The Camp Garden Blog

Garden coordinator:
Laura Halvorson

If you would like to participate in the camp garden there are many possibilities: call us in the office at 263-4788. Come and pitch in with planting or harvesting, donate garden supplies, or encourage your camper to be involved in gardening!

Recent Posts

New Growth as Campers Arrive!

June 18, 2013

The garden is bursting with new life as seeds planted in May are reaching toward the sun now! These are Sugar Snap Peas, last years favorite produce!

  Summer is now here and we are very busy out in the garden out at camp.  The main garden is now fully planted and almost all of the seeds have come up and most of the transplants that were … Continue reading →

Planting gets underway!

May 28, 2013

Planting Sugar Snap Peas on our first major planting day this year.

Now that the snow cover has melted we have been busily planting the cool season crops out at Metigrowshe Garden!  Some highlights from this past week of planting include camper favorite Sugar Snap Peas, as well as asparagus, rhubarb, strawberries, … Continue reading →

Garden Grants Galore!

May 8, 2013

Still dreaming of a green garden (as we see snowbanks outside the windows). Here are some basil seedlings growing at the Parsonage!

It was a long, long, cold winter at Metigoshe Ministries this year.  Even though the garden lay under a deep blanket of snow, there was still plenty of garden work to do!  We were busy planning for this coming summer … Continue reading →

Spring Dreaming

April 10, 2013

All ready growing! Baby Kale seedlings strain towards the light getting ready for their spring debut in Metigrowshe Garden.

Spring is here even though it doesn’t look that way out our window today!   This past weekend at our first annual Grace-Filled Gardens Retreat we planted seeds for the camp garden and for participants gardens.  Just three days later … Continue reading →

Harvest Update

August 8, 2012

Harvesting lettuces - over 30 pounds of organic lettuce were harvested and served at the Lodge this summer!

The garden has given a wonderful bounty of fresh and delicious produce for our use at camp throughout the camp season.  Now that we are in our last week of camp, we want to share a harvest total with you! … Continue reading →

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