Upcoming Events
Gardening 101
Are you wanting to garden this summer, but don't know where to start? Or maybe you want to improve your gardening skills? Join us and learn what you need to know to make your garden blossom this season!
Taught by local Master Gardener Mary Walker, we will discuss various topics, including preparing and designing your garden plot. Which veggies are best grown from seed and which from transplants? What seed packets tell us. How to select and plant transplants, when and how to water and fertilize. Care during the growing season and finally harvesting. There will be plenty of time for questions and sharing as we set out to make this a great growing season!
No prior experience necessary. Please bring shoes and clothes you don't mind getting dirty. Parking is available in the Loyola parking lot across the street from the big red barn.
Classes are offered on our tiered pricing scale:
Benefactor: $45
Sustainer: $22
Base: $15
If this fee is prohibitive, please contact us (info@livingearthcentermn.org) so we can discuss options.
To register, please sign up at Eventbrite
Blue Earth County Community Farm Open House
Join us at the Blue Earth Community Farm for an afternoon of spring fun! Bring your friends and family for an afternoon filled with exciting activities. From planting flowers and contributing to our community mural with your unique masterpiece to engaging in yard games and crafting your very own flower seed pod, there's a variety of fun awaiting you. Treat yourself to delicious snacks while exploring the garden on a guided tour. Plus, don't miss the chance to take home a veggie sprout of your own (first come, first served basis, so arrive early)! This event is FREE! We hope to see you there!
We encourage you to register. Registration is not required, though it helps estimate numbers. Register with the link below.
Summer Solstice Celebration
Save the date for celebrating the longest day of the year! Bring a picnic and your friends and family to enjoy an evening of reflection, live music, and other performances.
More information to come. We hope to see you there!
LEC News and Updates
Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th century Abbess, was blessed with an astonishing array of talents. She was, among other things, a mystic, naturalist, visionary, and composer. She believed "foods of joy" revitalized us and helped preserve good health in every sphere - physical, spiritual, and psychological.
In the cookbook, From Saint Hildegard's Kitchen, chef Jany Fournier-Rosset has brought 175 of her recipes into the modern era. I have a deep love for Saint Hildegard and when I got this book a few years ago the first thing I had to make was from the "Saint Hildegard's Own Special Recipes" section - "Cookies that Bring Joy." They're similar to a spice cookie, not too sweet, the perfect companion with afternoon tea.
Plus, it is pretty darned cool to be baking cookies that were baked in the 12th century!
Last month LEC Staff met with students from Jefferson Elementary and Dakota Meadows Middle School to start tomato and pepper seeds. As part of our new Youth Gardening Initiative program called "Seed to Sauce," the students will follow the seeds from planting to harvesting, learning hands on about the importance of healthy food choices.
The seeds that the students planted have begun to sprout under the watchful eye of LEC staff and some well-placed grow lights. In May the students will plant the seedlings at the Community Farm...
Living Earth Center is honored and grateful for Consolidated Communications Community Foundation's support of our Community Food Connection Program.
Their $2,500 grant will support LEC's Community Food Connection Program (CFC). Through the CFC LEC directly connects people to the land and to healthy, organic produce. We are able to confront the issues of food insecurity and sovereignty in our community collaboratively through a multi-faceted approach.
