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Sunday, April 11, 2010

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Spring 2010 Planting

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The Beall's Hill Community Garden at Centenary will hold its spring planting celebration beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 10.

Hope to see you all out there!

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Fall Planting Set for Sunday, Sept. 27

Friday, September 25, 2009

Join us in the garden as we plant fall vegetables, weed, water and spread compost in the garden.

Sunday, September 27, all gardeners are asked to come at 2 p.m., if you are able, to enjoy the cool(ish) weather as we plant.

Bring your shovels, wheel barrows and gloves.

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All the Hard Work Paid Off

Thursday, July 16, 2009

The zuccini is producing! We were worried that the powdery mildew would wipe it out.

I saw Harry Eskew riding his bicycle toward the garden early one day last week. I believe he is checking on it in addition to the folks signed up on the Google calendar. It's great to have an experienced senior citizen to advise us and help out.
Some of the neighbors from Elm Street and around Ash and the men in the transitional house are enjoying the produce and helping with the watering. It' s a great time right now!

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Good Vegetables and Learning about Powdery Mildew

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

We have now enjoyed cucumbers, more eggplants and a few cherry tomatoes from the garden. It continues to grow rapidly with the help of some rain and regular watering by Shaquan, Darren, and Larry. Thanks to Karol Kelley, Bibb County Extension Agent, and Phillip, Master Gardener, we were able to diagnose powdery mildew on the zuccini. Ellen researched online and discovered this could be treated organically with a mixture of one part skim milk and eight parts water. I mixed up a good amount of this and Shaquan and Larry sprayed today. Since the zuccini seems to have been getting too much moisture, Shaquan and I had removed the hay mulch on Tuesday. We have also removed affected leaves and carried them away from the garden. We're learning more every day about the life of the vegetable gardener! Tomorrow morning, Jane Jordan and I will weed and work on staking the overladen tomato plants and hopefully neighbor Kay Gerhardt will join us. Soon we should a large enough harvest to share with many.

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Contributors to the Blog

Ellen Byron
Ellen is a resident of Beall's Hill and a member of the neighborhood association.

Adam is a resident of Beall's Hill and a member of the neighborhood association. 

Mark is the founder of Macon Roots, an organization dedicated to community gardening in Macon, GA.  



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