Bainbridge Community Garden

06/17/2026

Click on the link and it will show you host plants for the different butterflies.

If you want to attract these butterflies you need to feed their caterpillars! Click here to find seeds for their host plants: butterfly-lady.com/plant-host-plants/

06/11/2026

There are red leaf canna roots at the garden if anyone wants them.
For better results soaked 30 minutes before planting

05/31/2026

Be on the lookout as you work in your garden and yard.

Poison ivy rash isn’t contagious – but this is how it really spreads.

05/17/2026

here is another good idea for your garden.

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05/06/2026

Transform your yard into a thriving wildlife sanctuary!

Join us on Monday, May 11 at 5:30 PM at the Northside Branch for a special adult program featuring a member of the Wild Ones South Central Ohio Chapter. Learn about native plants and discover how even small changes to your lawn can support pollinators like butterflies and bees.

04/25/2026

This is the reason we are seeing spring has arrived early this year. I had several farmers tell me when Easter is early so is spring. Easter is figured on the lunar calendar.

The dandelions didn't bloom because it was April. They bloomed when the soil three inches down crossed a specific temperature for enough consecutive days.

Your yard doesn't run on a calendar. It runs on accumulated heat. And the triggers fire in the same order, year after year.

Forsythia bloomed. Then crabgrass germinated. Then lilacs bloomed. Then the oak leafed out. This order doesn't change. If the forsythia blooms late, everything downstream shifts late. If it blooms early, everything shifts early.

- Forsythia bloom means crabgrass is two to three weeks behind
- The first firefly flash follows a soil temperature threshold. The first monarch arrival follows milkweed sprouting. Each event is locked to the one before it
- Pre-emergent herbicide timing, planting dates, and pest emergence all follow soil temperature, not the calendar
- A soil thermometer is more useful than a garden planner

A late spring doesn't mean things are broken. It means the soil took longer to warm. The sequence still runs in order — just shifted.

The calendar on your wall is a guess. The soil under your feet is the clock.

12/05/2025

“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭38‬-‭39‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to sep

11/26/2025

Here is a suggestion to keep your pots from cracking this winter.

08/30/2025

Here is a great idea for next year. Plant supports are expensive this is free.

08/10/2025

Here is a cool idea for a wreath. It is getting toward the end of the season a great way to extend it. If you try it please post your results.