The intent of this garden project was to involve the community & church body in the creation & maintenance of the garden. We put together a map of companion plant parings and tried to focus on growing plants that were more costly to buy in the store but that would be used often in either the community garden, for canning/freezing, or readily distributed to the community. The list is long and the volunteers have been great. The map outlined what to plant where taking into consideration shading in the garden and people from Jacob's Well were asked to sign up to provide certain plants either in seed or start form.
We were also able to get starts of existing gardens like Cheryl Draper's horseradish or Sue Beck's garlic. Several families had their kids pick out what they wanted to contribute like the Pereillos pumpkins & strawberries. That way the kids got excited to help plant and hopefully help harvest later.
It feels good to see something grow and know that you helped make it happen!
If I try to name all the contributors I know I will forget someone but thank you anyway. Here's a list of the contributions so far:
- Beans
- Lettuce
- Spinach
- Potatoes
- Chives
- Lemon Balm
- Raspberries
- Onions
- Sunflowers
- Watermelon
- Strawberries
- Tomatoes
- Parsley
- Garlic
- Jalapenos
- Green Onions
- Korabi
- Beets
- Okra
- Carrots
- Basil
- Pumpkins
- Squash (3 varieties)
- Jasmine
- Chamomile
- and.... the old patriarch of the garden... the grape vine.
Special thanks to the Bernie (who we found off craigslist). He sells herb starts and when he found out what they were for he donated everything we got from him! (Oregano, Thyme, Lemon catnip, a few tomatoes, lots of basil, etc.)
Hi,
ReplyDeleteJust wanted you to know that there are more herbs and some veggies which will be available for your garden.
If there is something your garden is missing I might have it. Just let me know. For community gardens I will 'go easy'. (you already know)
Bernie