by Tamra Dickinson | Mar 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Tamra Dickinson | Mar 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
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!
by Tamra Dickinson | Dec 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Tamra Dickinson | Dec 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Tamra Dickinson | Sep 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Tamra Dickinson | Aug 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Tamra Dickinson | Jul 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
July 6, 2022 The Hogan garden is filling in. Here is a link to the video on Logan Northside Neighborhood garden Facebook page. This is located at 19th and Mississippi, LaCrosse Wisconsin. https://fb.watch/e6G3Xk2JsN/?mibextid=paknZx&fs=e&s=cl
by Tamra Dickinson | Jul 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
July 6, 2022The LaCrosse City Hall garden has lovely produce developing. They added arches this year to hold their peas and beans. The signs they use to identify produce ready for picking is ingenious!
by Tamra Dickinson | Jul 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
July 5, 2022 The gardens have an abundant amount of herbs that returned from last years plants. Summer savory self seeded very well. Clean the herb well using a salad spinner. Remove the leaves from the thick stems. Use a mortar and pestle to grind the leaves and then...
by Tamra Dickinson | Jun 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
June 13, 2022 When using garlic scapes, only use the smooth stem part of the scape. Cut them just before they flare out into a bulb and then start to taper down.We grew garlic in the Logan Northside Neighborhood Gardens at the Fire Station location.These were planted...