Dig In!

Dig In! contributor Venice Williams has been the longtime executive director of Alice's Garden, and she is taking on a new role as the interim-executive director of the Fondy Food Center. Williams shares some of the many events happening at these places this summer.

Every month, Venice Williams joins us for Dig In!, a series all about gardening and healthy cooking. She shares the best uses for common, wild herbs that can be found in our yard this spring.

Spring has officially sprung. With the vernal equinox, many of us are looking forward to the mild, albeit wet, weather to come. Gardeners are already preparing themselves for the growing season ahead and while it’s too early to do a lot of planting, there are many things that still need to be done.

This year marks 50 years of growing and urban farming for Alice’s Garden Urban Farm in Milwaukee. The jubilee celebration will include a number of community programs as well as a logo design contest.

Venice Williams from Alice’s Garden, is a regular contributors for our monthly series Dig In! This month she shares some tips on buying seeds and planning for the upcoming growing season.

Christmas trees are beautiful when they're up, but can become a burden once the holidays are over. Our Dig In! contributor Venice Williams gives her top tips for how to reuse and recycle live Christmas trees.

Venice explains the importance of thanking your garden while also offering tips for future harvesting and books every garden lover should have on their reading list.

It's prime growing season for herbs, which means big, lush plants that may be a bit overgrown. If you're dealing with an abundance of herbs, you'll be happy to know there's an abundance of ways to use them.

Venice Williams says growing plants in isolation is not a natural practice and is something that was created to create uniformity in commercial farming, which is why gardens that implement companion planting see numerous benefits.

This month on Dig In!, Venice Williams talks about the very foundation of every garden: soil — not dirt.