New time 6pm, Free seedlings, Irrigation, wish list #1
FREE SEEDLINGS: Kiersten and George successfully cared for and donated cool season greens seedlings to St. Mary, First Presbyterian, and Scarboro gardens. We have some seedlings left over. If you want some they will be inside the St. Mary’s garden at 6pm on Monday until supplies last. Please bring your own containers in case we run out. Seedlings include: Georgia Southern collards, variety kale, variety mustard, romaine lettuce, black-seeded simpson lettuce, and maybe some others that I cannot remember.
Here is a sneak peak at the summer seedlings that Kiersten and George are tending for St. Mary’s, First Presbyterian, and Scarboro gardens: tomatoes, peppers, and basil.
HARVEST TOTALS: We harvested and delivered onions, cilantro, kale, spinach, and carrots for the St. Joseph food pantry. Below are the totals so far this season.
This is an approximate dollar value of the produce harvested. Most of this produce goes to the food pantry. Sometimes a few of the items go to pantry workers, parish employees, and gardeners. All of these vegetables overwintered. The greens are kale and spinach. The herb is cilantro. The onions are walking onions. The root crop is carrot.
WISH LIST: Walter D. suggested that we share a regular wish list for our garden. If you have donations or suggestions, please contact me.
We need:
Kid-sized tools especially watering cans, gloves, and various hand tools
Metal t-posts (5-6 foot long preferred),
Plain cardboard (for covering pathways and weeds),
leaves and grass clippings (no sticks, rocks, trash)
mulch (please coordinate with Jason Schmidt)
cool weather cover crop seed: cereal rye, oats, hairy vetch, Austrian winter peas, clover
monetary donations to purchase things that we need (see Deacon Sega or Jason Schmidt)
Stirrup hoes or collinear hoes like these at Johnny’s: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/weed-control/hoes-cultivators/
We do not need seedlings. So far we have this covered for St. Mary’s, First Presbyterian, and Scarboro.
NEW TIME NEXT MONDAY: On Monday, 4/11 we will officially start at 6pm. But you are welcome to come early. If you need the shed combination, please contact Jason S. The notebook should be mostly up-to-date.
We will weed and tidy and harvest carrots.
LAST WEEK we assembled the drip line irrigation. We weeded and tidied. We even planted a few more seedlings. Our work crew was Luchi, Olivia, Kathy, Tom, Walter, Kiersten, George, William, Ben and son, James, Jason N., Jason S. I hope that I did not forget anyone.
It might be difficult to notice the drip line installed on all of the main beds and the side beds, too. This year we have a special water line running on the south bed to irrigate along the far fence line thanks the some fancy thinking!
