Farm to Table 

Thanks to our sponsors for this garden: Landscape Consultants and the Kansas Wesleyan Community Resilience Hub

Owner: Bob and Michelle Dolan

Address: 104 W. Lake DriveNo parking at the home **Please park across the street at the Highway Patrol**

Plan to shop! Vendors at this garden:

Findings by Deon by Deon Smalley
Clay Studio @ bisonbrae by Patty Fiedler

Location

Highlights:

  • More vegetables than flowers
  • Back – his vegetables, front – her flowers
  • Solar greenhouse
  • Raised vegetable beds
  • Fenced in vegetable area
  • Composting
  • Rain barrel

Things NOT to miss:

  • Crop rotation
  • Mulch
  • Organization and planning

Gardener’s Favorite plants:

  • New starts in the greenhouse
  • Lettuce, spinach, cabbage, onions – early spring
  • Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, melons – summer
  • Cuttings for hanging baskets and flowers
  • I like it all! Just get me a seed to grow!

Challenges:

  • Weather
  • Water
  • Pests
  • Timing for planting crops

Gardening Tip:

  • Start simple and use easy management with your time and growing.
  • Don’t be afraid to try anything. Just get started, and you’ll find success and satisfaction, even in failure.

How would you like someone to describe your garden:

As inspiring and productive. You can really reap rewards from your efforts in the garden!

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