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Showing posts with label Volunteers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Volunteers. Show all posts
Volunteer Meeting
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Please join us at 7pm on July 1st at Centenary's Community Building. An experienced gardner will be there to answer our gardening questions and instruct us on harvesting vegetables, weeding our beds, and pruning tomatoes.
Read more...Eggplant, Cucumbers, Okra and more
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Our garden is flourishing. Vegetables are growing at what seems to be incredible speed. I frequent the garden several times a week, and I'm continually astounded by our bounty. Today Mary Anne Richardson, Jane Jordan and I picked eggplant, cucumber and basil. There are more cucumbers ripening on the vine and our okra plants, the ones that seemed sickly only weeks ago, are growing! The tomatoes will ripen next.
We have had a great turn out by volunteers from the neighborhood and Centenary. As vegetables ripen, volunteers should feel free to pick them and take them home. If a large number of vegetables are available for picking, please contact me, Ellen (embyron@gmail.com), or Mary Anne (maryanne.richardson@gmail.com) and we will let our volunteer pool know.
If you have questions about volunteer duties or would like to sign up, please email me as well. Mary Anne took pictures this morning, and she will post those later. Stay tuned.
plants in the ground
Thursday, May 14, 2009
I can't say thank you enough to the volunteers who joined us at the garden site today. We did it! Plants are in the ground. Now let's watch them grow.
Of course, today was just the first step of many. We need volunteers to spend time weeding and watering our garden. We have set up a google calendar (see sidebar at left). If you would like to sign yourself up, please send me (embyron@gmail.com) or Mary Anne (maryanne@centenarymacon.org) an email. If you would like to schedule yourself, let me know and I will give you ADD capabilities on the calendar.
Photos from the day, here.
New Planting Date
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Mark your calendars! We will plant the garden on Thursday, May 14. We will start at 4 pm and work until the beds are full. Come whenever you are able.
See you in the garden.
Photo Update
Sunday, May 10, 2009
For a slideshow of all the photos taken today, go here.
Planting Day, Almost
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Grub worms, grub worms, and more grub worms!
We were ready to plant, but as we turned and prepared the beds this morning, it became clear we had a problem: grub worms! There was much discussion over insecticides (organic vs traditional pesticide), and finally we settled on a bacterial solution: milky spore.
The beds have now been treated, and our planting date has been pushed back once more. We're so close, and we hope our volunteers will show again in force. We will put plants in the ground this week. Watch the calendar in the sidebar for updates.
Stay Tuned. Pictures to come.
Building Day
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Volunteers from Mercer University, Beall's Hill Neighborhood, and Centenary Church gathered on May 2 to build 12 raised beds.
Below are some photographs from the day. A slideshow of all images is available here.
Photos by Janet Crocker.
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