time to get growing
Kittery Land Trust is getting its hands dirty to help local food pantries struggling to meet demand during this challenging pandemic. KLT will be raising vegetables and herbs on a plot of fallow farmland on Stevenson Road owned by Jacqueline Nooney, who is making the land available to KLT for this donation garden.
We are planting inside a fenced 60 x 80-foot area in an effort to provide local food pantries with fresh, healthy produce. The garden will be volunteer-run and 100% of the harvest will be donated. We owe a special thank you to Jackie Nooney for donating and tilling the garden space - without her generosity, this project would not be possible.
Martina Berger is serving as our Garden Coordinator. She led the effort to collect seedlings, get the garden planted and will be coordinating volunteers throughout the growing season. We are thrilled to be able to help meet such an important community need during these difficult times. To get involved or learn more, please email [email protected] and if you'd like to read about the project in greater depth, please see a wonderful article about the garden that recently appeared in Seacoast Online.
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HarVEST TRACKER
1,659 lbs Harvested as of SEptember 9, 2020
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PROGRESS!
Thank you
Many thanks to the following individuals and
organizations for their generous donations of seeds, seedlings, and supplies for the KLT Victory Garden: 3 Sisters Farm - South Berwick, Maine Kittery School Nutrition Program - Kittery, Maine Newfields Garden Club - Newfields, New Hampshire Stout Oak Farm - Brentwood, New Hampshire Traip Academy Greenhouses - Kittery, Maine Green Art, Inc. - Kittery, Maine Alison Magill Amy Webster Audrey Gottlieb Blayne Matty Carol and Eric Waleryszak Celina Adams Charlotte Gindele Cindi Rohwer Danielle Hoffman Faith Harrington Galen Beale Janet Sherman Jeanne Rosadina Jerry and Stephanie Wexler-Robock Judy Butler Julia O'Connell Kate Gezzar Laura Moritzen Linda Meadows Marcia Peverly Martha Kowal Mary Oplinger Maureen Kittredge MJ Blanchette Pauli Rines Phyllis Ford Rich Smeltzer Susan Mayer |
Another big thank you to our wonderful volunteers, without whom the garden would not have succeeded:
Abigail Gindele Alice White Alicen Brown Amy Webster and Family Brenda Myers Candace Delisio Celina Adams Charlotte Gindele Daphne Rowe David Rowe David Speert Dianne Dean Ellie Batchelder Emily Hennessy Erika Gebo and Family Erin Kempster Faith Harrington Gibson Martucci Isabelle Woollacott Jerry Robock Jim Dean JoAnn Warren Judy Spiller Julia O'Connell Karen Matso Kate Gezzer Kate Loughlin and Family Linda Myers-Tierney Lynne Crocker Maryse Newton and Family Meaghan Dunn and Family Nancy Peschel Noelle Grattan and Family Peter Lamb Renee Fifield Rich Smeltzer and Family Stephanie Mandani and Family Stephanie Wexler-Robock Susan Everest Susan Tredwell Thomas Berger Toby Gordon |
What is a Victory Garden?
Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Germany during World War I and World War II. In the war time governments encouraged people to plant victory gardens not only to supplement their rations but also to boost morale. George Washington Carver wrote an agricultural tract and promoted the idea of what he called a "Victory Garden". They were used along with Rationing Stamps and Cards to reduce pressure on the public food supply. Besides indirectly aiding the war effort, these gardens were also considered a civil "morale booster" in that gardeners could feel empowered by their contribution of labor and rewarded by the produce grown. This made victory gardens a part of daily life on the home front. – source Wikipedia
Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Germany during World War I and World War II. In the war time governments encouraged people to plant victory gardens not only to supplement their rations but also to boost morale. George Washington Carver wrote an agricultural tract and promoted the idea of what he called a "Victory Garden". They were used along with Rationing Stamps and Cards to reduce pressure on the public food supply. Besides indirectly aiding the war effort, these gardens were also considered a civil "morale booster" in that gardeners could feel empowered by their contribution of labor and rewarded by the produce grown. This made victory gardens a part of daily life on the home front. – source Wikipedia