It's been awhile since I wrote anything...probably too busy gardening, or bottling stuff from the garden!!
We've had a pretty good first year growing season. Lots of squash, cucumbers, zucchini, some peas and beets, TONS of carrots, etc. We're learning a lot and enjoying the fresh produce. We're also enjoying working together and learning from each other.
The environment of the garden is a calm, relaxing place to be. It's good for the SOUL!!
Just some of my rambling thoughts at the moment...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
March 1, 2009
Wow! A lot of work got done in a short amount of time!! Thanks to everyone who helped haul away rocks, dug out beds, moved dirt, spread out straw (not hay!) and helped in anyway. Our garden continues to get better and better!
Coming up: The Santa Clara 2nd Ward Primary (age 3-11) will be doing a service project at the garden on Friday, March 6th, 2:30 - 3:30. We will be doing some rock "collecting", bed marking, and even some planting!! If you have any questions, call Patrice Hunt 673-6733.
Coming up: The Santa Clara 2nd Ward Primary (age 3-11) will be doing a service project at the garden on Friday, March 6th, 2:30 - 3:30. We will be doing some rock "collecting", bed marking, and even some planting!! If you have any questions, call Patrice Hunt 673-6733.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Early February 2009
I have been watching closely for the first shoots to poke out of the ground. Patience is NOT my strong suit! Today, with the rain and overcast skies, I wasn't too hopeful. I had walked to the garden while talking to my father on my cell phone. Deep in conversation, I checked the tarp covering the rototiller, making sure it wouldn't blow off if the rain should start to come down. When I had returned to the house, just ending my phone call, I realized I had forgotten to look for peas coming up. Drat!! Had to leave for a piano lesson in town, so didn't have time to go back.
After the lesson, I went to Lowes and picked up about $300 worth of electrical wiring, valves, pvc fittings, etc., to get the rest of the trench work done. Then I drove home, but didn't go in my driveway. Instead, I drove to the garden and got out. I bent over the first bed of peas and didn't see much. So I took a scoop of dirt off the top and, sure enough, there was a pea getting ready to send it's first shoots into daylight! I let out a squeal of joy!!!
HURRAY!!! Then I checked the other beds ... so far we have peas and lettuce! I expect the beets and carrots will be along within the next week or so!!
This is when things start to get really fun!!
Patrice
After the lesson, I went to Lowes and picked up about $300 worth of electrical wiring, valves, pvc fittings, etc., to get the rest of the trench work done. Then I drove home, but didn't go in my driveway. Instead, I drove to the garden and got out. I bent over the first bed of peas and didn't see much. So I took a scoop of dirt off the top and, sure enough, there was a pea getting ready to send it's first shoots into daylight! I let out a squeal of joy!!!
HURRAY!!! Then I checked the other beds ... so far we have peas and lettuce! I expect the beets and carrots will be along within the next week or so!!
This is when things start to get really fun!!
Patrice
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Progress!
We sure have been blessed to have rain every few days the last week. Working in the garden has been easier with moist soil, and the peas should start coming up full force now!
Monday was a holiday for school kids, so it was a perfect time to get the "big boys" involved. With the donation of our utility shed, we needed to have a place leveled out for it. Enter the high school boys (and a few younger and older!)
By 10:00 a.m. we had a great crew consisting of Trevor Bringhurst, Tyler Nielson, Jared Radmall, Paul Hafen, Thomas Hafen, and Jesse Wilson helping to move dirt and level out a 10 x 10 area in the back corner of the lot. They made great progress in spite of the talking, discussing, comparing, etc., that seemed to take place whenever their shovels or rakes lacked movement. Or maybe it was vice versa. Nevertheless, the work got done and we had fun, too!
Thanks to Karl Watters, Kalvin Watters, Brenden Lunt, Jesse Wilson, Rod Hunt, Craig Reed, and Dennis Thayn for many hours of putting the shed together!
Monday was a holiday for school kids, so it was a perfect time to get the "big boys" involved. With the donation of our utility shed, we needed to have a place leveled out for it. Enter the high school boys (and a few younger and older!)
By 10:00 a.m. we had a great crew consisting of Trevor Bringhurst, Tyler Nielson, Jared Radmall, Paul Hafen, Thomas Hafen, and Jesse Wilson helping to move dirt and level out a 10 x 10 area in the back corner of the lot. They made great progress in spite of the talking, discussing, comparing, etc., that seemed to take place whenever their shovels or rakes lacked movement. Or maybe it was vice versa. Nevertheless, the work got done and we had fun, too!
Thanks to Karl Watters, Kalvin Watters, Brenden Lunt, Jesse Wilson, Rod Hunt, Craig Reed, and Dennis Thayn for many hours of putting the shed together!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
WE HAVE PEAS!!!
I have been watching closely for the first shoots to poke out of the ground. Patience is NOT my strong suit! Today, with the rain and overcast skies, I wasn't too hopeful. I had walked to the garden while talking to my father on my cell phone. Deep in conversation, I checked the tarp covering the rototiller, making sure it wouldn't blow off if the rain should start to come down. When I had returned to the house, just ending my phone call, I realized I had forgotten to look for peas coming up. Drat!! Had to leave for a piano lesson in town, so didn't have time to go back.
After the lesson, I went to Lowes and picked up about $300 worth of electrical wiring, valves, pvc fittings, etc., to get the rest of the trench work done. Then I drove home, but didn't go in my driveway. Instead, I drove to the garden and got out. I bent over the first bed of peas and didn't see much. So I took a scoop of dirt off the top and, sure enough, there was a pea getting ready to send it's first shoots into daylight! I let out a squeal of joy!!!
HURRAY!!! Then I checked the other beds ... so far we have peas and lettuce! I expect the beets and carrots will be along within the next week or so!!
This is when things start to get really fun!!
Patrice
After the lesson, I went to Lowes and picked up about $300 worth of electrical wiring, valves, pvc fittings, etc., to get the rest of the trench work done. Then I drove home, but didn't go in my driveway. Instead, I drove to the garden and got out. I bent over the first bed of peas and didn't see much. So I took a scoop of dirt off the top and, sure enough, there was a pea getting ready to send it's first shoots into daylight! I let out a squeal of joy!!!
HURRAY!!! Then I checked the other beds ... so far we have peas and lettuce! I expect the beets and carrots will be along within the next week or so!!
This is when things start to get really fun!!
Patrice
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
GARDEN JOURNAL
I'm finally getting around to writing! Perhaps that's due to the rain and snow. Either way, it's a nice break!
It has been amazing to me to see the interest in our community garden. What would motivate ten, eleven and twelve year old boys to hustle over to my house nearly every day after school and ask to help with the garden!?! They have done such a great job shoveling out pathways, smoothing planting beds, chucking rocks in and out of the truck, laying down straw in the pathways, and having a blast doing all of it.
A lot of work has been done in the sun, but also in the cold, and even some in the rain.
We have had people referred to us by the court system to put in community hours. What a blessing that has been in many different ways.
Community businesses have helped support our project. Individuals have also helped secure some of the bigger items we have needed.
This is a wonderful project to be a part of. I hope it continues to grow and expand and bless many, many lives!
Patrice
It has been amazing to me to see the interest in our community garden. What would motivate ten, eleven and twelve year old boys to hustle over to my house nearly every day after school and ask to help with the garden!?! They have done such a great job shoveling out pathways, smoothing planting beds, chucking rocks in and out of the truck, laying down straw in the pathways, and having a blast doing all of it.
A lot of work has been done in the sun, but also in the cold, and even some in the rain.
We have had people referred to us by the court system to put in community hours. What a blessing that has been in many different ways.
Community businesses have helped support our project. Individuals have also helped secure some of the bigger items we have needed.
This is a wonderful project to be a part of. I hope it continues to grow and expand and bless many, many lives!
Patrice
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
