April Showers

Rain, showers, sunny breaks, showers, rain, a whip of wind, sunny breaks, liquid sunshine.  Perfect Spring weather for our seeds and seedlings.  I planted some dill and summer savoury today, and brought along the camera just because I was so enamoured with Juanita's bed.  The headboard, the shears.  

Then it was down the garden path, the solo French tulip, the daffs, more tulips so elegant, gorgeous pinks, yellows (way MORE of that to come...).  

The strawberries are tended 💕and responding.  

And, the thyme! there's a healthy plant.  

The yellow shrub is a Kerria japonica (Japanese Rose).  The Jorcan composter is in it's testing phase, things are just starting to cook. 

The Farm to School corner has rhubarb and the asparagus is peeping out from under the mulch.

 

The strawberry bed (top centre) was recently replanted  looking so good beside the garlic bed. 

The bird buffet is now closed. 

and finally, a little happy place in the greenhouse. 

- click on photos to enlarge, and thank you for visiting! 

Project Squash

Not a community garden initiative, but two members are offering to lead Project Squash.  


Basically, if anyone is interested in growing winter squash on their sunny lawns, we will come by, assess the site, dig an 8" hole in your lawn and plant winter squash.  Your job is to water the plants over the season.  Come harvest time, each grower receives a percentage of their crop, and the rest are donated to local food initiatives (eg Good Food Box and/or Community Cupboard). 


If you are interested, please contact Silvie Keen or Cheryl O'Donnell.  We are using a Cumberland initiative as a model, see below for details.