UCC GARDEN PROJECT

After looking over the first post it appears a description of what we are about is needed.  The idea came from discussion on meeting the annual goals of our church.  One of which is greening and sustaining our church and community.  A combined group from trustees, facilities, missions and general membership met to discuss the feasibility of expanding our local mission experience by creating a garden with produce from it going to CADA.
In the early meetings we discussed the need to maintain the existing prairie behind the church and the difficulty with poor soil elsewhere on church grounds.  Other than the prairie area, construction rubble is below grade in available ground.  Going above ground will be costly the first year or two and self sustaining from there on. The decision to move forward was brought to church council and specific planning began.  At present the garden committee six members that are moving the project forward.
As I visit with people about our garden project I realize this has sparked interest in some who have never gardened in the past, many who have but stopped for some reason, and of course those who are current growers.  As a result I will attempt to address all areas including uses of herbs and veggies.  Hmmmm  all this from one who struggles with a computer!  Well let's see what happens.
I became a master gardener back in the late '70s.  Due to a number of life events I have not been able to provide the community support that is a part of the master gardener program.  However, I have continued to learn and grow throughout the years and am now able to give back to community through this project..

Let's start with some early gardening planting.  In recent years the soil had warmed enough to plant onions, peas, and potatoes.  For those who have never gardened before, onions, peas, and potatoes along with some others can be planted as soon as soil has warmed somewhat and moisture level is reduced.
Yesterday I did a quick bit on peas and plan to feature available varieties of plants as we move forward.

Hopefully. the weather will mellow soon so we can begin the outside work on constructing the actual garden space.

Till next time  Char