Sunday, April 26, 2009
We're On Our Way!
As you probably know by now, the beds have been tilled and some of the early seeds are in the ground. We've also started construction on the arches for the vine plants. Thanks to everyone for putting in the hard work. At the bottom of the blog you'll see a few pics of our progress. Remember , gardening hours are Sunday from 11-1 and Wednesday from 6-8. Feel free to leave comments.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
The Big Dig
Here's a report from Betsy:
We dug up the garden this past Sunday! The soil is beautiful. Compost will appear this week and we will start planting next Sunday April 19th. Bring your shovel and garden rake if you have one. Maybe the kids would like to bring their dump trucks to help move compost. Heidi and Deet will be picking up the compost.
We will plant lettuce, peas, potatoes, radishes, carrots, cabbage, brussel sprouts, beets, and broccoli. If you have any of those plants started please bring them to the garden on Sunday. Also, any plants that are getting planted on Sunday should be "hardened off" or taken outside for several hours for a few days before Sunday.
We still have money in treasury but if you haven't coughed up your $10.00 please bring it by.
Our next big decision will be water - Be on the look out for a free food grade 40-50 gallon barrel that we could make into a rain barrel. We may have to buy one - Eric has some great ideas. We'd like to do it on the cheap if possible. In the meantime we'll use the Moss and Fortuna water supply (and pray for rain)! The city says there are sprinklers on that property and they will find out in a couple of weeks if they can be turned on! Wouldn't that be cool?
Also since the last post we have the following new members: Ron and Jane and Gabe, Anida and Luan, and Joe and Meghan Parent and their brood. Others have expressed interest and will probably join in.
Our first garden rule: Don't walk on the beds! Do walk on the Grass.
See you Sunday!
We dug up the garden this past Sunday! The soil is beautiful. Compost will appear this week and we will start planting next Sunday April 19th. Bring your shovel and garden rake if you have one. Maybe the kids would like to bring their dump trucks to help move compost. Heidi and Deet will be picking up the compost.
We will plant lettuce, peas, potatoes, radishes, carrots, cabbage, brussel sprouts, beets, and broccoli. If you have any of those plants started please bring them to the garden on Sunday. Also, any plants that are getting planted on Sunday should be "hardened off" or taken outside for several hours for a few days before Sunday.
We still have money in treasury but if you haven't coughed up your $10.00 please bring it by.
Our next big decision will be water - Be on the look out for a free food grade 40-50 gallon barrel that we could make into a rain barrel. We may have to buy one - Eric has some great ideas. We'd like to do it on the cheap if possible. In the meantime we'll use the Moss and Fortuna water supply (and pray for rain)! The city says there are sprinklers on that property and they will find out in a couple of weeks if they can be turned on! Wouldn't that be cool?
Also since the last post we have the following new members: Ron and Jane and Gabe, Anida and Luan, and Joe and Meghan Parent and their brood. Others have expressed interest and will probably join in.
Our first garden rule: Don't walk on the beds! Do walk on the Grass.
See you Sunday!
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