Welcome April 2011!

A year ago we barely had the boxes in place in the garden----and now we are checking to see if our first round of plantings sprouted. Our boxes are still without sprouts. It has been in the low 70s the last three days, but this morning I awoke to 5 inches of snow!

Welcoming April is Clint checking out his plot.

Planting!

Today we planted some radishes and spinach. I hope they will be ok....there MIGHT be some snow in the morning!

March happenings

After tilling many boxes March 4, we awoke to almost a foot of snow (!) on March 8. (photo by Clint)

But by March 11, we were back to tilling and planning.

This past week was spring break, so it was all quiet in the community garden. Two of us did an inventory of the shed. I hope to do some planting next week.

Soil Prep

We had a beautiful morning for our first garden party. Snow was predicted, but we were blessed with a sunny blue sky instead.

I decided to turn in the oats I planted last fall and amend the soil with bat guano and bone meal. I plan to let the many earth worms do their thing for a few weeks and then start planting.

Welcome March 2011

March has arrived like a lamb. And some weeds have arrived also.

Spring Tease!

Last weekend we had four days of 50 degree weather. The garden looked like it was getting ready for us to plant.


But then two days later it snowed. And more snow came this morning. March cannot come fast enough!

February

Is it spring yet?


The Punxsutawney Groundhog (picture is from the official website at http://www.groundhog.org/) thinks spring will be here soon. But some Westerners don't think it will be soon.

In less than a month the community will begin gathering weekly and working the garden. I am yearning for fresh grown veggies!