Our Garden

Changes…

So for awhile the fate of the SEA garden was quite up in the air. I haven’t posted much as I was honestly unsure if the garden would be continuing(also due to the finals that are around the corner). The good news is we have plot for the summer. With this good news also comes some not so good news; our plot was divided into thirds and so we now have 1/3 the amount of space we had expected. It’s rather sad because we purchased so many seeds and there is going to be hardly enough space if we plant the watermelon and pumpkin alone. So now we are in the process of figuring out what to do. It doesn’t seem to fit with our mission if I just planted the other seeds at home and took care of them myself. It would be a LOT harder, having to do all the work myself. And, this is a community project. While the main thing is producing an organic garden and being able to use the food we produce, there is also a big community aspect to it. Everyone works together to make the garden successful. Those who worked on the garden last summer still talk about what a great time they had. It’s hard work but what’s better than having fresh vegetables that you put so much effort into. It makes the meal more enjoyable. I am not alone in deciding the fate of the garden. This is a club effort. It is going to be a tough decision when we have to pick what to plant. We already have seedlings started and those three varieties may be the only ones that will fit (I’d hate to waste those).

The semester is over in two weeks; I’ll be able to devote much more time to the blog then.

I need to get searching on some interesting things to share with everyone!

Happy Gardening =]

WOW How could I let this go a whole MONTH!!

Must just be the life of a college student with two jobs… But the semester will be over soon and it will be just one job and the garden (maybe an internship will happen too).

SEA is celebrating Earth Week festivities on campus and hopefully I’ll be able to get some photos up from that as the garden will have a table at a few of the events. Thaddeus is getting ready to make his campus wide debut.

So I have to appologize for the lack of news on my end but I promise that after May 14th and finals are over you will have plenty of garden news to read all about!

What Beautiful Weather!

The sun has finally decided to shine and we are no longer experiencing crazy amounts of rain. Hopefully I will finally be able to get to the garden and start cleaning it up. Over our break I was able to start the seeds for the three plants that needed to be started indoors (the peppers, eggplant, and watermelon). I realized that it is sort of late but with a busy college schedule it was hard to find time. I have pictures from the planting, but those will have to be posted later.

It is really exciting that the garden is really getting started. There are a few big tasks that need to get done in the garden as well as somewhat “administrative” tasks. Now I have to start finding the volunteers that will help keep the garden clean and watered over the summer. While it is the garden of our club, because so many people do not live in the area we get local faculty and staff to help out for the summer. It’s really a great way to get more people involved with our goal and promoting local organic produce.

On another note before I have to finish this and get off to class, I did get the organic gardening encyclopedia. I must say it had a lot of realllllly great information. I can only imagine that the new version has. It had a all kinds of plants listed and tips on taking care of them organically as well as things such as composting. I think over the summer it will definitely be able to help with some of the questions that may arise.

Happy Gardening =]

AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IF YOU ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE IN THE SUN!!

soybean inoculant?

This year in the garden we planned on trying to grow soy beans. The seed package recommends using a soybean inoculant. Does anyone have any experience with this? If you used it or didn’t use it, would you recommend either way? And the one from the company we bought the seeds is enough to treat up to 5 lbs of seeds! We don’t even have one pound. Is there a way to get it in smaller quantities?

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And the crazy weather continues

The weather has been so unpredictable that it has been increasingly hard to plan time for the garden. Just when I have time available, it starts raining or snowing. And I don’t mind gardening if it is just sprinkling but I do not appreciate ice-cold rain. As long as it doesn’t start to rain again I think a trip to the garden may finally be able to happen this afternoon. Which also means a rescue for Thaddeus. I will also be able to take pictures to show everyone.

I began working on the design for the garden. The previous owner of the plot had used tarps to separate rows and we had left them last year. I think this year we are going to take them up and use something else for the paths. I want to work in a more bock/square design rather than rows for all the planting. Once I have more dimensions set I can make a better sketch and upload it to share.

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Crazy New England Weather

Well… who knows how my weekend gardening plans will go now. I’d have to say at least 4 times today it has gone from bright sunlight to snow to rain. And just keeps getting crazier. It looks as if Thaddeus will have to wait a bit longer for his rescue.

in addition…

… the encyclopedia of organic gardening mentioned in the last post is also now available in the ultimate 50th anniversary edition that was published last February. Although I have this new information I decided to stick with the copy I found for $1.61

Happy Gardening =]