• The Victory Garden Initiative promotes the use of our own backyards (and front yards and rooftops and patios) for the production of food. We are gardeners supporting other gardeners in their own paths towards a self-sufficient, sustainable, and healthy food supply. Through mentoring, modeling and outreach we aim to make Victory Gardening a way of life for everyone. Gardening is the new protest, the passive resistance of our time. Lay down, next to me, in front of this bulldozer. gretchenmead@hotmail.com

JANUARY:  WEEK FOUR
     In last week’s column we discussed seed catalogues.  I hope you found one or two of them that suited your gardening needs.  Unfortunately, it may take a week or two for them to arrive but now you have the urge to grow something and it’s single digits outside. 
     There is one way [...]

A good Rain Barrel Link

http://www.mcgov.org/content/dep/rainscapes/barrels.htm

Seed Catalogues

     This week’s installment of “What Should I do in the Garden Today” pertains to seed catalogues and placing your seed orders.  Each year I enjoy reading the various seed catalogues that I receive.  I have included a list of some favorites and why I purchase from them…..and what I avoid.   
      A review of seed suppliers [...]

What to do in the garden in January?

“WHAT TO DO IN THE GARDEN THIS WEEK”  -  January Week Two , submitted by Winestained
As I sit inside watching the snow fall waiting for the next round of shoveling my sidewalk, it is a great time to begin writing my first installment of “What to do in the Garden this Week”. I know, it may seem crazy at [...]

Interesting info about dairy farming.

T-Shirt Contest

Hello All – Ive got a challenge for you.  Artists and artisans, foodies and gardeners, and those who have good ideas.  We need some new Victory Garden Initiative T-shirts. Something sexy, something funny, something interesting, something we can hand screen print.  Got any ideas?  If you come up with something, we will post them on [...]

Introducing Winestained

Hello All,
Today, I would like to introduce to you one of our fellow co-conspirators, who has a knack for writing and researching really great, basic and complex gardening information.  I met “Winestained” on craigslist just over a year ago.  I put out an add, probably not unlike the gorilla from Ishmael, in search of  gardeners [...]