Gratiot County Community Garden

05/27/2026

We have extra tomato plants on the stand! They need to be planted. Beefsteak, determinate variety.

We’re slowly filling in our garden beds. Tomatoes, green beans, cucumber.

05/25/2026

Three things on our mind:

On this Memorial Day we remember and honor those who gave their lives in service to their country.

It’s also given this gardener cause to remember the term Victory Garden, only somewhat related. Not sure how many of remember that one.

Tomorrow- Tuesday at 7pm! We meet at the garden 🪴 🪏 see you there!

05/24/2026

If you look closely, you notice that some of our radishes are much bigger than others. Probably because they had room to grow earlier. The same is true of carrots and all the other tiny seeds that we sow. If we’re lucky we will get to thin them.

Spring chores aren’t hard, well most of them, they are just never ending! But it’s raining today, so no watering 😊

05/21/2026

This gardener needs more hands, one to hold a camera while two are in the dirt 🤣! No pics of our peeps!

We had 7 gardeners on Tuesday, despite the rainy forecast and occasional raindrops. Five more on Wednesday. Slowly getting our donor beds filled in. Some tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and cucumber planted. Thinned the radishes a bit and got some more beds in shape.

05/18/2026

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday at 7pm. It’s time to plant! Looks like we’ll have good weather.

Remember our volunteers get to take home the their work- fresh veggies!

05/15/2026

It’s been a busy couple of days- apologies for a lack of photos!

Thank you to Gratiot Markets and MyMichigan Health for a fun afternoon yesterday. We met some great kids, gave away some seeds. (And a certain gardener got some kitchen knives sharpened 😊- multi tasking at its best!)

Our first crop of the season is in! Rhubarb- thanks for helping me get started on that yesterday visitor!

And.. we have another allotment gardener joining our group. FYI- the far back area is set aside for individual/plots.

05/13/2026

Two things today!

First: remember to bring the kiddos to the Gratiot Markets in St Louis tomorrow! Starting at 2pm we’ll be having a seed starting event and you can choose a packet of seeds to take home!

Second: it was move-out day at the Greenhouse at Alma College! Time to get our plants hardened up! Tomatoes, peppers and eggplant will join the garden soon. Thank you Scotts for helping us grow!

05/08/2026

05/08/2026

Can you guess what seedlings are coming up in our garden? Answers in the comments.

Come to the Gratiot Markets in St Louis Thursday afternoon at 2pm! We will be having a seed starting activity with MyMichigan Health. Free packet of seeds, perfect activity for your kiddos- the Market is open till 6!

05/03/2026

More plots ready for planting, and our rain barrels are set up thanks to some helpful hands!