Sowing Seeds, Growing Community
The concept of a community garden in Salem has been an idea for a few years, at least, but it wasn’t until this year that it became a reality. Inspired by the many community gardens growing around the nation and especially the new White House Kitchen Garden started this year, a group of interested individuals initiated the project under the umbrella of the Courthouse Community Center.
NY Grown Peanuts! A gift keeps giving. The National Peanut Board, a major sponsor of the Courthouse Community Garden and the Salem Lunch & Learning Program, not only made a significant financial donation to these worthy projects, but also gave peanut seeds. The seeds were grown in the garden, in pots in the Salem Lunch & Learning Program, and gifted as seedlings to the Gardens at the Executive Mansion in Albany, NY. Late to harvest in the North Country, some of the plants were transplanted to the Salem Central School greenhouse for use and study by the Ag and Science Programs at the school.
Photo:Here Tim, a Courthouse Community Gardener, is checking the growth progress of the potential harvest to come.
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