Jun 02 2009
Garden Shaping Up
From one of our coordinators, LuAnn Greiner
The garden is really shaping up! Soon we will be able to sit on our laurels (if only for a brief moment) and watch our gardens grow. There are now a few lawn chairs in the garden for just that purpose. You’ll notice that there are rocks on the chairs. That is to keep them from blowing into somebody’s bed on a windy day. If you come up with a better way to keep them in place, please feel free.
FREE COMPOST!!!……Lori Miller, Rachael Lancor, Meg Stevens and I unloaded some rich compost into the garden plot area yesterday. 2 big piles are located in the second bed along the fenceline on your right as you enter the gate. Help yourself! Even if you’ve planted already you can add a few cups around your plants or in any empty areas of your beds to feed the soil.
What’s in the foot locker???…. Have you noticed the foot locker in the pathway? This little gem was donated by Meg and contains some plant labels for those who love to label their plants, twine string for tying up your tomato plants, sheets of white row cover, extra seeds and some hand tools (donated by Tim Johnson for the pantry garden). HELP YOURSELF to whatever you need. Handtools are labeled and should go back in the locker when you are done.
Paul Patenaude and Jerry Nelson should be finishing up the fence line in the next week or so. Check out the cool new gate that Jerry fashioned together. A classic!
If your are one of the lucky souls who have a bed along the fenceline… If you don’t have anything growing right along the fenceline AND if you have enough straw available, tuck some of it right up against the fenceline. Weeds/grass are already trying to make their way in !!
Happy gardening!!
