TOPEKA (KSNT) – Even with winter weather lingering, one Topeka non-profit is helping the community start thinking about spring gardens.
The Midwest Preparedness Project hosted a gardening workshop to help community members prepare for the upcoming growing season.
Attendees participated in a seed swap, shared a meal, and heard from a master gardener about how to plan a spring garden. The workshop focused on companion planting, a method of placing certain plants together to naturally boost yields.
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Organizers say the event is meant to help people reconnect with growing their own food and living more self-sufficiently.
“Because most people have gotten away from the self-sufficient lifestyle,” said Patrick Henry, president and director of the Midwest Preparedness Project. “Like, if you were to ask, you know, the average person today, ‘How do you grow cucumbers?’ They’d say, ‘Well, I don’t know. I go to the grocery store, and I buy them.’”
The nonprofit plans to continue promoting those skills later this year. In May, the Midwest Preparedness Project will host a festival featuring speakers from across the country who will share insights on living a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
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