Monday, April 14, 2014

April 15 Work Party

Hi All. Hope you're not too sore from working this wonderful sunny
weekend-- too bad the weather tomorrow will be turning a bit. Anyway we will continue to work with Jim to get our watering system set up for the main part of the garden,  weed around  the beds, fertilize, plant some beets, carrots lettuce and the move the compost bins around to the back.  By my count, we are down 8 blocks so hopefully this will cut down on the borrowing and will also open up a much sunnier location to grow flowers and vegetables.  We will have to shift and store the completed compost at the same time we are moving it.  Class tomorrow will be Jim talking about watering systems and how he makes the decisions on how to set up one for us.  Hopefully this will be helpful to you if you want a system at your home. Water material list and design thoughts from Jim are posted to the right under "Class Notes."  See you all tomorrow.  MO

Class Schedule

The first draft of the 2014 class schedule is now posted on the blog--thanks to all who have signed up.  If you don't see your name, there is still time to sign-up and there are plenty of open spots on the schedule.  Keep in mind that we all learn from each other.  Please sign up on Tuesday or email MO.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

April 1 Work Party

Pictures are posted of Tuesday's work party.  We continued cleaning and preparing beds for planting and later we were treated to Jennifer's informative session on caring for roses.  We learned about what to look for when purchasing roses, how to feed, prune, remedies for diseases and pests, and more!  I'm looking forward to applying what I learned to improve my garden's roses this year!