Preparing Your Garden for Spring

What is Deep Roots ProjectDeep Roots Project (DRP) is a new Oak Park/River Forest non-profit group dedicated to supporting our community to grow their own food by transforming lawns treated with pesticides and chemicals to healthy, edible gardens. Our focus is to support our community by sharing the health benefits of locally grown organic food and educating on how to convert toxic lawns into bountiful, organic, edible, and/or native plant gardens. We are part of a growing national movement sponsored by the Midwest Pesticide Action Center to remove toxic chemicals from our homes, yards, water and food. Learn about the benefits of a toxic free lawn and take the "Healthy Lawn/Healthy Family" pledge.DRP is a growing community of organic gardeners! We want to help you grow beautiful healthy edible and native gardens, conserve water, save time, share land, share knowledge and lots more. Find out about resources, workshops, volunteer opportunities, sharing plans and benefits of becoming a DRP member. We value everyone’s successes and failures as we explore the joys of nature and gardening.Learn. Share. Grow. Volunteer

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Join Deep Roots Project Sunday, February 23 for a free workshop at the Oak Park Main Library at 3pm in the first floor Community Room!

Oak Park Main Library (Community Room)

Even though the leaves are off the trees and there may be snow on the ground, gardening is still on our minds here at Deep Roots. In fact, now is the best time to be thinking about our gardens, as some things need to be planned long before the first plants poke up from the ground. Join Deep Roots Project Sunday, February 23 for a free workshop at the Oak Park Main Library at 3pm in the first floor Community Room! We allowed extra time at the end to advise people who need help with their garden planning.Preparing your beds, sowing spring seeds outdoors, planting seedlings <ul><li>Learn to prepare your soil with compost </li><li>Know which additional fertilizer each crop needs and how to apply it</li><li>Learn to plant cool weather veggie seeds directly into your outdoor beds. Easy to grow spring veggies are lettuce, spinach, arugula, beets, carrots, dill, peas, and radish. If you want to plant a lot of these veggies seeds are the affordable ways to go.</li><li>Learn to get a large harvest of fresh salad greens using the “Cut and come again” method</li><li>Harvesting cool weather veggies and planning the warm weather veggies that will soon take their place.</li><li>Planting warm weather seedlings like tomatoes, peppers, basil, cucumbers and squash</li><li>How to protect your squash seedlings from the squash vine borer moth and caterpillar. It can kill the whole plant!</li><li>How to prevent powdery mildew on your cucumbers and get bigger harvests.</li><li>Where to plant marigolds, nasturtiums and other companion plants that repel pests and attract beneficial insects.</li></ul><h3>New ebook: “Edible Gardening Checklist for Success”</h3>Our new“Edible Gardening Checklist for Success” is almost done. All the tips are for climate Zone 5. The 54-page ebook was researched and written by the Deep Roots Education Team. It contain links to the best articles and videos we could find. You can download a copy or view most of the content in the <a href="http://www.deep-roots-project.org/1-edible-gardening-ebook-intro" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">“Learn To Grow” section of the Deep Roots website</a> even though we plan to add a couple more charts and pages. We welcome your feedback on the ebook at the Feb 23 workshop, by email or by phone. Contact Estelle Carol <a href="http://mailto: estelle@deep-roots-project.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">estelle[at]deep-roots-project.org</a> and 708-616-6473. Download a free preview copy.

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