Strawberry Work Day!

This morning we planted some new things in our garden.  A big batch of strawberries, some broccoli, cabbage, onions (red, white, and yellow) and some collard greens (only a little!).  Niki showed up with her five daycare kids, and we all had a great time.

Learning how to prepare the soil

The supervisor

Putting in the plants

Preparing for distribution

First Workday of the Season!

Today under cloudy skies and 40 degrees, we had our first work day. Where was the sun and 60 degrees that was forecasted?  Nevertheless, we persevered.  It helped that two new families joined us.  Yeah!  Because everyone else was on spring break.  Well, almost everyone.  The goals for the day included:

• Compost the old 8x4 beds including peat moss, and compost the 4x4 new beds.
• Put square foot grids on the old 4x8 beds.
• Plant some broccoli, spinach, parsley, and pea seeds (it may be too early, but we can always remain optimistic).

If you didn't make the work day today, it's not to late to join in the future.  Also, consider taking the vegetable survey to help us decide what to plant this year!

An early visitor.

Mixing in compost and peat moss to improve our soil.

Putting in the square foot grids on our old 4x8 beds.

Planning seeds.

Peas!

Spinach, Broccoli, Parsley!