The Benefits of Harvesting Vegetables and Cutting Flowers in the Early Morning
There’s something peaceful and invigorating about early mornings in the garden. The sun’s rays are just beginning to peek over the...
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Welcome to the Community Roots Ohio Blog where we talk about what we're growin' and showin'. We love sharing our passion for all things seeds, soils, gardens, and more! Through our blog, we hope to share all that is happening around our greenhouses and gardens and to inspire one gardener to another. If you're interested in volunteering with us, please check out our volunteer page!
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Community Roots
- 3 days ago
- 6 min
Hangin' With Haley FRIYAYS! Seed Tray Cleaning :)
HANGIN’ WITH HALEY!! Let’s do ourselves a favor and wash out our seed starting NOW so we don’t have to do it in winter! #seedstarting ...
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Community Roots
- 4 days ago
- 3 min
Transition U Class is Back!
Beautiful times with the outdoor classroom for Transition U students from the Knox Learning Center! Our lead volunteer and Farm to School...
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Community Roots
- 5 days ago
- 4 min
Native Plants: Blue Winged Wasps to Control Japanese Beetles!
Angely here! 🐝 Did you know that nature has its own way of controlling Japanese Beetles? 🌎 Huzzah for the native Blue Winged Wasps! ⚔️...
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Community Roots
- Sep 4
- 3 min
Native Plants: Deer-Resistance!
Angely here! 🐝 Battling with deer eating your hostas or flowers? 🦌 🌺Opt for natives instead! Many (seriously so many) native plants...
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Community Roots
- Aug 29
- 4 min
We Challenge YOU!
We're challenging YOU! Yes, you! Want to win some awesome prizes? Participate in our community compost challenge! Start saving your food...
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Community Roots
- Aug 28
- 4 min
Native Plants: FertilizeHAIR????!!! Yep!
Hello! Angely here! 🐝 For this Tuesday I wanted to feature a news segment from CBS News Bay Area about researchers studying how...
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Community Roots
- Aug 26
- 3 min
The Hidden Nutrient Economy: Why Letting Leaves Go Yellow Benefits Your Plants
When the vibrant greens of your garden plants start to fade into shades of yellow, it’s easy to assume something is wrong. However, this...
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Community Roots
- Aug 24
- 3 min
Hanging With Haley & Cover Cropping
HANGING WITH HALEY! Time to plant your cover crops, people! #covercropping The Power of Cover Crops: A Sustainable Farming Practice In...
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Community Roots
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Native Plants-How To: Pollinator Soft Landings
A really beautiful and simple way to help pollinators is to establish a Soft Landing underneath your trees. 🌷🦋 This involves leaving...
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Community Roots
- Aug 19
- 1 min
Your Weekly Digest August 19-25
Volunteer Hours this Week! MORE HOURS! MORE WAYS TO VOLUNTEER! We've added more shifts to our calendars and you can find those via the...
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Community Roots
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Community Composts for Community!
We're working to expand our composting program and we couldn't do it without our amazing community! Together, we're turning food scraps...
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Community Roots
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Ready to Get Down & Dirty?
Are you ready to get down and dirty with composting? I know I am! Howdy everyone! Emily B here! I am the newest addition to the Community...
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Community Roots
- Aug 7
- 3 min
Native Plants: Sunflower Seed Sources
Angely here! My 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘶𝘴 (Common Sunflower) is blooming! 🌻 Did you know the Common Sunflower is native to Ohio...
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Community Roots
- Aug 5
- 1 min
Knox County GREEN TEENS!
Knox County Green Teens! The end of July finishes the summer work program GREEN TEENS. Get Healthy Knox and many community partners...
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Community Roots
- Aug 1
- 1 min
July Roots Wrap-Up
July Roots Wrap-up is here!! TOMATOES, MARKETS, A NEW STAFF MEMBER, AND A VERY, VERY SPECIAL RECIPE, plus much more......
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Community Roots
- Jul 31
- 2 min
Native Plants: Fine Vines!
Angely here!🐝 If you're looking for swoonworthy archway and trellis plants, look no further than native Ohio vines!🌿 Native Vines...
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Community Roots
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Cuckoo for Cucamelons!
Get ready for some fun pickles!! This week at board president @lolz_itsemily ‘s garden she set up a garden arch for her gherkin plants to...
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Community Roots
- Jul 26
- 1 min
Hangin' With Haley: A Tour of the Gardens
Haley heard you haven't even BEEN TO COMMUNITY ROOTS yet!!!
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Community Roots
- Jul 24
- 1 min
Native Plants: Ecological Restoration SuperHeroes
Hello, Angely here!👋🏽 This Tuesday I wanted to feature native plants that are superheroes in the ecological restoration space. These...
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