If Russia can turn Sochi, a summer resort village, into a Winter Olympic host city, why can’t we also flip the seasons and make a successful growing season out of our cold New England winter (without the environmental impact of refrigerating 710,000 cubic meters of snow through the summer to ensure enough for the games)?
At Green City Growers we call readying your garden for spring planting “Spring Awakening.” Even gardens with cold frames that extend the season, New England vegetable gardens require a little TLC and replenishment to ensure a spectacular growing season ahead.
Honey bees account for the necessary pollination of one third of everything we eat. One third! The increase in use of lawn chemicals, pesticides on crops and in gardens, and chemicals in the home is in large part to blame for the decimation of our bees… And there IS something we can do about it.
Hi there! My name is Paige and I'm one of GCGs two Business Development Interns for the spring. I'm a fair weather farmer, an on-again, off-again student, and a latte master at a cafe in Cambridge. My agricultural education started two and a half years ago when I was sitting in a lecture hall during my first year of college learning about apple orchards on the Nova Scotian coast. I've always had a vested interest in the environment, but up until that point I'd never considered farming as a career choice for myself. Fast forward to a few years later, a WWOOFing stint, and a six month intensive apprenticeship and now I can't see myself doing anything else with my life. I've been following GCG for about a year now and I'm so thrilled that I'm able to work with them. I wish that I'd had the type of services that GCG provides when I was growing up!
As a new Business Development Intern for Green City Growers, I learned very quickly that I have quite a bit to learn about urban agriculture. During my first day on the job, I evaluated and analyzed questionnaires filled out by third grade students from Beverly, MA after they took a semester-long urban farming education program taught by Green City Growers.
