While not all gardeners necessarily have a green thumb, they do tend to share a few common characteristics. Generally, gardeners like to watch their plants or flowers grow, and most are concerned about soil health. But each and every gardener loves to talk about their gardens.
Karen McGuire stands next to the compost NUSHI plot with her helper, Gardener Marge the miniature poodle.
For extra space in her small garden plot, Amy Placzek uses cattle panels and tomato cages so plants can grow vertically.
Roses and sage picked straight from the garden are part of the natural lotion bars and soaps that Shelly Roxbury makes.
Cover crop grows in Kyle Marten’s garden earlier this spring. He will hand-pull the cover crop to terminate it then use it as mulch in his garden.
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Plants thrive in the fertile soils of Elaine Dooley’s garden.
Kay Hegler has been pinching off the flowers and buds from the buckwheat cover crop to prevent it from going to seed. Her granddaughter Brielle is learning just as much as grandma with the NUSHI project!
Myron Johnson spends about two hours each morning tending his garden.
Milla Jones of Lincoln, Neb., has grown flowers almost her whole life but is just getting into vegetable gardening.
With the dry weather and a new location, Tanya Babel is trying many different things in her garden this year.
