Thank you:
Donut Hutt (and Sophia!) for donating coffee grounds and plastic bucket
This week's CVG Organized Work Opportunities
Monday — 8 am - 5 pm - at the garden
Tuesday — 8 am - 5 pm - at the garden
Wed-Sat— none—wishing the rain would go away.
Can you help?
- A self directed group, family, or community club to cut flowers and arrange at the garden on Mondays or Tuesdays with delivery on same day. (CVG volunteers are willing to help educate about cutting and arranging the flowers the first 2 weeks). Flowers to be delivered to Page Robbins or preferred nursing home from June to the end of September. CVG will furnish pint glass jars and tags for the flowers. The group will arrange to pick up for the empty pint jars prior to delivery day.
- Carpenter/handy person(s). Reinforce fencing and construct legs for garden workbench/table. Work needs done in March, days and times negotiable. Project #2- rehab raised beds. Work to begin in September and October with days and times negotiable.
CVG - Save the Date!
Wednesday April 13 - 9 am - noon - 2016 MAMG (Memphis Area Master Gardeners) Interns visit the garden
Please let me know ASAP if you are available to help with this event. We’ll need as many CVG volunteers as possible and want to meet a few times prior to the event to make sure we’re all set with the garden teaching stations.
Monday April 18 - 6 pm - 7 pm - Girl Scout Troop visits the garden
Saturday June 4 - CVG is on the MAMG “Through our Garden Gates/ TOGG” Garden Tour
Saturday June 11 - CVG is on the MAMG “Gardens in Progress” Tour
Work Progress:
On Wednesday March 2, Jan started tomato (18 Arkansas Traveler, 12 Verona/Juliet) and 12 “Tasty Green” cucumber seeds.
On Friday March 4, Jan, Twila, Teresa, Stephanie planted “Renegade” Spinach seedlings in plots 3, 5, 6; Arugula seeds in plot 3; and Swiss Chard seeds in plot 5. Installed weed barrier fabric in walkways of plot 4. Si
de-dressed some of the raised beds with compost. Divided plot 1 into rows for cabbage.
On Saturday March 5, Jan and Twila continued spring garden work plan.
Beauty in the Garden:
Cabbage and mustard greens in plot 4:
Here come the peas:
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