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ORIGINALLY POSTED TO THE TGP FORUM ON JUNE 1, 2010.
Last Monday (May 24th) Scott and I planted more seeds: green beans, sweet basil, and zucchini squash. I am going to start my herb garden in the house, and am planning on using egg crates to plant the seeds. Once the seeds start [...]
A reminder from Lily Wong at the Department of Neighborhoods P-Patch Program:
Dear Gardener:
Welcome to the wonderful world of P-Patch community gardening. The P-Patch Program partners with Seattle Tilth to offer the following series of free organic gardening classes. These classes are designed to take you through the gardening season in your P-Patch. Most classes [...]
Pat and I have been working on her new garden space for a couple of weeks now, and it’s been quite a journey so far! I have truly loved being a part of her learning experience and watching her eyes widen as she encounters unexpected aspects of gardening. Most of all, she has come to understand first hand, the amount of thought that goes into creating your first garden. I think that, after picking your first homegrown greenbeans, this is one of the most exciting parts! Understanding how plants work and learning about soil – the place from where most of our nutrition comes – brings us closer to nature and our food and is a truly awesome experience.
Soooo, I met with Scott (my garden coach) on Monday, and we planted some things! My backyard is pretty overgrown with weeds, blackberry bushes, and there are even a few fallen tree branches. To say that I thought the work to prep my garden would be overwhelming is an understatement. However once we got started, time flew by pretty quickly.
I’m finally getting some time to write about the gardening experience.
A few weeks ago Yirim gave me a tour of the garden patch that will be shared by Kristi, Inye, Yirim and Kinetta. Its perfect. About 12 by 30 and full sun. The first observation was that the dandelions are growing [...]
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