“Grow Your Own Groceries – in Containers!”, a free seminar that will help shoppers save money on food, build health and find the pleasures of gardening, will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at the Sugar Grove Public Library, 125 S. Municipal Drive, in Sugar Grove.
During the seminar, Ron and Linda Stork from the Bolingbrook Garden Club will share their knowledge and years of experience growing their own food in more than 20 containers. A sunny driveway, patio, or porch, allows anyone to grow food by using containers; one doesn’t need a big back yard, or other outdoor space, in order to successfully grow vegetables.
Container gardening provides alternatives to the vegetables available in grocery stores during the season. Using containers means no weeding, no kneeling in the dirt, no rototilling, and no huge outlay of money. The gardener can keep plants free of herbicides, pesticides and other substances that are harmful to one’s health. The flavor of the products grown in containers is often better than similar products from grocery stores.
This program is being presented by The Just Food Initiative of the Fox Valley, a nonprofit organization based in Batavia that is committed to building sustainable and just food systems, as well as restoring quality and equality to the food supply. For registration information, contact Just Food at info@justfood-foxvalley.org or 331-302-8498. Learn more at www.facebook.com/JFIFoxValley.
— The Just Food Initiative of the Fox Valley