The Community Garden Reborn

 

The team hard at work weeding.

This morning a few locals got together to tidy up the community garden.  I think I can safely say I was the only real garden novice.  My job was to pull the weeds once someone had assured me what were weeds and which were actual plants.  Apparently this is an important distinction.

The garden beds are almost ready for planting.

The compost bins had been left for some time so they needed a good turning.  We had some lovely compost at the bottom of two which we added to the garden to give it some extra nutrients to get our plants growing.  There is now a bin waiting for some garden waste to go into it to grow us some more yummy mulch for our garden.

Most of the team spent the time weeding the beds.  Some of the original plants have survived.  Some like the fennel have thrived by being left alone.  Once everything was tidied up and some of the lovely mulch had been added it was time to plant.  A big thanks to Helen and Kristen for donating some seeds for the garden.

There were already silver beet, fennel and lettuces in the garden.  We now have planted carrots, peas, broad beans, garlic, coriander, lupin, oats, and a few other bits and pieces.

Gardening is a great skill especially for the younger generation.  To start some of the youngest in our community on the gardening path we have reserved an area for Small Pukeko's our local early childhood centre.  Being right next to the community garden it will be lovely to see what the children grow.

The finished beds all planted - yummy food growing!

In the future we are hoping to add a worm farm and try to grow some items in the grow tunnel.  Next working bee in the garden is on Wednesday 20th May 2015 at 9am.

So do you garden at home or work?

Not sure when to plant, I found the Garden Grow website helpful.  It shows which plants are good to be planting each month and has useful information on caring for different crops.