04/05/2021
Happy Spring! I am cautiously optimistic that I will be able to garden more normally this season at most of my program garden locations! Of course, covid remains in charge....but it looks like Brayton Elementary will run an in-person summer program; I can garden at the Youth Center in Cheshire with a select pod of youth; I will be an outdoor internship team leader again for MA Youth Works using Drury High School garden as the internship location; South40 youth groups at the Brien Center will walk to area gardens to assist me with maintenance until they can be transported by car; River St and UNO Community Gardens will run as normal with their high level of covid safety compliance; some 4-H youth will assist with the Berkshire Food Project garden this year; and I ***should*** be able to garden in most of the other neighborhoods where there is lower covid safety compliance once I get vaccinated. Of course, there are always curve balls: only 10 days after MCLA students helped me start program seedlings, I had to remove the seedlings from the campus greenhouse and bring them home with me, since the campus is closing due to a covid outbreak. Bummed for the students, freaking out a bit about the 250+ seedlings that have taken over my house! In any event, it is feeling more like spring every minute, and soon I will be gardening in some capacity, in some locations, with some of my favorite people! If you need to contact me, the quickest route is with e-mail since I only periodically update this FP page. [email protected]. Be well, everyone! :)
