Today Jan T. and Stephanie hosted a high school homeschool geography class that is taught by Pam D. They have been learning about world hunger and food scarcity and wanted to see locally how those two topics are being addressed. We talked to them about the different active projects that we have at the garden, such as the fresh grown food that we donate to the local food bank, the landscape planting material that we provide to Habitat For Humanity, and also the fresh flowers that we give to local adult day care centers and hospice centers. They presented us with a check for the Collierville Food Bank of $280!
Val and Carl moved all of the remaining cinder blocks into the garden on Wednesday and today I continued working on the north central raised bed. I also added rebar supports to the north corner bed and it is now ready for the holes to be half-filled with oak leaves. I will be at the garden tomorrow (Friday) from 9:30 - noon continuing to build the last two raised beds. Please come if you can.
The last of the cinder blocks yet to find a permanent home, moved into the garden by Val and Carl on Wednesday:
North central raised bed nearly complete:
North "corner" bed ready for oak leaf fill (located in the yard bags) in the cinder block holes:
On Saturday, Carl will be at the garden from 8:00 - 10:00 and I will be there from 9:30 - noon for hopefully the last big push to complete the raised beds and ready them for planting. We'll be moving the last of the donated pro-mix from the parking lot into the beds as well as moving the Plant For Habitat's fill that they have donated to us to use, and the last couple of yards of compost that we have available "behind the fence".... Please bring a (marked!) shovel and a wagon/wheelbarrow if you can easily get it to the garden. Please come if you're able and available!
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