I took off for the month of May to do some planting on the other side of the world, so Gail managed the library garden project during that time, putting her ninja garden skills to good use!
Later in April, the Green Chillis braved the soggy, blustery weather to do a bit of weeding in the garden. They also looked through our seeds and picked some varieties they would like to grow this year, and everyone signed a thank-you note to Tom Geiger of Geiger True Value, who generously provided all our estimated potting soil needs for this season! This gift will allow us to refill the large pots on the patio as well as give away many of the seedlings we have raised to the community. Stephanie Farris at Picket Fence also continued her generous support by donating a bunch of small pots for transplants and a bag of carrot seeds. Toby Peters (of Peters Landscape) will be bringing by a load of mulch for the garden. So thankful for our giving community! By the end of April, our new raised beds were set up, though we had to wait on the proper connectors to make it all shipshape. We sheet mulched the new beds to smother weeds and grass.
I took off for the month of May to do some planting on the other side of the world, so Gail managed the library garden project during that time, putting her ninja garden skills to good use!
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We -- human and plant alike -- enjoyed the glorious sunshine yesterday. The seedlings soaked up some warmth, and we got exercise lugging them all outside. Some of the multitude of swiftly-growing tomatoes were transplanted, and when we get more soil we'll transplant the rest. Meanwhile, it's just about time to start transplanting our cool-weather seedlings into the garden! The early direct-seeded lettuce and radishes hung on through the last snow and are now emerging. Such a happy sight. And there's more exciting news: we're getting four new raised beds to expand our planting area by 50%! We look forward to a season with more variety, more beauty, and more food (for us and to share). The Green Chillis and I spent some time marking off approximately where the new beds will be, which was a good exercise in applied mathematics (and showed that my math muscles have been atrophying. Sigh.). |
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