalepa.com/Rain-Barrels.aspx 

Corn, beans, and peppers 

along with beets, spinach, and peas have all been planted over the weekend. Now all we need is a little rain! When it's this dry, we appreciate if anyone can bring water for their own plants as well as any plants that look thirsty. I would like to thank everyone who has been endlessly hauling water to the garden over the past month. The work is really starting to pay off.

We are harvesting Swiss Chard, coriander, peppermint and ginger mint, basil, and a few remaining strawberries. 

Please let me know if anyone has any comments or questions about Peace Garden Pgh or the Garden at 11th and Bingham. We have lots of fun in store for the summer. Keep in touch and thanks for all your help.

- Anthony

Community Day

Southside Garden
Community Day

Bring a plant and get to know your neighbors!!

We will be digging beds, planting, and doing activities for kids.

Sunday, June 3, 2012
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Garden @ 1105 Bingham St.

Buy a plant from a local store, like True Value on Carson, or the Enchanted Garden on 13th!

See you there!

What's Happening at the Garden

This is Anthony for the garden update. I had a neighbor ask me earlier this week: "what's happening at the garden?" It's a good question, because we have not had too many activities lately.

The good news: We have a LOT to do.

As we always say, we turn vacant lots into a lot of fun. PGP turns an empty lot into a growing lot. Basically, we have a lot of fun. This year is no different.

We plan to lay out three large garden beds this year. The rear bed has strawberries already growing, artichokes, spinach, and horseradish. The middle bed has broccoli and kale. I am in the process of extending this bed now. It will have tomatoes, zucchini, and flowers. Finally, the front bed. I have not even begun to plow this yet, so any help would be much appreciated. Please let me know if you are interested. I have some peppers that would go well here, but there is a lot of space to fill, so also let me know if you want to see any other plants.

In short, that is what is going on at the garden this month. Hopefully we will have some fun activities before too long. We really hope that you get a chance to stop by and see how it looks!

May - Week One

Strawberries and Rain

It was quite a rainy, stormy week here in Pittsburgh. With that, we the plants are loving it and growing like mad! This is Anthony with another PGP update. 

"Spring has sprung"

As soon as the rain pauses, I plan to get into the garden at 11th and Bingham to till the soil. This year, we are ready to plant some tomatoes, broccoli, cilantro, lettuce, and beans. We already have artichokes, horseradish, grapes, raspberries, and strawberries growing. 

We will welcome any other additions that anyone would like to bring in. If you are unsure about where you would like to plant something, be sure to let us know and we will find the right spot together. The garden will also be in need of some weeding this spring. The only thing we ask is that you don't pull out anything that you DON'T KNOW what it is. When it doubt, let it be. 

As a final note for today, PGP is still trying to fill up the summer calendar... We are open to any community activities or groups that would like to work with our space. Just drop us an email and we'll pick a time for the event. We will be sure to post any updates or notices as they come in.

Thank you for your support and be on the look for fresh veggies soon.

Anthony

Garden Clean Up - Saturday, April 21st

1105 Bingham St. Pittsburgh, PA 15203

Come spend an hour or two getting the Southside community garden ready for spring planting!

If time allows, we will do our first tilling of the season.

time: 12-6pm

See you there

New Growth

Hello all,

This is Anthony with a mid-week update. I just wanted to share that we used some ingredients from the garden in a great meal last night. We made salmon and quinoa, using broccoli rab, chives, lettuce sprouts, and cilantro straight from the garden.

Everything is growing right along with this amazing weather. I've noticed flowers on our broccoli (that has survived from last year) blueberries (see photo) and even on our strawberries! Strawberries don't usually come in until June or July, so this was quite a surprise.

Speaking of growth, we are always looking to grow our numbers of volunteers, so if you have not yet made your Earth Day Resolutions (it's coming up on April 22nd) then why don't you commit to help us with a garden clean-up? Stay posted for more details!

Thanks,

Anthony

New Fence for a New Season

Welcome to another exciting year of urban agriculture! This is Anthony with the update. We are well into year three of Peace Garden Pgh and we are already off to a great start.












First, we put up the new fence with some local help. The combination of warm weather in March and the overall mild winter has brought out the garden spirit in us, as well as the plants. The morning glories are already peaking out of the soil and reaching for the new fence. We even have some broccoli and kohlrabi that weathered the winter!












Next, we are putting together the plans for the new season. Here is a taste of what is in store:

- Garden Clean-up (in April)
- Garden Party Kick-off (in May)
- Saturday's in the Garden (May to November)
- Garden Fitness
- Cooking Classes

And more!

So please stay tuned, check in often, and get your garden shoes on.












- Anthony