McMinnville Community Garden: March 2012

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

2012 Garden Season Starts with Orientation

Labels: 2012, community garden, First workday of the new year, garden update, Salvation Army

Saturday was Orientation and the beginning of getting the garden ready. We are delighted to welcome the new personal row gardeners. It was a beautiful day (not one rain drop) and we were able to prepare the bean arbor area and plant sugar snap peas. The fall–bearing raspberries were pruned and we propagated sixteen plants for our sale in May.

There is much to be done to prepare the garden for planting! We are, therefore, beginning to schedule Saturday work days. On Saturday, March l0th from l0-l2 we will meet to work on our grass problem in the common walkways. Each week there will be an update plus a list in the small shed of things to do. With everyone’s help we can achieve our goal of being ready to plant the garden.

Thanks to all who helped this past Saturday and we look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday (3/10) from l0-12. (If the weather is really inclement then we will aim for March l7th.)

Peace,

Linda, Oversight, Planning & Organization

& Lynn, Membership

Join the McMinnville Community Garden at the Salvation Army

Garden Memberships:

General Gardener Membership - for those that would like to help grow food for the food bank but do not want a row of their own.

Personal Row Gardeners - for those that would like to grow food for the food pantry and also food for themselves. For an annual fee of $20.00 they are assigned approximately 100 square feet of garden space and are provided with plants and seeds. Fertilizer and water are also provided. In addition to tending their own garden they must work at least two "work days"(4 hours each) per month on food pantry rows and general gardening.

For more information, call The Salvation Army at 503-472-1009 or contact Linda Mason at maccommunitygarden@live.com

a little history

The Community Garden was started in 2002 as a joint project between McMinnville Salvation Army and a group of community volunteers. The vision was to help families in need grow their own food, to provide fresh produce for the food pantry boxes and to help families learn new self-sufficiency skills. Over the years the garden has evolved into a partnered venture with the Yamhill County Master Gardeners Association to further enhance the learning opportunities for all garden volunteers. It has also become self-supporting by selling herbs, flowers and other plants grown at the garden .

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2012 Annual Plant Sale

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2012 Garden Season Starts with Orientation

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