Salem Community Garden in Salem, Missouri

Salem Community Garden in Salem, Missouri The Salem Community Garden is a place for Dent County residents to grow and harvest fresh, healthy f What does it mean to participate in a community garden?

The Salem Community Garden is a place for Dent County residents to grow healthy food for their own families, friends or to donate to local churches or organizations. Participants register for a garden plot, and are able to plant, manage and harvest any plants and vegetables they’d like. Several size garden plots available. Garden tools are available for the shared use of community gardeners, and o

ften seeds, compost and other garden materials are available for free or reduced cost to participants. Like to grow your own vegetables but don’t have space at your home? Register for a plot at the community garden. New to gardening and want to learn from Master Gardeners and other experienced gardeners? Sign up for a plot at the community garden! Love to grow food and want to grow extra food to donate to the food pantry? You can register for a plot at the community garden. Workshops and “how-to” sessions on a variety of gardening practices to increase productivity and beauty of any home or market garden will be presented throughout the season. Watch for updates on upcoming events.

09/01/2024

Just a reminder to mark your calendars for the last two Salem Community Garden presentations. The presentations will be held at the Salem Community Garden located behind the Salem United Methodist Church, 801 State Highway 32, Salem MO.

The next presentation will be Thursday September 12 at 6 PM and will be a double-header!
Saving Seeds and Planting/growing Garlic

The final presentation will be held on Saturday October 19 at 9AM
Closing Gardens

08/22/2024
07/12/2024

For those of you who missed Thursday’s Salem Community Garden’s presentation on “Cut Flowers”, here is an abbreviated copy of the handouts:

Recommend flowers for a Cut Flower garden:
• Bachelor button
• Black-eyed Susan
• Celosia
• Cosmos
• Dahlia
• Daisy
• Globe amaranth
• Loves-lies-bleeding
• Marigold
• Phlox
• Peony
• Roses
• Strawflower
• Snapdragon
• Sunflower
• Zinnia

Additional flower information
• Large blooms - zinnia, black-eyed Susan, sunflower, rose, Shasta daisy, marigold
• Small blooms - bachelor button, cosmos, phlox, marigold
• Showy blooms - celosia, snapdragon, love-lies-bleeding, grass bloom head
• Filler flowers - baby's breath, statice, dill flowers, queen Anne’s lace
• Greenery - fern, dill, basil, ornamental grass, feverfew, asparagus fern, peony leaves

Extension horticulturist David Trinklein’s homemade “elixir of youth” for cut flowers
• 1 pint of lemon-lime soda (not diet).
• 1 pint of water.
• 1 teaspoon of antiseptic mouthwash such as Listerine or Scope.
• 1-2 drops of dishwashing liquid.

There will NOT be a presentation in August.
September’s presentation will be on saving seeds from your own garden. Hope to see you there!

07/06/2024

Mark your calendars, our Expo is coming up! 😀

06/23/2024

Only a few Community Garden presentations left this summer!

Thursday July 11, 6PM
Cut Flowers

**August—No presentation

Thursday September 12, 6PM
Saving Seeds

Saturday October 19, 9AM
Closing Gardens

The presentations will be held at the Salem Community Garden. The garden is located behind the Salem United Methodist Church, 801 State Highway 32, Salem MO.

BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair 😊)

Hope to see you there!

06/19/2024

International Pollinator Week June 17–23: It's time to celebrate native pollinators!

Native pollinating insects are a diverse group; they include bees of all sizes, flies, wasps, beetles, butterflies, and moths. The State of Missouri recently joined a growing list of entities acknowledging and educating others on the vital role that pollinators play when Governor Mike Parson signed a proclamation officially declaring June 17–23 as 2024 Missouri Pollinator Week, at the request of MPF. The proclamation credits pollinator species as providing significant benefits necessary for maintaining vibrant ecosystems and a healthy economy: https://governor.mo.gov/proclamations/pollinator-week

You can help native pollinating insects and the native plants and natural communities on which they depend by contributing to MPF's prairie conservation work and by planting native plants to support pollinators in your yard and on your property. We have many Grow Native! resources to help you at grownative.org, including this Native Plants for Pollinators page: https://grownative.org/learn/natives-for-pollinators/

𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘥 (𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵) 𝘣𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘥

06/19/2024

Bees and Pollinators presentation

This past Thursday evening's Bees and Pollinators presentation provided excellent information on plants to attract pollinators.
We also learned about plants that provide pollinators with food year-round! For example, the Ozark witch-hazel blooms from January to April and provides pollinators with a midwinter food source.
Several plants were mentioned that are of particular interest to bees, as well as providing color and beauty to your own garden. There are also herbs that you can use in cooking along with giving bees a helping hand. Some examples are lavender, cilantro, sage and thyme.

So, when you're planning your garden, don't forget the pollinators.

06/19/2024

Squashes and pumpkins are finally taking off and producing blooms and fruit, but it is the season to be on the look out for the dreaded squash bugs. Monitoring and eliminating the leaves for egg clusters is the first line of defense, but there are other ways to avoid and eliminate these pests. Read more:
https://extension.umd.edu/resource/squash-bug-vegetables/
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