Sweet Life Garden Group, Inc

06/20/2026

Never have we ever met a more enthusiastic bunch of onion harvesters, bug wranglers and hole diggers!

Thank you, DeKalb Park District
Summer-Long Minis for helping plant, grow and harvest at Taylor Street Plaza Food Garden.
You are naturals in the garden!

06/17/2026

Elder Care Services Food Garden
on Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, Illinois!
You are looking good!!

Thank you Midwest Trading for supplying garden-ready soil for raised beds!
Thank you Atlas Bobcat for helping us get those beds filled!

Thank you DeKalb County Community Foundation (IL) for this project's funding!

and THANK YOU to a stellar volunteer team for planting up hundreds of vegetables! 🤍

We Grow to Give
for DeKalb County, IL!

06/15/2026

We've asked Elder Care Services in DeKalb, Illinois
to be patient,
to trust the process.

And because they've been willing to let their garden get weedy and gnarly and messy, we've been rewarded with three types of clover:
red clover
white clover
and beautiful Melilotus officinalis
aka sweet yellow clover

These super legumes fix nitrogen in the soil, which means they repair it.

We could have poisoned the ground, tilled it, smoothed it
and then planted a clover cover crop.

But instead,
we let Mother Nature help us
help her.

Next, we edit out the plants that are a bit too bullying to be helpful in a civilized garden:
Chicory (even though she's a personal favorite)
Queen Anne's lace
Dandelion
Indian Prairie grass
Thistle
and Pigweed

Soon, we'll have a pretty meadow,
good for strolling, bird watching, reflection & relaxation.

Thank you, Elder Care, for gardening with us 🤍

Lori Holloway Brown

06/11/2026

THANK YOU!
From all of us here at
Sweet Life Garden Group, Inc

We extend a warm thank you to a thoughtful & generous neighborhood friend for donating a garden truck for our community gardening nonprofit!

We Grow to Give
food, flowers & friendships
for our good people
of DeKalb County, IL 🤍

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06/10/2026

THANK YOU Matt Stark, Dietician
with Hy-Vee
for spending time and healthy eating tips with our young gardeners in Nibbles, Kids Gardening Club!

"Coloring was my favorite part!"

THANK YOU Nicole Groezinger with DeKalb County 4-H for making good food choices fun choices with exciting relay games.

And THANK YOU Salem Lutheran Church, Sycamore, IL, ELCA for allowing us use of your classroom space!

THANK YOU parents & grandparents for gardening alongside us!
We sure planted lots of pea seeds! 🫛

Great gardening, everyone!🐰
See you next week!
Lori Holloway Brown

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06/09/2026

Jr. Master Gardeners hauled soil by hand, retrieved freshly collected rain water from barrels, and planted 3'x3' wooden crates with tomatoes, basil and zinnias.

Thank you for working together,
for being enthusiastic,
and for taking such good care
of Salem Food Pantry Garden!

Lori Holloway Brown