Growing a garden is new all over again with city dwellers and suburbanites, whether they own homes, condos or rent apartments . "Grow Your Own Groceries" is a program held at the Main Library and the latest was held in the Main courtyard, October 26, 2019. Kids and adults found the idea of growing things fascinating. The program, led by Nathan, the Man in Overalls, has been food gardening since he was eight years old. Nathan's talk covered how
to pick a good garden spot, how much space different plants need, and what to
plant when. Main staff also gave attendees a couple of good handouts to reinforce the
talk. Nathan answered questions and those who wanted to came up and
filled a small pot with some of Nathan's special gardening soil mix and they planted lettuce
seeds in pots as seen above.
If your library is interested in hosting this program, one can be assured he is knowledgeable in gardening. He owns his own business and he comes out for personal consults and helps folks start/maintain their own gardens. He has started coming to the library for a spring and a fall program which he does for us free of charge to help people in the community. He has credentials. (His website: http://maninoveralls.blogspot.com/
"Nathan, Man in Overalls, began planting fruit trees in high school.
Throughout his studies in community organizing and social movements at Warren
Wilson College (class of '08), Nathan managed a Permaculture edible landscape
complete with vegetables, fruit trees, herbs and medicinals as part of his
school's student work requirement. While at Warren Wilson, Man in Overalls
studied widely on different methods of small scale agriculture, including
organic, biointensive, permaculture, and SPIN Farming. He has won several important awards, too" said Main's LAS Amanda Whaley .
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