South Lansing Urban Gardens - SLUG

10/20/2026

10/09/2026

This is the dreaded Tree of Heaven in our gardens. Why is it dreaded? It is non-native, fast moving with long sucker roots, AND worse than all it is a beloved plant for the Spotted Lantern Fly another destructive, non-native pest. How did I determine it wasn't a walnut or sumac? The rotten smell in the leaves and stems. Now what? A serious plan of attack of both cutting into it and very bad chemicals because the minute this tree feels threatened it sends our runners to stay alive. Just another day of garden life

10/01/2026

Sometimes I get crazy with garden work that I forget to post the beauty. This is a small sample of this summer's Asppire Flower Garden. We are now starting to learn to collect seeds so hopefully some of these will appear next year!

10/01/2026

Last night we began our Fall Asppire Garden Group. It was rainy so we stayed in the office. We are focusing on seed saving as we prepare to close the Asppire Flower Garden. Tonight we started with learning how to save seeds from Tomatoes. The group shelled a new variety of bean, Purple Hull Pink Eye Cowpea and we spent time talking about dry beans for soups vs fresh green beans. Then it was thining flats of cool crops that had too many plants growing in the cells. Great team, missing one due to illness

09/24/2026

Go green

09/23/2026

09/04/2026

Last of summer squash harvested, plants pulled today

08/27/2026

Reminder... Thursday, August 27, is KIDS FEST at South Lansing Farmers Market (corner of Jolly and MLK). We're celebrating by hosting a🍧🍿🍪 Fun Foods 🧀🍐🍎Scavenger Hunt from 3pm until items run out.

The first 50 kids ages 5-12 will receive a bag and a list of 14 snack-size foods for them to find around the market: apples, pears, plums, cherry tomatoes, honey sticks, string cheese, corn nuts, butter popcorn, candied popcorn, freeze dried gummies, small baked treats, and Hawaiian ice.

These items are grown and/or made by vendors, so please understand supplies are limited and respect the max of 2 kids per family so we can share the love.