Get Ready for Gardening - Morrison Community Garden Spring 2013

The sap is flowing in the trees and the ground will soon be warm enough to start gardening! Join us for the 4th season of gardening in the Morrison Community Garden.

Planting plots will be ready for planting early season vegetables as lettuce, radishes, and kohlrabi by late April and the regular planting season in early May. Plots are 10’x20’ for $25.00 that includes 2 bales of straw to help mulch each plot for moisture and weed control.

Garden plot registration started in November for all returning gardeners and will continue until the last day of April. Forms to register are available at Fitzgeralds, Happy

Joe’s, Angie VanderVinne Insurance Agency, Wilson’s Greenhouse and Flowers, and the Morrison Community Hospital.

On March 7th at 6:30 an organizational meeting for this year’s gardeners and sponsors of the Morrison Community Garden will meet at the Odell Library Community Room. All members of this year’s garden are encouraged to attend and share time to get to know each other and share our common interest in this successful community project. Each year the garden volunteers and gardeners work together to improve the garden as a sustainable effort that adds value for all those involved as a healthful, fun, and rewarding hobby.

Please contact for more information: Jennifer Alvarado at 303 N. Jackson St., phone 815-772-5562, Morrison Community Hospital.

Carroll County Lawyers Seeking Donations for ‘Feeding Illinois’ Food Bank

The Carroll County Bar Association in cooperation with the Illinois State Bar Association, announces that it is accepting donations of perishable food items and money for it “Feeding Illinois” food drive. Donations may be dropped off at the Carroll County Courthouse, Circuit Clerk Sherri Miller’s office, during normal business hours until March 1, 2013.

“Feeding Illinois” is a coalition of eight Feeding America food banks, which provide food to nearly 2,000 food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters throughout the state. The organization is committed to educating people about the role of food banks in addressing hunger and raising awareness of the need to devote more resources and attention to hunger issues.