Compost

There is quite a bit of compost/stuff in front of the garden! It looks and smells good, but I don't know anything about it! I'll assuming its Second Start's to use, so we should get it off the street and into our plots as fast as possible. Everyone take a wheelbarrow load or two. And we have some compost, thanks to Katie Martin. She and her children have been building and turning the compost piles diligently. Please do your part and add vegetable matter from your gardens, leftovers from the kitchen (no meat or fat), no bindweed or other seedy weeds but young innocent weeds like sunflowers and dandelions and tops of comfrey are OK. And Adam, Joy, and Paul have collaborated to bring us some manure. They are set to bring more this weekend (I think) and will need some strong bodies to transport it into the compost bins East and West.

Another Wednesday Volunteer Day

This Wednesday we had another great work-share day. The weeds are just taking over the whole garden - but we made a bit of a dent. This is mostly chickweed blanketing the pergola garden, quite enough to make a dozen chickens very happy. This stuff is edible by humans as well and high in Omega 3 fatty acids and vitamin C. There is quite a bit here and more weeds in the Herb Garden -- a good project for independent work, too.

Here is the new compost bin the volunteers made this spring. It looks good, doesn't it? We even got some Alpaca manure in it, thanks to Adam and Paul.

Volunteer Opportunity this Wednesday

This Wednesday will be another chance to hang out with other gardeners and get some work done to take care of our beautiful space. We need a bunch of people willing to rake and shovel mulch to fix some of our shared paths. I'll be there 6 pm until dark to answer questions and head you in the right direction.