What work is needed today....

We do not need to water - it is plenty muddy from the rains.   BUT newspaper (cardboard) needs to go down between the rows with straw on top as the weeds are now starting to grow as well.  There is lots of paper and straw available.  Bring cardboard if you have it.  

Free Meal and Organizational Meeting: Wed., July 1st - 6:30pm

Everyone is invited to a "Meet Your Neighbor" and "Garden Organization" meeting Wed., July 1st at 6:30 pm in the Westerville Estates Community Center (11050 Fancher Road, Westerville, Ohio 43084)

A free dinner will be provided with dishes inspired by the vegetables we are growing.

We will be discussing how best to manage the garden resources as well as planning for the future. If you are interested in helping to care for the garden, getting your own plot next year, or figuring out how best to share the produce this year, we hope you will join us for a meal and discussion.

For more information, contact Nick Poss.

What's growing in the garden?

Here are the latest pictures from the garden. Just about everything has germinated (except for some herbs). There are even a few tomatoes, peppers, and cauliflower fruiting out.

Wading pool gardening

From Ever-green Gardening Ministries comes a neat idea for a simple and cheap container garden: children's wading pools. Everything can be done for less than $20. A great way to create a garden for small spaces or places where the soil isn't suitable for growing vegetables.

Hard rains pushed beans out of lines.  Mulch helps to prevent this from happening.  We would like to put cardboard between rows, just like newspaper, so recycle boxes with us.  

We have the beginnings of cauliflower and banana peppers.

The tomatoes have a layer of newspaper to block the weeds and mulch of straw around the plants to help retain moisture.

The straw was delivered to use around the plants...just need a wire snip to cut the baling wire. A little mulch will hold moisture in around the plant and slow down weed growth. Give a direct, watering to the plant before mulching, It also prevents run off of the soil around the plant.

Your help is needed: watering, newspaper and mulch

The first sprouts are showing up in the garden: radishes, lettuce, and beans. The soil drains very fast and we need your help to make sure the garden is watered every day.


If you are interested in helping, contact Nick Poss at Church of the Saviour, Judy Sharpe-Kosmatka at Harlem Road, or Jean Schafer at New Albany. Even if you can't help out with the watering, we need donations of newspaper and mulch to help keep down the weeds and conserve water.


Upcoming plans: We hope to have rain barrels installed very soon to help with watering and the compost pile should be available this week. More on that soon.

Pictures from the first planting

An empty plot of dirt isn't much to look at, but it's a beautiful sight when it's filled with happy people and plants. In just a few hours our crew was able to fill up most of the 15000 sq. ft. (at least until we ran out of seedlings and seeds). The grape arbor is up and the raspberries will be coming in this week. More flowers and corn will also be added. It was great day to meet new friends and plan for the future. Thanks to everyone who helped out. If you are interested in getting involved, just contact the church offices at one of the three churches or send an e-mail to nickposs@gmail.com.

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