Happy Spring!

The garden at the start of our first work session

Spring has sprung! And with that, the GW Community Garden has welcomed its latest group of members. Some members are veterans from previous years, and some of us (myself included) are new to the garden. It goes without saying that we all welcome spring with open arms and we're ready to get our hands dirty.

Paul, our youngest member of the work session, 
was especially helpful with weeding and turning over the beds!

GWCG was in hibernation mode throughout the winter, so it needed some TLC heading into the new season. Before we can start planting for spring, the first task was to get the garden back in shape with our first work session, which occurred last Saturday. The Del Ray area had beautiful weather leading up to the session, making for the perfect conditions—the soil wasn’t frozen or soggy and the sun was shining. 

Here are some of the jobs we tackled to get the garden in shape:  

• Put down landscape fabric on the paths between the beds to fight the wiregrass and define the paths
• Spread bark mulch for paths between the beds
• Weeding...LOTS of weeding
• Turned over the beds (we even found a few carrots, beets, and daikon radishes from last season!)
• Trash removal and general cleanup
• Redefined the current beds and marked a couple of new beds for extra growing space

The garden looked great at the end of our work session

Our next two work days will be Sunday, March 22 and Sunday, March 28. We’ll be spreading wood chips and planting cold weather greens, including kale, lettuce, and chard. The garden is in great shape for the season, and we excited to see all that it produces.