But we have made progress in spite of the weather, Tillie (my tiller) being in da shoppe twice, and Rocinante (my truck a.k.a. Opie) in the shop and still there.
Good news: The town has agreed to a twicet a week watering schedule for our cut flower zinnia beds in the medians (Peterson Lake and Malfunction Junction (Verlington and Shelton)), so we will be preparing and planting those beds circa May 1. THANKS to angel Renea Sain for donating zinnia, marigold, and gomphrena seeds. We have seeds of other varieties of zinnias too plus several varieties of sunflowers.
Tuesday afternoon Bob Hathaway, Sue Butler, and I prepared plot 5 and planted purplehull peas, and 1/2 of plot 1 and planted Triple X sweet corn donated by angel John Bradley (also the Carbon Boost). Sue weeded plot 3, also.
Since it is cold and muddy, next work day will be Monday April 22 430-600pm in the evening. RSVP!
We need to plant basil and sunflowers in the inside corners of plots 2,3,5,6.
We always need some weeding such as the onions in plot 1 and in the raised beds.
We need to put the OM (at front left corner just outside the garden) on any exposed ground.
We need to prevent pests on the lettuce, cabbiges, taters, and sweetpeas, if you knowhatimean.
We need to plant tomatoes and install the cages (donated by angel Bob Hathaway) when the ground warms up quite a bit - prolly around May 1.
We need to install the four pole bean and gourd trellises over the main walking path and plant them seeds. These are perzactly the same as the entrance trells.
When we harvest out of the raised beds erelong, we will fill them up again using the promix dirt donated by angel Mr. Norman Brown of EPLEX.
We have a few garlic scapes, a few carrots, onions (plot 3), and kale (form the Peterson Lake zinnia bed) ready to harvest to take to the Food Pantry next Thursday, assuming I have a ride (Rocinante is fixed and running.)
RSVP me by email if you can work Monday or let me know when you are available so's I can get up a work team with the same available times.
"To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." ~ M. Gandhi
Ain't God good!
cw
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