Greetings fellow gardeners, last week I was enjoying the nice spring weather, while setting up the gardens raised beds for this Saturday. Thank you Dean Shollenberger for the help this week. All the raised beds have had a mixture of soil/compost added to them and I was able to run my small rototiller through them. This Saturday we will plant cabbage, broccoli, red beets and carrots. Next week we will plant onions and potatoes. The last week in April we will plant whatever is left over from the first two weeks. The water has been turned on and the hoses set up. The only thing I haven't done is test the water lines in the raised beds. Last Sunday we received 2 pickup truck loads of cardboard from the youth fellowship at Advent. They had built a BOX city over the weekend and slept outside to give attention to the homeless. The cardboard will be used in the garden for weed control and to cover our walking paths when we set up the lower end for summer planting. Working in the garden each week I get to see firsthand the changes that occur all around us that sometimes go unnoticed. I watched a female eastern toad emerge from my compost pile this week. She was sleeping deep inside the pile all winter waiting to come out to start laying her eggs for the next generation of toads. Eastern toads are extremely sensitive to chemicals and other irritants. When I see them in our garden, I know we are doing a good job of keeping the garden a safe place to grow food as well as a safe place for the toads.
Thank you to everyone who supports this mission. We've only just begun. 2024 will be a great year! Steve, [email protected] 215-872-6616
Thank you to everyone who supports this mission. We've only just begun. 2024 will be a great year! Steve, [email protected] 215-872-6616
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