Last Sunday's work session followed several nights of late-season frosts and even a freeze. We were pleasantly surprised that not only was the weather warmer than predicted during our work, but also the transplants from last week seemed fine with the cold snap and the soil warm enough for more seeds. Yay for more spring planting!
Throughout the beds many varieties were planted: a spicy greens mix and a sweet greens mix; parsley and cilantro (in a part-shade section of the garden to help ward off bolting too early as temperatures rise); rainbow chard; and a mix of edible flowers in the asparagus patch.
There was a good bit of "maintenance weeding" in all the beds. A couple folks undertook cleaning out and organizing the garden shed. Thanks to Dee for putting up plot markers!
The lettuce and arugula planted a couple weeks ago have sprouted!! There is life with the sugar snap peas, and the strawberries have started to set early blooms for their sweet, sweet fruit: strawberry shortcake, here we come!!
Next work session, Sunday April, 17th, 2-4pm will involve more weeding and, if it's WARM enough (come on spring!!), herbs will be planted. The big summer planting will need to wait until May 1st, 2-4 (which is also our next COMMUNITY DAY), because the weather has been so unpredictable.
Lastly, we have a "call for materials." We are going to construct raised beds along the entry side walk, and we need anything that could help: stakes to hold up the walls, extra wood, plastic, or metal boards or planks: if you have something laying around that you think, but are not sure, if it would be useful, just ask!
