Sustainable Mullica awarded a $1,500 AtlantiCare Healthy Schools Initialive Grant

Sustainable Mullica was chosen to receive a $1,500 Garden Award as part of the AtlantiCare Healthy Schools Initiative Grant program. While we are thrilled to get this grant, we need your help too! Please see letter below describing what the program is about and how you can get involved. Any interested parties, please email Susan.

Fall Gardening Tip #1

We know it's over 90 degrees today, but fall gardening, planting of mums and yard clean up is around the corner and upon stumbling across a few articles, I thought it would make a good post.  RePlayground had a great article last September about using shredded newspaper instead of mulch.  It keeps moisture in, keeps weeds at bay and helps eradicate weeds by putting a few layers of intact paper down as a barrier.  Most newspapers use soy ink now, so it's environmentally friendly.

Growing Potatoes in a Trash Can

Gardening: Making Paper Pots for Seedlings

Found this great link from DinnerGarden.org and Dave's Garden. Newspaper ink is soy based, so no worries there. Easy, FAMILY activity for starting your garden.