Work night rescheduled: Sunday, 22 July @7pm

Storms are on the way tonight, so we'll regroup Sunday. Hope to see you.

Come get your hands dirty: Wed., 18 July @ 7pm

We have some weeding and trellising to do. Should be a beautiful evening in the garden. Hope to see you there.

Update: End of June

New post over on our Facebook page with pictures and an update.

Deer fence and gate are up

With some great volunteer help, we got a ton of work done this afternoon, including putting up trellises for the tomatoes and beans and getting the water tank up and running. The biggest improvement is the addition of the deer fence. It consists of an outer ring of fishing line, which runs at three different heights. The inner ring is a twine rope about 3 feet off the ground. This post from last year explains the reasoning behind it. We didn't have any deer damage after it went up so we're trying it again.

To enter the garden, you will now need to use the gate. One side is a metal post, the other is a wooden post. The wooden post is anchored to a metal post with two pieces of twine. Lift the twine loop off the top and untie the twine at the bottom. You can then lay the gate down on the ground to enter the garden. The string that makes up the inner ring ring can also be lifted up in the section right in from of the gate. Each end is a loop, so just lift one off.

Please make sure you put the twine and gate back up before you leave. Also, use caution in walking around the garden, it is getting more crowded and you will need to keep an eye out for the fence.

Here are the latest pictures:

This one shows the fence. There are blue flags tied to the fishing line to draw your attention to it.

This shows the community side of the garden. The trellises are in and everything is mulched.

This is the individual/family side of the garden. After this Friday, it should all be filled in.

Sunday, 5/27 - Noon: Planting and fence raising

Join us Sunday at noon for planting, fence raising, and mulching. Can't make it? You are welcome to come and work at your convenience any time. There are bales of hay next to the garden for mulching the newly planted tomatoes and peppers (two rows of which are already in the ground.)

Pictures from our first weekend

Pictures of the garden clean-up and tilling are now available on our Facebook page.

Update

Topsoil is down, soil is tilled, and I'll be laying out the plots Friday afternoon. Everyone is welcome to join me around 1pm tomorrow to help out. After that, the garden will be open for planting. I'll send out another update when everything is ready.

Topsoil on the way - Your help needed!

The topsoil, a mixture of dirt, sand and compost, is being dropped off on Friday afternoon. We need to figure out how to get it on the garden. Machine or manpower--either way, it needs to get done. If you can help, please let us know.

(The soil is coming from Kurz Brothers in Westerville, which is graciously selling it to us at wholesale and dropping it off free of charge. We're very grateful for their contribution!)

Youth internship program

We're working out the details for our youth internship program this summer. If you want to be a part of the process, use the Contact link to get in touch.

4th Annual Community Planting Day - 2012

May 19: 9am to 12pm

All are invited to join in our annual groundbreaking. We'll be planting seeds, putting up fence, and setting up the irrigation system. No expertise is needed--just lots of hands. Its always a lot of fun and we look forward to seeing both familiar friends and new faces.

You can also fill out this form and send it to Nick Poss (nickposs@gmail.com) to reserve your own garden plot for you or your family.