Neighborhood Garden Ready to Open March 31

Spring is almost here - it's time to garden! FIRST OFFICIAL WORK DATE SET FOR - SATURDAY MARCH 31st (not the 30th as I mentioned to some of you!!!) 9 AM until Noon.

Thanks to those new members who are interested in our garden. We are excited that our numbers are growing. We will be adding weekdays this year as an added bonus - some persons are only available then. Also, the youth group who participated in the Sweet Potato harvest last fall may spend time in our garden this year as well. Sunday afternoons are also a workday possibility. And, we will be needing a team to do the garden watering - especially as the hot weather approaches. See - we have something for everyone!!!

First - many things need to happen in the garden - a good clean up of beds (we didn't get that all finished last fall) - We have new compost on site and need to top off the beds after they are cleaned out.

There are a few repairs needed to some of our original beds - and the hoses are in need of repair? or replacing. Fred (I think) has agreed to check these out for me ( he repaired one or two last year!!!). We are also hoping to get the water pressure back up like we had at the beginning of last year - we now have half of the pressure which requires that the hoses need to be moved mid-day to get the entire garden watered. And the burms are suffering from an overtaking of Bermuda Grass - And of course the planting of seeds and new plants and then the harvesting of our crops - see there really is something for everyone!

Bell Garden will be open for purchase of plants soon - and the science dept at McKinley is planning a "seed starting" project - so we should have plenty to work with. Also - some seeds do best planted directly in the beds. If there is something you wish to try - we are open to your request.

Enough of my rambling - hope to see you in the garden. And feel free to call if you have ideas, etc.

Bev