It was a great week in the garden this week! Phyte Club did some heavy lifting! We moved our compost bin to make room for a new water system, and we set up some infrastructure for low tunnels, which are structures that work like mini greenhouses on plant beds. We also added soil to some of the raised beds. The Sustainable Linworth class pulled down some of the fencing for us in preparation of fence repair and rebuild at Interim. Phyte Bites served toasted sunflower seeds that we harvested and dried in the fall Next week, we will have a visitor, Dan Barash, from the Worthington Green Team. He has a grant to help Worthington reduce single use plastics, and the garden is going to be part of the program! This is a great opportunity for us to be involved in a city wide sustainability program, as well as save some money during our native plant sale. We will also continue to prep for the 2025 Interim Glow Up! 7 weeks until last frost!

It was a great week in the garden this week! Phyte Club learned a healthy plant starting technique called soil blocking, and planted the spinach seeds in the soil blocks under the grow lights. We also celebrated receiving a grant from the Harding- Buller Foundation of Worthington that will fund some big upgrades this year. Thanks Harding Buller Foundation!!!! Next week we will start preparing for those big projects by doing some garden clean up and tear down. We will also nurture our spinach and maybe start some new seedlings. 8weeks until last frost!

It was a great week in the garden this week! Phyte Club finally determined all the details for the crop plan this year-- just in time to start the spinach. We also learned how to make new bushes from cuttings by rooting some red currants for planting this summer. There is no Phyte Club this week due to the holiday, but we will resume on February 24th where we will learn about how to grow seedlings in soil blocks and under grow lights. 10 weeks until last frost!

It was a great week in the garden this week! Phyte Club was able to get outside and do some work in the food garden and in the native bed this week. We worked on redefining the edge of the natives bed, cleaned up the west border beds and removed the cinder blocks in preparation for fence repair in March. We also cleaned out the greenhouse and started to prepare for spring planting. Next week, we will learn how to root new currants from cuttings, finish up cold moist stratification, and organize the dungeon so that we can start our cool season seedlings the following week. 11 weeks until last frost!

It was a great week in the garden this week! Phyte Club met this week and sorted out the entire seed inventory to prepare for the spring season. We also finished up bending the conduit to build frames for our low tunnel bed covers that will extend our growing season by more than a month. We finally had an orange Friday, so Phyte Bites popped up some of the corn that we grew this season. It was delicious! Next week, we will start stratifying seeds, work on our seed starting systems, and finish up some of our craft activities. 12 weeks until last frost!

It was a great week in the garden this week! Phyte Club didn't meet this week due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, but we held a winter sowing workshop at the Worthington Science Day on Saturday, Jan 25th where we helped many of our neighbors start native plant gardens even in the middle of winter. Shout out to Brian Geniusz and the Worthington City Schools for putting on a great event. Thank you for letting us share in all the learning!  On Monday the 27th, Phyte Club will meet again to work on our season extension projects and get ready for spring planting. There are only 13 more weeks until the last frost!

It was a great week in the garden this week! Phyte Club had our start of semester meeting where we decided on student leaders and goals for 2025. Although we miss the seniors who are on Walkabout, we are excited to step up and take on even more cool stuff this year.  There will be no Phyte Club on the 20th in honor of Martin Luther King Day, but we will be teaching winter sowing at the Worthington Science Day on Saturday, Jan. 25th from 8-12 at Perry Middle School. We will meet again on Jan 27th where we really will finish bending that conduit and laying out the spring planting plans.  Phyte Club meets from 3:15- 4:15 every Monday. We gather in the Big Room and everyone is welcome. Join Us!

It was a great week in the garden this week! Even though it was snowy, and Phyte Club didn’t meet, Linworth students still made this garden week count. We practiced winter sowing—a technique for successfully germinating native seeds and then we took our knowledge to the Worthington Farmers Market on Saturday where we helped members of the community start more than 2 dozen gardens. In addition, several students helped the Worthington Green Team collect a 26 foot truck full of Styrofoam for recycling. Next week we will make spring plans, learn some new systems to upgrade our management, finish bending conduit and maybe more. Leadership transitions will happen at this meeting for any positions that seniors held.  Phyte Club meets from 3:15- 4:15 every Monday. We gather in the Big Room and everyone is welcome. Join Us!

It was a great week in the garden this week! So much is still happening! We finished the initial phase of the deer fencing for the fruit area, cleaned up the garden for spring, moved seedlings to plug trays, prepared the lupine barrel and trimmed up the grass and weeds. Next week, we will prepare for the native plant sale, start spring seeds, plant sweet potatoes, pinch tomatoes and maybe even build the last arbor. Phyte Club meets on Mondays after school until 4:30. Everyone is welcome! Come and Join Us!