Tomorrow May 18th

We are having a "Family Night" at my school tomorrow! I plan on being in the garden around 7 pm! 

 If your there at 6 pm lets fill up the plots with compost that still need it.  The compost pile looks low but there should be enough for each plot to have 2 wheel barrows.  Thanks to everyone who has been helping with hauling compost since it arrived last Saturday!!! 

Lets transplant the rest of the small raspberries to the back where Emily and I started transplanting them. Thanks Emily for all your help! 

Kate is looking into contacting the city with getting compost bins for our weeds! Thanks Kate! For now we can put our weeds in the back with the beautiful dandelions.

The rain should of filled up our water bins but lets keep them full.

Bretton will soon be bringing the tomato plants!  Thanks Bretton!

Updated plot map!

3437 Community Garden Plot Map


Powderhorn Park

15th Avenue South

2) Emily        1A) Gretchen   1A) Naun
4) ______                   1) Katie
6) Bretton               3) Lynn
6A) Micah              5) Adabell
8) Mel                     7)Deb
10) Nicole and Dan 9) Matilda and Julian
12) Ashley                11) Ernesto
14) Catalina               13) Caitlin
16) Leah                     15) Kim and Chris
18) Emily/Family 17)______
20)______                   19)______
22)______                   21)_______
Blackberries 24) Michaela                 Raspberries 

* Lets spread the word to fill the 6 open plots! 

Donated Tomato Descriptions!

The donation of tomatoes will be coming soon! Below are the names with a description of the tomatoes. 

Pictures coming soon!

Goldie:  Yellow/gold tomatoes with tender skin and melt in your mouth texture. Beefsteak style of tomatoes great for slicing. Split resistant.

 

Amish Paste: Your classic Roma style tomato. Great for canning, salads, anything.

 

Pineapple Tomato: Large hand sized tomatoes.  Yellow skin with red streaks, low acidity, and mildly sweet. Large 1- 2 lb. Grate for slicing! 

 

Erin's tomato: Pink skin with dark purple streaks. Fruit 3-5 inches in size, mildly acidic. Great for salads or slicing and eating on their own! 

 

Empty Plots

As a community lets fill up the plots that are not yet rented with compost! Numbers 17, 18, 19, 20, 22 and 22!

Way to go community garden folks!  The garden is looking great!

Updated Plot Map

2017 3437 Community Garden Plot Map


Powderhorn Park

15th Avenue South

2) Emily        1A) Gretchen   1A) Naun
4) ______                   1) Katie
6) Bretton               3) Lynn
6A) Micah              5) Adabell
8) Mel                     7)Deb
10) Nicole and Dan 9) Matilda and Julian
12) Ashley                11) Ernesto
14) Catalina               13) Caitlin
16) Leah                     15) Kim and Chris
18) _____                   17)______
20)______                   19)______
22)______                   21)_______
Blackberries 24) Michaela                 Raspberries 

* Lets spread the word to fill the 7 open plots!

Prennials

If any one says they are thinning out their perennials we are interested in them!  We will uproot them and hall them away into the 3437 Community Garden!

Plot Map

2017 3437 Community Garden Plot Map


Powderhorn Park

15th Avenue South

2) ______         1A) Gretchen   1A) Naun
4) ______                   1) Katie
6) Bretton               3) Lynn
6A) Micah              5) Adabell
8) Mel                     7)Deb
10) Nicole and Dan 9) Matilda and Julian
12) Ashley                11) ________
14) Catalina               13) Caitlin
16) Leah                     15) Kim and Chris
18) _____                   17)______
20)______                   19)______
22)______                   21)_______
Blackberries 24) Michaela                 Raspberries  

* Lets spread the word to fill the 9 open plots!

Donated Tomatoes!

A 3437 gardener will be donating free heirloom tomatoes to the garden soon! The amazing thing about heirlooms is that you can save your seeds for the following year!

Keep checking the blog for more info about these tomatoes!

Spring garden projects

Spring garden projects:

* picking weeds in the perennial gardens, walk way, sidewalk, boulevards, the back (TRY TO GET THE ROOTS OUT so the weed is out for good). Using a shovel helps with the big weeds.

* transplanting the raspberry and blackberry seedlings to the back west side of the garden. Extending the raspberry wall all the way past the tree and to the alley.  More berries to enjoy!!

* fill up the water buckets

*fill beds with our new compost

*spread extra compost into perennial gardens

*pick up trash (there is a a trash can in the shed) code: FLED     wheelbarrow code: 3411

*water perennials, raspberries and  blackberries if they look droopy

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who helped out today!  Everyone is contributing in one way or another to the garden which is great to see so early in the season!

Hoe to see more of you tomorrow in the garden! Ill be there around noon.

Compost delivery Saturday!!

I hope the weather is making everyone excited to garden! The city of Minneapolis will be delivering our compost order this SATURDAY, MAY 13th between 8am and 10am. This is where you come in! We will need help moving the compost from the delivery spot into the plots and out of the way of vehicles in the alley. I know it is last minute, but any help would be amazing!

Hope to see you all, and happy gardening :)

New Code

We have a new lock on the shed, code: FLED

Community Work Days

Our community garden work day will be Thursdays at 6 pm!

We can always switch days if another day works best for you, please let me know.

See you tomorrow May 4th at 6 pm!