{"id":5006,"date":"2025-03-22T21:35:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T01:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/?p=5006"},"modified":"2025-03-22T21:35:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T01:35:34","slug":"gardeners-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/?p=5006","title":{"rendered":"Gardeners’ Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sweet potato slip freebie from a workshop today<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today was the 49th Boston Gardener\u2019s Gathering. It is an annual event held at Northeastern University that brings together gardeners from Boston and surrounding areas for a day of workshops and exchanges, and for reestablishing (and\/or forging new) connections after the long New England winter. Mayor Michelle Wu (accompanied by her two-month-old baby daughter) delivered the keynote address, which was a beautiful, reaffirming optimistic message of growth and resilience. I went to two fantastic workshops, one about soil health and concocting microbial inoculates (it really was a chemistry lab and a lot of fun!), and one on growing sweet potatoes, led by the legendary Elnora Thompson<\/a>. I met a lot of neighbors and fellow Boston gardeners and went home with a sweet potato slip (thanks, Elnora!) that I promptly potted up. I really needed this kind of kinship today. I also went home with about 200 packages of free seeds for our community garden. I can\u2019t wait for spring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All potted up!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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