Shoots and leaves!*

The peas and lettuce are up. We've also moved the water tank and set it up to collect rain water. It was completely full by last Sunday and sure didn't need any more of the rain we got this week. Photos soon.




*Bad joke referenced in the title:
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.

'Why?' asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

'Well, I'm a panda,' he says, at the door. 'Look it up.'

The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. 'Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.'

Community Planting Day: Sat. 21, May - 10am

We'll be joining together to put our garden in the ground this year on Saturday, 21 May from 10am to 12pm. Everyone is invited, regardless of experience. We'll need help with everything from planting seeds to laying out the irrigation hose to putting up fence posts. We do have some tools on site, but if you have things like shovels, trowels, hoes, etc., feel free to bring them along. You are also welcome to bring along seeds or seedlings to share.

Also, if you are interested in your own spot in the garden, you can fill out this form and email it to me or drop it off at Church of the Saviour. Plots are free, but we encourage gardeners to donate at least 10% of what they grow to one of the two food pantries we serve.

Peas and lettuce in the ground

While I've been working behind the scenes to get the new pump for the water system, a couple of our great volunteers have started a patch of peas and lettuce. The patch is planted in an area that was heavily composted last year to see how soil improvements would affect the plants. They have also added black plastic to stop the weeds, more compost, and some protection from the deer. We've been fortunate in avoiding problems the last two years, but some deer tracks were seen while they were planting. Can't wait to see how it goes.