Neatly arranged rows of radishes, spinach, lettuce and arugula sprout up from the soil in the Salvation Army garden.

They were planted as seeds just a few weeks ago by a cadre of 30 or so budding gardeners, all children involved in the organization’s weekly character-building programming. Now, the kids are back in the garden, digging holes for tomato seedlings and burying potato eyes.

Many of them aren’t new to gardening. The Salvation Army has grown vegetables in its backyard for three years, but now they have some help in the form of experts from the Southwestern Indiana Master Gardener Association.

“They really know their way around,” Salvation Army Mjr. Mark Turner said of the master gardeners. “They really know the ins and outs and what makes those vegetables really grow.”

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