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Fall Planting Demonstration
TIMING Consistently cool air temperature, after a true cold front. BED PREP Weeds Ideally, the planting space should have been cleared of weeds well before planting time. Any emerging weeds should be removed and kept cleared. Soil The planting zone should be loosened up. For root crops, especially carrots, you want to ensure that the […]
Fall Gardening Plan
Are you looking forward to the next planting season? Here is a Fall Gardening Plan to help you.
2024 Tomato Tasting Winners
On June 1, Westbury Community Garden held its 8th Annual Tomato Tasting. It seemed that tomatoes ripened earlier this year. Climate change? Though some tomato varieties were already spent for the season, 20 tomatoes were presented for the comparative taste test. About 45 people took part in the tasting and voting. The winner in the […]
Tomato Tasting Sponsors and Donors
WCG was extremely fortunate to receive a sponsorship donation from Southwest Fertilizer, our favorite independent neighborhood garden center, located at 5828 Bissonnet. Southwest Fertilizer’s support covered the supplies and printing associated with the Tomato Tasting Festival – a huge boon to the garden. Southwest also donated two items to the Fishbowl Raffle fundraiser for the […]
Summer Vegetable Gardening
One of my first lessons as a gardener came 33 years ago when I spent the summer building a large vegetable garden in my backyard. I was off for the summer from my teaching job and my goal was to build 6 large garden beds and plant them while off for the summer. I tried […]
World Bee Day Is A Time To Celebrate at WCG
May 20th is World Bee Day – a time to celebrate the importance native bees and honeybees. Westbury Community Garden will observe World Bee Day on Saturday, May 18, from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM. World Bee Day will have fun learning opportunities for kids and adults alike. A frame of honeycomb with live working […]
Harris County Commissioner Proclaims Community Garden Appreciation Day
On March 22, at the Compassionate Houston Annual Fundraiser luncheon, Dr. Bob Randall, co-founder of Urban Harvest and his wife Nancy, were honored for lives dedicated to increasing food security in Houston. The program featured video interviews of Dr. Bob and several other community garden representatives, including WCG President, Debbie Gordon. Janna Roberson, Executive Director […]
It’s Global Recycling Day
March 18 is Global Recycling Day! What are your favorite recycle/reuse/upcycle ideas? Here is one of mine: A one gallon dish soap bottle became a potting soil scoop by cutting off the bottom and making angle cuts on the sides.
Winter Bounty: Kale Soup
Ingredients ~1 lb sausage (I use spicy italian but whatever works for you do it)~1 onion, dicedCouple garlic cloves, mincedPotatoes, sliced finely into circles then cut in half (or use a mix of red new potatoes and white yams–approximately 1.5 medium yams and 4-5 large red potatoes)1.5 cups broth1 can coconut milk1 can coconut creamsplash of heavy […]
Gardening Within Reach
In 2014, Bert Gonzalez, a Westbury Community Garden founding member, asked if there was a possibility of converting a raised bed that was one concrete block high to a garden where one could sit or stand to tend the plants. Bert’s wife, Diana, had trouble squatting and bending; they might have to give up gardening. […]