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VEGGIES & MEDICINE GIVEAWAY FOR ELDERS The Kaienthóhsera - Akwesasne Garden Initiative will be giving away some vegetables and medicine (stinging nettle tea, mullein, achy joint salves, etc.) All medicines were picked by the Kaienthóhsera summer students using cultural practices & protocols they learned while working with Thompson Island staff and external presenters. ... This giveaway is open to elders only there is a limited amount, so register soon by contacting Jessica Shenandoah at 613-930-3941 or [email protected]. Delivery is available and can be arranged for those who need it. Note: Please let us know of any allergies and/or sensitivities to certain vegetables/medicine in advance. Nia:wen!

TAKE FIVE: VISIT YOUR GARDEN EVERY DAY Master gardeners who give advice on vegetable gardens tell us that it is much better to spend 5 minutes each day tending to your garden bed than devoting an entire weekend to it once a month. When weeds are tiny, you can almost brush them away. You can also tell when your soil is dry and in need of watering. ... Daily trips into the garden also help you spot and act on insect/disease symptoms early. In the end, the short time spent means that you’re more likely to harvest healthy vegetables.

TOMATO SUCKERS: TO PRUNE OR NOT TO PRUNE? Tomato suckers, or side shoots, are the growths that appear in the junction between the stem and a branch of a tomato plant. When left to grow, tomato plant suckers will become another main stem with branches, flowers, fruit, and even more suckers of their own. Pruning tomato sucker is often recommended because the resulting new stem is competing for nutrients with the original plant. Your plant may have more fruit if you let the suckers grow, but the tomatoes will be smaller and the plant will be more cumbersome, requiring a lot of effort to stake as the summer progresses. Pruning tomato suckers make your plants more manageable and more robust at the same time.

VEGGIES & MEDICINE GIVEAWAY FOR ELDERS The Kaienthóhsera - Akwesasne Garden Initiative will be giving away some vegetables and medicine (stinging nettle tea, mullein, achy joint salves, etc.) All medicines were picked by the Kaienthóhsera summer students using cultural practices & protocols they learned while working with Thompson Island staff and external presenters. ... This giveaway is open to elders only there is a limited amount, so register soon by contacting Jessica Shenandoah at 613-930-3941 or [email protected]. Delivery is available and can be arranged for those who need it. Note: Please let us know of any allergies and/or sensitivities to certain vegetables/medicine in advance. Nia:wen!

If you aren't always able to water your garden when you want to, here's a Kaienthohsera Tip on how to do Pop Bottle Irrigation. We are using this system on some of our raised garden beds and it works well!

TAKE FIVE: VISIT YOUR GARDEN EVERY DAY Master gardeners who give advice on vegetable gardens tell us that it is much better to spend 5 minutes each day tending to your garden bed than devoting an entire weekend to it once a month. When weeds are tiny, you can almost brush them away. You can also tell when your soil is dry and in need of watering. ... Daily trips into the garden also help you spot and act on insect/disease symptoms early. In the end, the short time spent means that you’re more likely to harvest healthy vegetables.

TOMATO SUCKERS: TO PRUNE OR NOT TO PRUNE? Tomato suckers, or side shoots, are the growths that appear in the junction between the stem and a branch of a tomato plant. When left to grow, tomato plant suckers will become another main stem with branches, flowers, fruit, and even more suckers of their own. Pruning tomato sucker is often recommended because the resulting new stem is competing for nutrients with the original plant. Your plant may have more fruit if you let the suckers grow, but the tomatoes will be smaller and the plant will be more cumbersome, requiring a lot of effort to stake as the summer progresses. Pruning tomato suckers make your plants more manageable and more robust at the same time.

If you aren't always able to water your garden when you want to, here's a Kaienthohsera Tip on how to do Pop Bottle Irrigation. We are using this system on some of our raised garden beds and it works well!