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March 3 Work Day

3/5/2013

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Thanks to all who came and worked in the garden on Sunday.  We had 16 adults and children preparing the garden for spring planting.  Two new participants were Ann Rathbun and J. Steindl.  Ann and Charlotte Wenger weeded around the fruit trees then put mulch on top.  J. installed the new raised bed and filled it with our freshly made compost and soil.  The bed will be planted with potato slips this week. Suzanne Goudge, our expert compost maker, emptied one of the bins.  The Broderick and Chaney families reworked and weeded several beds that are now ready for spring planting.  And of course Linda and Tom Hallstead and Karla Toye did a little bit of everything!

Benji Cohen completed his Eagle Scout project at the garden on Saturday with the expert guidance of his father Bob Cohen and landscape architect Phil Solomon.  The north slope of the property now has 9 properly planted fruit trees, plus 3 olive and 3 citrus trees.  In addition, they dug holes and planted an oak, a Mexican Buckeye, and a Bradford pear for us.

Next work day:  Tomato Planting Day -- Sunday, March 24.  1:30-4:30 pm
 
Start Tomatoes at home.   Buy a six pack for around $2.99.   Separate and plant each plant  in a quart size container. 
Fill a quart size plastic plant container half way with soil,  add a few spoonfuls of organic fertilizer and stir, open up the bottom of your peat potted tomato transplant and dust liberally with rock phosphate  (if you have some on hand---helps with root development)     Place your tomato deep in the pot and covering part of your stem, fill the  rest of the pot with soil.  Water and keep in a sunny protected area until planting day at the garden, March 24th.  Our tomatoes will have a great head start by being started early at home.

Let us know what you have growing, so we have the appropriate number of plants that day to plant.  So far the following varieties are being grown at home:
Phoenix--six plants
Tycoon--six plants

Charlotte
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