Plant a Smile at Pelion Outdoor Classroom!
Seriously. We can remedy that this season!
We are very lucky to once again have access to the growing benches at the MLK Greenhouse before it closes for extensive renovations.
Go out there and find some maple farms for Maple Weekend
It doesn't matter if you're 10yrs old or 50yrs old--grab your parents and go get some pancakes with real maple syrup for Maple Weekend
Secure your spot today: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSe8H8mdr9s.../viewform Adult only event. $25 per ticket - includes 1 beverage of your choice!
One thing folks who've not yet grown their own food don't realize yet is the SCALE required to feed more than your tummy, or your family, or a school. Pelion can grow more food with more helpers and funding. We cannot grow enough to feed 1,000+ students a lunch--or even part of a lunch. The 200 students who visit us weekly pretty much clear out whatever might be ripe that week. Want to see an urban farm that has the scale to feed many more people? Check out Groundwork Market Garden. More food also means more help is needed. They're offering a great opportunity to exchange fresh nutrition for your labor!
We are excited to join the event but even MORE excited to have a PLACE TO BRING BATTERIES FOR RECYCLING???!!
March 2025: Today I collected a whole garbage bag full of litter from the front fenceline--mostly because it's so windy but also the snow has melted. Photos look like they held up over the winter. Not clear if they're going to be quality enough to last more than 2 winters though. Next 2weeks will have daytime temps in the 50s+60s March 2021: A legit early spring?? March 2018: Could it really, really be ... Spring??
It's truly a fascinating history
Why didn't we think of this sooner? Think of all the salon clippings that go to waste!
Here’s a simple tip--If we eat its leaves or roots--it does NOT require full sun. Also, many of these are "cool crops" which means we can start them in the early spring and again in the fall while the sun is at lower angles.
We will be at Stanley M. Makowski IB World School during this Saturday Academy to demonstrate maple tapping and share some of the Erie County, NY maple syrup. Come learn about Maple Weekend and NY's first festival of the season! 10am-noon
Let's do some healing together. #earthmonth #earthday2025
Your youth and out-of-town visitors are also welcome to join us at Pelion summer mornings for all sorts of nature activities!
This winter, Ms.Caesandra is enrolled in the Community Garden Leadership Certification. Could you help her with one piece of homework? What core agreement or rules do you think would make Pelion successful this growing season? "For this assignment, create two items that you would propose to your garden that should be included as core shared agreements. Also, create 2 rules of engagement that you would propose to include in your garden's bylaws or future gardener agreements. Invite other garden members to be part of this process and seek their feedback or contribution as you complete this assignment." Example: "All gardeners must contribute at least two hours per month to communal tasks, such as weeding, composting, or maintaining shared spaces, to ensure the garden remains a well-kept and welcoming environment for everyone."
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HAPPY YEAR OF THE SNAKE! We can't decide who was a better garden helper--Bentley or the DeKay's Brown snake that visited our garden last year--buuuuut only ONE of these cuties eats SLUGS! We <3 snakes!!
Please share pics of you eating a bowl of ice cream watching Saturday morning cartoons!! (is that still a thing?)
FUN for snow or mud
Practice so you can come make art in Pelion later
HOWL ALERT: Let 2025 know you're wild and free!
HEEEEEYYYY! We received our first holiday tree donation--THANKS! Please keep'm coming. We need at least 15-20 trees if they're under 6' Ms.Caesandra won't be in BFLO for January to go around and collect any so if you have a little truck and some time to scout, we'd really appreciate it. Set them on any of the covered beds or pile them in the 3 Sisters Island.
Maybe you recognize a younger face? Maybe we caught you accidentally having fun doing chores? We still have the west end of the fence to cover but hopefully this is much more cheerful than the impending slush.
Very small BUT CHEERFUL crowd. Let us know if you want us to keep doing this event. We love it and believe it’s a great social experience (and it wasn’t as cold as last year) but if there’s no interest… In the first years we also tried to add caroling.
Laying’em out and rearranging
THANK YOU to everyone that donated in late 2023’s SEEDMONEY campaign to repair our decade+ old fence. We also added several portraits of volunteers and students who have helped build the garden. More will be added once Ms.Caesandra returns from TEXAS.
I was saying to someone tonight how people visit and assume our garden is finished or that we built it all back in 2011. No, we have utilized donations, castoffs, bulk trash treasures, and re applied and RE APPLIED for grant funding to build and repair and replace infrastructure as it aged. Gardens mature only with attention and dedication. Thank you to everyone that has supported GGWNY, CHS Foundation and Pelion directly.
DO. THE. THINGS.
SUPER FUN!! Share pics of your fave window displays below
snow in nooks and crannies.
Just a reminder--your regular grocery shopping can pay for our garden programs. Box Tops for Education and Tops loyalty card registration, and DASH's receipts are all zero cost--and can be cumulative if you remind your friends and family too. Thanks.
