“now that it’s june, we’ll sleep out in the garden”

7 Jun

alright, so much has happened at the garden since the last post! beds are built, soil is in, and plants are growing! we still have quite a bit to do — build a compost bin, landscape the flower beds, finish mulching, and hook up the rain barrels, but things are finally coming together. we even have our first beautiful little chinese five color pepper.

hot pepper -- chinese five color

first fruit!

glory of enhkuizen

glory of enhkuizen

lettuce!

lettuce!

garden overview

overview

some of our first year blueberries

some of our first year blueberries

blueberries close

soon-to-be eaten

there are a few items we need as things keep popping up — check out the “things we need” tab. if you have any of those things lying around, shoot us an email! tops on the list are a garden hose (ours is now cut in half as a result of mass leaks) and tomato cages.

also, thank you to everyone who has contributed to the garden so far. stop by and see it sometime!

Support Local Growers and Sewers!

9 May

Aysia over at Poteest has offered to donate 20% of sales to the garden during the month of May!  Check out her handmade wallets!
Wallet

Fundraising Success

7 May

We would like to thank everyone that participated in Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge.  We made over $800 at the event.  With that money we’ll be able to buy soil, rain barrels, and some of the cedar.   We also want to give a big thank you to Gregory Hills Church for letting us use their space at the last minute.  It was perfect!

Pictures to come!

Next Post

30 Apr

We’ve been hardening off the seedling the last ten days or so.  I must admit, we’ve learned a lot!  Our poor Brassicaceae ended up being the guinea pigs, and the results weren’t too pretty.  We lost about 20 of them, mostly by killing with kindness (over-watering).  We started transplanting them into bigger cups (donated by Benetti’s!) and figured since the cups were so big we wouldn’t need to poke holes in the bottom for drainage.  Wrong.  The cups were so deep that we couldn’t tell when to water them (or not to).  In the end, we decided to harden off the rest of the seedlings in their original containers and will transplant them later if at all.

lettuce

chamomile

seedlings

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Peas & Carrots

10 Apr

The beds still aren’t up, but are firmly scheduled for April 25th.  So… we didn’t get our peas planted when we should have.  We didn’t want the seeds to go to waste this year, so we planted them at my mom’s house.  We’ll save seeds there to use in our garden next year.  We also planted some carrots and beets!

Cedar Bed

Cedar Bed

Sugar Snap Peas

Sugar Snap Peas

Golden Beets

Golden Beets

Blueberries!

26 Mar

Waters Blueberry Farm in Smithville just donated 10 blueberry bushes to the garden!

blueberry_fruit

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microgreens

25 Mar

alright, so check out the progress on seed starting! we’ve planted over 1500 seedlings and everyday something new pops up.

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celery-tendercrisp

lettuce

tiny-sprouts

here’s a little peek at where all the seedlings are living. it’s been quite a learning experience!

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also, we’re still busy planning the fundraising event for may 2nd. mark your calenders! not only will this event raise money for the garden, but it’s going to be a great opportunity to check out tons of local artists and musicians, hang out with the community, and meet new people. if you’re interested in helping advertise by hanging up flyers around town, email us at raytowncommunitygarden@gmail.com and we’ll send you the flyer.

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