The first of three scheduled planting parties this month took place on Saturday, May 15, at the St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm communal garden (located by the See House behind St. Peter’s By The Sea Episcopal Church on Lincoln Street). In addition to the slideshow above (which also includes some photos from a SEARHC WISEGUYS men’s [...]
Archive for the ‘Let's Grow Sitka’ Category
• St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm hosts first planting party of the season
Posted in Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, Uncategorized, tagged Blatchley Community Garden, community garden, Doug Osborne, encouragement, food, food security, garden, Let's Grow Sitka, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, produce, projects, SEARHC, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, WISEGUYS men's health group on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
• Endless Summer Ecological Garden and Landscape is a new service for Sitka gardeners
Posted in Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, Uncategorized, tagged ANB Hall, Endless Summer Ecological Garden and Landscape, food, food security, garden, garden and landscape planning, growing and maintenance, harvesting, herbs, Jesse Remund, landscape, Let's Grow Sitka, medicinal plants, planting, produce, Sitka, Sitka gardeners, Tracy Sylvester, vegetable gardens, vegetables on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Jesse Remund and Tracy Sylvester are offering a new service to Sitka with their Endless Summer Ecological Garden and Landscape company. Jesse and Tracy say they can help Sitka gardeners take local food to a new level. They will help local gardeners grow vegetables, herbs and medicinal plants by providing expertise and grunt labor. They [...]
• Sitka growers to contribute to local CSA venture
Posted in Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, greenhouse, tagged bananas, beets, berries, blueberries, bread, Brian Pierce, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Down To Earth u-pick gardens, encouragement, Eve's Farm, Evening Star Grutter, Fabian Grutter, farmers market, Florence Welsh, food, garden, Gimbal Botanicals, green beans, greens, Hope Merritt, Judy Johnstone, kelp products, lemons, Let's Grow Sitka, limes, Lori Adams, market, oranges, Organically Grown Company of Portland Ore., pineapples, potatoes, produce, radishes, raspberries, Renee Pierce, Simple Pleasures of Alaska, Sitka, Sitka CSA, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sprucecot Gardens, strawberries, The Pierce Family, The Welsh Family Forget-Me-Not Gardens, tomatoes, wild berry jelly, zucchini on March 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
One of the latest trends in farming is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), which enables people to buy local, seasonal food directly from the farmer. Renee and Brian Pierce, who own the locally made kelp products and wild berry jelly shop Simple Pleasures of Alaska, are working with Sitka growers to start a small CSA venture [...]
• Florence Welsh updates her popular garden guide for Sitka
Posted in Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, education, tagged berries, carrots, drainage, edible and ornamental plants, education, encouragement, farmers market, Florence Welsh, food, fruit trees, herbs/mints, insects, invasive plants, Let's Grow Sitka, lettuce, organic, potatoes, produce, sand, seaweed, seed starting, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, slugs, The Welsh Family Forget-Me-Not Gardens, vegetables on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of Sitka’s best known gardeners is Florence Welsh, who heads up The Welsh Family Forget-Me-Not Gardens. The Welsh family has been gardening in Sitka since 1984, and the garden on Davidoff Street has been used to teach other gardeners what works in Sitka. Several years ago Florence wrote a guide to help other gardeners [...]
• Photo album from the 2010 ‘Let’s Grow Sitka!’ available
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Let's Grow Sitka, Photo galleries, Sitka Local Foods Network events, education, tagged ANB Hall, carrots, community garden, community greenhouse, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), education, encouragement, fish, Florence Welsh, food, garden, Let's Grow Sitka, market, potatoes, produce, projects, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sonja Koukel, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, UAF Cooperative Extension Service on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Sitka Local Foods Network extends a big thank you to the more than 200 people who stopped by Sunday, March 14, for the “Let’s Grow Sitka!” garden show at Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. If you stopped by, you were able to check out booths from local gardeners who sell their surplus veggies, learn about [...]
• ‘Let’s Grow Sitka!’ garden show takes place Sunday, March 14
Posted in Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network events, education, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, food, farmers market, community garden, community greenhouse, traditional foods, produce, berries, education, encouragement, Linda Wilson, Sitka Farmers Market, ANB Hall, garden, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Sitka, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, Let's Grow Sitka on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
All gardeners and would-be gardeners are encouraged to attend the second annual “Let’s Grow Sitka!” educational and social event for Sitka gardeners. Let’s Grow Sitka! takes place from noon until 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 14, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall on Katlian Street. Learn about home greenhouses, how to prepare your soil, and [...]
• Sitka Global Warming Group, Sitka Local Foods Network offer Sitka garden-matching program
Posted in Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, tagged ANB Hall, encouragement, food, food security, garden, garden-matching program, growing food locally, Katlian Street, Let's Grow Sitka, Michelle Putz, produce, Sitka, Sitka Global Warming Group, Sitka Local Foods Network, vegetables on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do you have a planting bed that you don’t have the time or energy to cultivate? Do you wish you could grow some vegetables, but have no place to put them? Sitka Global Warming Group (SGWG), in conjunction with the Sitka Local Foods Network, is offering a garden-matching program to help people who have garden [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network contracting for 2010 St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm lead gardener
Posted in Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, tagged beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, community garden, composting, Doug Osborne, farmers market, food, garden, garden beds, garden herbs, lead gardener, lettuce, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, market, Maybelle Filler, onions, peas, potatoes, produce, radishes, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, tomatoes, turnips, vegetables, water systems on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Sitka Local Foods Network is contracting for a lead gardener to help manage our activities at the St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm community garden this summer. St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm (SPFF) is growing, and we’re adding new garden beds so we can grow more crops. The vegetables grown at SPFF are sold at the Sitka [...]
• New Sitka Local Foods Network events calendar added to site
Posted in Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, Running of the Boots, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, Sitka Local Foods Network events, education, traditional foods, tagged community garden, community greenhouse, education, farmers market, garden, market, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, traditional foods, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, workshop on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We now have an events calendar. This link goes to a calendar for Sitka Local Foods Network and other related events in the Sitka area. You will be able to find the link under “Pages” in the right column. This calendar will feature events such as Sitka Local Foods Network board meetings, Sitka Farmers Markets, [...]
• Save the dates for 2010 Sitka Local Foods Network events
Posted in Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged Sitka Local Foods Network, food, market, farmers market, produce, education, encouragement, Linda Wilson, Sitka Farmers Market, ANB Hall, garden, Sitka, Let's Grow Sitka on January 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s time to mark a few Sitka Local Foods Network dates on the 2010 calendar. The first date to mark is Sunday, March 14, when the second annual “Let’s Grow Sitka” event takes place from noon to 3 p.m. at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. This event is associated with Sitka’s Artigras music and arts [...]
