The Gates ARE locked

Contact Mr. Willey @: dirttherapy@gmail.com if you need the combination. Here are some very recent pictures of some "Common Grounders." What a terrific job they have done.

Gates Will Be Locked

Combination locks will be installed because some of the fruit, namely strawberries, has been disappearing. Please contact Mr. Willey@dwilley@alpinedistrict.org if you need access. There will be Common Grounders there on Saturday if you wish meet with them and get the combination.

More details are forthcoming.

WATER IS ON

Great news: NO MORE HAULING WATER. We have been told that the sprinklers that are in and around the garden will be turned off.

The grass is growing and we may need a push lawnmower to keep it down. We will check with the custodians to see if the school has one we can use.

Also, we are in the process of acquiring combination-type locks, however, at this point they haven't been necessary.

Leave comments for concerns or questions.

Pictures

Here are some pictures I took during Spring Break of the garden. Sorry for the long upload!

And to think some people have already started planting! These pictures don't show it, but the FLC plot has started planting Tomatoes and Watermelons!

Our Journey

We put together a short video or everything we've done for the garden so far, and this is it!


Common Ground Video


Feel Free to share the link!

Topsoil Is Here And Some Are Ready To Plant

So much has happened during the past week. We had a Square-Foot Gardening class, a seed exchange and topsoil arrived and is being spread throughout the garden. We want to have meetings every Wednesday night, gardening classes or coordinating meetings.

Preparation for Saturday's Classes

Mr. Silva made some suggestions and observations on what we could do to get the most out of his classes, particularly if some of us are committed to the concept of square-foot gardening.

1. Begin building our own boxes.
2. Go to some of the local lumber yards or find a construction sites and see if there's some free wood that they are throwing away.
3. The boxes don’t have to be pretty, they just have to be useful. The usual dimension for a box are 4’ x 4’ x 6” high, but if they find 2x2 or 2x3, it works fine too.
4. Go to local depot type stores or nurseries and see if we can get some wood, weed mat or seeds donated. Stores love to look good for the community.

We all will be better prepared to learn and apply if we take a look at "square-foot gardening" online.

Does anyone read these things? There are hardly any comments.