Special thanks to Matt and Catherine who worked last Saturday while all of us were at Women's retreat! I will be out of town this Saturday, but all of you who can, please come and enjoy working in our garden!
Plans are moving forward for a perminent sign for the garden. So far, we think it should say what is listed below. Please share your comments.
Have fun on Saturday
Thanks!
Meme
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Garden Status--4/20/2009
Last Saturday was a pretty quiet day at the garden, only Catherine and I were there--but it was such a beautiful day I was where I wanted to be. We did turn the remaining potato plot and then got all the potatoes planted. I've recruited a neighbor to water the garden when necessary until the irrigation system is put in place.
For this coming Saturday, there are still a few beds to be turned. 3B, 2C and 2D. As for planting I would recommend planting peas, carrots, spinach, lettuce, and onions--not in any particular order. I have some of these seeds: peas, carrots, spinach, and a few onions. I don't know the procedure for getting other seeds we need.
It would also be great to give some attention to the strawberry/asparagus garden--pulling weeds. I'm not familiar with growing either of these plants.
Finally, we need to spread the plastic for the pathways as well.
There is a 50/50 chance I'll be around Saturday to help.
For this coming Saturday, there are still a few beds to be turned. 3B, 2C and 2D. As for planting I would recommend planting peas, carrots, spinach, lettuce, and onions--not in any particular order. I have some of these seeds: peas, carrots, spinach, and a few onions. I don't know the procedure for getting other seeds we need.
It would also be great to give some attention to the strawberry/asparagus garden--pulling weeds. I'm not familiar with growing either of these plants.
Finally, we need to spread the plastic for the pathways as well.
There is a 50/50 chance I'll be around Saturday to help.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Horse poo and garden prep
River Garden Prep Sat 4/4/09.The progress is wonderful. Please let me know if IGO can help. Remember we have seeds and lots of collard green starts like we ate at Forever Crowned last year. Also the tomatoes and peppers started in the greenhouse are coming along and there are lots of them.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Garden Status--4/16/09
Greetings all!
Well, we had a great day last Saturday, April 11th, and managed to get a lot done in the garden...and we had a great time visiting as well!
Anyway, I wanted to report that we got the soil turned and weeds pulled in most of the beds. We used rakes to pull back the compost and manure, then we used shovels and hoes to break up the soil and pull out any weeds, then we mixed the soil and compost as best we could. The beds that have been finished are ready for planting--I think. The beds that have not been "turned" yet are 2C, 2D, 3B, 4C, and 5C.
So for this coming Saturday, April 18th, we could finish turning the beds listed above. We could also plant potatoes in 4A and B (and C when it is finished). We could also plant peas and carrots. Perhaps more importantly, we have a roll of black plastic that was donated and that could be cut to length and put along the walkways--a few were finished last Saturday as well.
You all might have other ideas about what needs to be planted or done on Saturday, which is fine with me, this is just the direction we were headed last Saturday.
Also, Catherine and I will be there on Saturday morning to help out.
peace
-matt
Well, we had a great day last Saturday, April 11th, and managed to get a lot done in the garden...and we had a great time visiting as well!
Anyway, I wanted to report that we got the soil turned and weeds pulled in most of the beds. We used rakes to pull back the compost and manure, then we used shovels and hoes to break up the soil and pull out any weeds, then we mixed the soil and compost as best we could. The beds that have been finished are ready for planting--I think. The beds that have not been "turned" yet are 2C, 2D, 3B, 4C, and 5C.
So for this coming Saturday, April 18th, we could finish turning the beds listed above. We could also plant potatoes in 4A and B (and C when it is finished). We could also plant peas and carrots. Perhaps more importantly, we have a roll of black plastic that was donated and that could be cut to length and put along the walkways--a few were finished last Saturday as well.
You all might have other ideas about what needs to be planted or done on Saturday, which is fine with me, this is just the direction we were headed last Saturday.
Also, Catherine and I will be there on Saturday morning to help out.
peace
-matt
Friday, April 10, 2009
Slow gardening
Nice article about gardening and nature - Enjoy
http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/inmygarden/3088
Susan
http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/inmygarden/3088
Susan
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Garden Layout #2
Friends, Please look at this alternate layout. I think it has some important advantages over layout #1 in that next year we can rotate by rows. Everything can just move one row to the north, and it will do what needs to be done for the soil, etc. What are your concerns and thoughts?
(if you click on the picture, it will get big)
Thanks for thinking about all of this!
Meme
(if you click on the picture, it will get big)
Thanks for thinking about all of this!
Meme
Action Needed This Saturday
Possible Actions
1. Move some of the manure where it is very thick to Garden C (3 Sisters)
2. Rake and work in the manure left on the beds
3. Send a team to the green house to plant seeds
4. If we have the watering system ready - Plant some of the beds
1. Move some of the manure where it is very thick to Garden C (3 Sisters)
2. Rake and work in the manure left on the beds
3. Send a team to the green house to plant seeds
4. If we have the watering system ready - Plant some of the beds
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Dear Fellow Gardeners,
I decided to try starting a blog so we could all see what we all are saying about the garden and what needs to be done from week to week. BUT, I don't really know what I am doing with this blogging business, so it may be a bit cumbersome at first. Let's give it a try and see if we can figure it out!
Matt, Catherine, Ashley and BJ got the garden beds all plotted out and put string around them. Great job!!!
Here are comments I already recieved from Jill and Matt about what is happening.
Feel free to comment as you can!
Blessings,
Meme
Comments from Matt
As Catherine and I were discussing garden plans, we had some questions. First, I thought this Saturday (4/11)our team should plant: potatoes, peas, lettuce, and radishes, since these are all early planters. Does that sound good to you? Or is there already a timeline?
If we plant the list above, then we need to get the potatoes soon and get them chopped up and healed. Do we need to pick those up, or do you have some? If you have them, Ashley offered to cut them for us, so if you could give them to her Tuesday at pottery we'll do the rest. What about the other seeds?
Also, Catherine mentioned using rock for the paths of the garden. I would suggest that we use something else, either straw or roofing paper under straw or something along those lines. My reasoning is that rock will be more difficult to remove if we decide to change the plot sizes, whereas straw could just get tilled into the ground.
Finally, I saw that the recommend distance for tomato plants on the sheet was 2.5 to 3.5 feet. If we follow those guidelines we can only get 8 or 9 plants per plot. However, according to the "Vegetable Gardener's Bible" that I use as a guide, the plants can be much closer--15 inches apart, which means we could fit 27 plants per plot! Just information to consider as we start sizing things up. If we go with the Bible suggestion, we might not want 3 plots of tomatoes ;-)
Okay, I think that's it.
Comments from Jill Lokke about the garden:
Friends,
Beans, peppers, cabbages, and cucumbers need to be started in the greenhouse right away. We are welcome to just go over there and plant stuff. Susan has TUBS full of seeds. She has already started tomatoes and collards. I pulled out a few packets of seeds- no quite a few packets! She has another tub at her house with flower and herb seeds we need to check out. She said she'd bring them to the greenhouse.
For the next work days, after the irrigation is installed:Plants that can be direct-seeded or planted right away- lettuces, endive, radishes, peas, spinach, potatoes. The peas should probably have gone in yesterday, actually. Carrots could wait a couple of weeks. I'm not sure about chard.
Jill
I decided to try starting a blog so we could all see what we all are saying about the garden and what needs to be done from week to week. BUT, I don't really know what I am doing with this blogging business, so it may be a bit cumbersome at first. Let's give it a try and see if we can figure it out!
Matt, Catherine, Ashley and BJ got the garden beds all plotted out and put string around them. Great job!!!
Here are comments I already recieved from Jill and Matt about what is happening.
Feel free to comment as you can!
Blessings,
Meme
Comments from Matt
As Catherine and I were discussing garden plans, we had some questions. First, I thought this Saturday (4/11)our team should plant: potatoes, peas, lettuce, and radishes, since these are all early planters. Does that sound good to you? Or is there already a timeline?
If we plant the list above, then we need to get the potatoes soon and get them chopped up and healed. Do we need to pick those up, or do you have some? If you have them, Ashley offered to cut them for us, so if you could give them to her Tuesday at pottery we'll do the rest. What about the other seeds?
Also, Catherine mentioned using rock for the paths of the garden. I would suggest that we use something else, either straw or roofing paper under straw or something along those lines. My reasoning is that rock will be more difficult to remove if we decide to change the plot sizes, whereas straw could just get tilled into the ground.
Finally, I saw that the recommend distance for tomato plants on the sheet was 2.5 to 3.5 feet. If we follow those guidelines we can only get 8 or 9 plants per plot. However, according to the "Vegetable Gardener's Bible" that I use as a guide, the plants can be much closer--15 inches apart, which means we could fit 27 plants per plot! Just information to consider as we start sizing things up. If we go with the Bible suggestion, we might not want 3 plots of tomatoes ;-)
Okay, I think that's it.
Comments from Jill Lokke about the garden:
Friends,
Beans, peppers, cabbages, and cucumbers need to be started in the greenhouse right away. We are welcome to just go over there and plant stuff. Susan has TUBS full of seeds. She has already started tomatoes and collards. I pulled out a few packets of seeds- no quite a few packets! She has another tub at her house with flower and herb seeds we need to check out. She said she'd bring them to the greenhouse.
For the next work days, after the irrigation is installed:Plants that can be direct-seeded or planted right away- lettuces, endive, radishes, peas, spinach, potatoes. The peas should probably have gone in yesterday, actually. Carrots could wait a couple of weeks. I'm not sure about chard.
Jill
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