Paula Plummer, Henry Gorsky, Jim McPherson and Larry Paul will meet Sunday, March 3rd after the 8:30 service to survey the property for possible garden sites.
Our next general meeting is going to be Monday, March 11th at 6:30 pm.
Some of the plants we talked about planting are
- March - lettuce, carrots, potatoes (own bed?, full season), radishes, peas, onions, beets, spinach
- May - tomatoes (whole bed?), green peppers
We have many issues that we need to address
- 1st year will be an experiment.
- We decided that we are going to share the whole garden, not have individual plots.
- water source (rain barrel - Ben?)
- ground level beds or raised beds (usually 4' x 8') pine boards (untreated)
- mulch and compost (more mulch, means less water) free compost from city, compost bins near the garden for our waste
- deer prevention - chicken wire/frame
- We want to be able to drive to the garden.
- tiller
- costs
- plants/seeds
- wood/soil for beds
- fencing
- water system construction
- Work schedule
- Morning schedule
- Deidra Allen - 452-3183 (can work days until school's out, then anytime.)
- Judy and Henry Gorsky - 849-0324
- Ed Henderson - 624-0076
- Marianne Langland - 454-1085
- Evening schedule
- Deidra Allen - 452-3183 (can work days until school's out, then anytime.)
- Paula Plummer - 297-6515 (plantgirl@columbus.rr.com)
- Larry Paul - 297-0837 (larryjoepaul@gmail.com)
- Kristen Phillips - 450-4794 (Mondays and later evenings) (kristenphillips@columbus.rr.com)
- Linda Supplee - 455-9552 (l_bsupp@hotmail.com) (limited availability)
- Erin Remster - (eremster@yahoo.com)
- Ben Appleby - 423-557-3218 (benappleby@ymail.com)
It's sunny today. Is anyone else dreaming of gardens? I will be interested to hear how the meeting with property committee went and a thought has crossed my mind. If deer don't eat rose of sharon shrubs perhaps we can create a fence or a partial fence with them.
ReplyDeleteWhen we gather next week, can we walk around the site? Then our dreams can become more concrete.
Peace, Suellen
The meeting went well. We have a site picked out. I will post snowy pictures of the site soon. It is close to the shelter house, which means we can use a rain barrel or two, and with long enough extension cords, we have access to electricity. It is in a full sun area. If the ground is not too wet, we can drive a truck to it. This weekend is supposed to be in the fifties!
ReplyDeleteThe more I hear about the deer, the more I am thinking of a nice big fence around it!
Did we discuss actual deer fencing? It isn't too pricey and pretty low key. Maybe we can even plant some stuff around the outside of the fence creating that double fencing effect. I've heard that the Soil and Water Conservation District is selling blueberries, blackberries and raspberries this year. Also sunflowers would be showy and inconvenient for the deer.
ReplyDeleteThose pics are nice but they sure make spring seem far away.
See you Monday.
Peace,
Suellen