Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Spring may be slow to warm, but our garden is well under way!





Sunday, April 2nd was our second all-hands work session and we got so much accomplished! The weather was warmer and less windy than predicted and several folks stayed past 4pm to start laying cardboard in the paths and water the last of the plantings. 

Backing up two hours, I (among many others) was met on the street with hot apple cider and name tags. We started with the big weeding projects of the day: clearing the mostly-wire-grass weeds from the asparagus patch, the pollinator garden spot, the hole that was last year's attempt to catch heavy rain fall from the school roof, and any visible weeds in the other veggie beds.







A team also worked on filling that ex-water-hole with dirt and getting it ready to be planted over.







Then there was all the SPRING PLANTING! A variety of potatoes (including PURPLE ones!) were put in, as well as plenty of different types of carrots, radishes, and peas in various spots around the garden. The kale transplants looked good, and only a few of last session's sugar snap peas had sprouted, so those rows got reseeded.




























The strawberries in particular looked strong and notably larger than a mere two weeks ago.  I can't wait to see what has sprouted come the next work session, this Sunday, April 10th, 2-4pm