Great morning in the garden! Linda, Shannon, Jessica, Gabriel, Art, Eric, Rebecca, Josh, and myself arrived at 9 or shortly thereafter to dig out our 1st pathway. We dug about four inches in depth and about 3 ½ feet in width. We lined the path with cardboard salvaged from Central Co-op’s garbage compacter and then an additional couple of inches of wood chip mulch.
Next steps:
- Additional mulch on our new pathway
- Stake off native plants for protection during work parties, parks crew, etc.
- Cover the cover crops and space encircled by our new pathway with plastic to dry, so we may then do a double dig of the space.
- Work on the garden design in the garden space: measuring and staking out the design. Shannon’s design will be posted as a Google doc. We are asking that everyone make suggestions or raise concerns/preferences and record these on the design document. The submitted suggestions will be brought along when we work on the design in the space.
- A meeting to settle on a design.
- Plan where our first planted mounds should be!
- Double dig areas we designated for our first planting!
In the meantime, Chris is leading the soil sampling process and will put out an email if help is needed.
Calendar Dates: dates are on the blog or Howell Collective P-Patch google group
1. Next work party: Friday the 18th, time to be determined
2. Tool shed forum the following week, still working on exact date.
3. Plan Your Veggie Garden Class Saturday, 2/26 from 10-12noon For more information and how to register, visit our classes page on the bloghowellcollective.wordpress.com.
Note: My availability is limited so I have put some work parties up for Friday’s or weekday evenings when I am available. However, I can get you tools and other assistance if you want to organize a work party for a weekend day when you are available.
Beautiful job guys! The garden is really starting to take shape now.