Teaching Winter Sowing March 13, 2023

Teaching Winter Sowing March 13, 2023

The Biology and Environmental Science Classes of Logan High School, LaCrosse, Wisconsin learned about how to winter sow native prairie plant seeds. The four varieties planted were Little Blue Stem, Brown Fox Sedge, common milkweed and Prairie Dropseed. Now we let...

2023 Green Goose Chase

We have been asked to participate in the Green Goose Chase. I hope everyone enjoys learning about the Logan Northside Neighborhood Gardens on this website. This includes food growing in the LaCrosse Area. Keep collecting those Green Geese!
Food Frolic Academy

Food Frolic Academy

October and November 2022 Food Frolic Academy Instructors Vicki and Tamra For six nights, cooking classes were offered to the Northside Elementary School Students. We covered many different aspects of cooking. They each received a cookbook of the recipes and gained...

Fall Festival 2022

October 4, 2022 The Fall Festival occurred with a nice amount of produce and flowers to share. Sadly the Fire Station#4 site will be disassembled at the end of October to make way for the new fire station at this location. We will not know for almost two years if the...
Pickling extra vegetables

Pickling extra vegetables

Sometimes alternatives are needed to help use up produce. One of those options is refrigerator pickles. Long beans are particularly fun as it is very easy to cut them to size and help fill your jars. You don’t need fancy jars to complete this process. The red...
Dehydrating Garlic

Dehydrating Garlic

With an abundance of garlic harvested from the Fire Station it is time to try dehydrating garlic. It stores well and will rehydrate easily. Using an antique slicer helps ensure all slices are similar thicknesses. Parchment paper or screens will keep the slices from...