Project GREEN Blog (Page 3)

Hi All, We had a wonderful turn-out for our twelfth week together at the PGG!  There were 16 (my favorite number!) Project GREEN volunteers in attendance Monday, July 21.  They were: Diane Allen (4 hours), Jim Peters (3 hours), Susan Ahrens, Mary Laughlin, Nick Goergen, Chris Ostrander (2 1/2 hour),Continue Reading

Hi All, There were 11 Project GREEN volunteers who met on a muggy Monday (97% humidity) with a 9 a.m. temperature of 74 degrees. The 11 a.m. temperature was expected to be 80 degrees. Yikes! The air quality was 87 (moderate). The biggest news was our rain gauge showing 2.4Continue Reading

Hi All, It was a happy morning when Project GREEN volunteers met for their week 10 work session at the Project GREEN Gardens (PGG).  Our rain gauge showed 2.4 inches since we last met on June 30!  No watering will be needed on our to-do list today.  It was 76Continue Reading

Hi All, Has anyone noticed how quickly the corn is growing??? Nothing like hot, humid and now rainy weather to help Iowa’s corn grow, “Knee high by the Fourth of July.”! Our week 9 at the Gardens began at 9 a.m. with 77 degrees and ended at 11 a.m. withContinue Reading

Hi All, We’ve once again had an excellent week at the Project GREEN Gardens.  Volunteers began their work early to miss the heat coming for our Monday morning work session.  By 9 a.m. it was 82 degrees and rising.  The 11 a.m. temperature was 86 degrees.  Our air quality wasContinue Reading

Hi All, Gardeners began working at the PGG early for week 7.  It was 75-degrees and muggy when I arrived at the Project GREEN Gardens by 8:15 a.m.  Two volunteers were watering different locations around the Gardens beginning at 8 a.m.  Some of our coffee group arrived early before theContinue Reading

Hi All, Our PGG work is going quickly this year.  We are remembering week 6’s challenge of watering the 2025 Gardens which explains how we have over 300 volunteer hours together.  Johnson County is now considered 100% as “Abnormally Dry” according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.  It’s possible we willContinue Reading

Hi All, We had a wonderful day of gardening this past Monday, which began week #5 at the Gardens. June 2nd at 9 a.m. had 69-degree temps with air quality 53, described as moderate. The Canadian fires continue to burn which fill our Iowa skies with smoke. I plan toContinue Reading

Hi All, Here are pictures after our week 3 planting marathons. Thanks to Becky Hall and Linda Schreiber for sending their pictures to share. Project GREEN volunteers and one Master Gardener (MG) met Tuesday, May 27 from 9 – 11 a.m. This was our official week 4 work session. ItContinue Reading