Greenhouse Community Garden

The Greenhouse Community Garden is located behind TLS in the space outside the greenhouses. This is a community run garden, where volunteers help plant, weed, and water for a share of the harvested fruits and veggies. The 2008 season is just begining.

News and Upcoming Events

• Our community garden has a Flikr group so all can add and view pics of our garden:
  http://flickr.com/groups/eebcommunitygarden/
  I sent out invitations to join the group, so if you haven't received one, please email Amy, and I'll fire one your way.
• Does anyone know what became of the seeds left in the headhouse on Sunday? Louanne and Matt can't find them.
• I am going to Old Sturbridge Villiage in MA on Sat. April, 5. Email me with any heirloom seed requests.- Louanne
• Group gardening to plant MORE peas, and cleanup - Sunday April 6th, at 2:00pm
• Ground breaking ceremony to plant peas - Sunday March 30th, at 2:30pm
• Paul came through with access so I can make comments- Louanne
• If you don't have a key to the greenhouse, please ask Clint for one
• Is there a photographer who can document, in a lovely artistic way, the changes in our garden?

I would be happy to do this- can photos be added to this page?- Louanne

Seed starting schedule

• 21 Mar 08

               Plant           Number of Cells
           rhubarb chard          8
           spinach                8
           habanero               4
           pepper mix pimento     4
           goat horn hot pepper   4
           pizza peppers          4
           cubanelle pepper       4

Harvesting Restrictions

• do not "clean up" the beds containing parsley, kale or brussel sprouts from last year, we can grow them out for seed

To Do

• Finalize seed lists and crops wanted

Nicola bought seeds from Coop 3/22/08 ($12. 63): FEDCO scarlet nantes carrot, climbing nasturtium, calendula, marigold, bibb lettuce. SEEDSAVERS five color silverbeet, genovese basil, scarlet nantes carrot, mixed lettuce.

Wanted List: FEDCO basil thai, basil lemon, fennel, leeks lincoln, cukes super zagross, eggplant swallow/applegreen

ANY brand peas snow, peas podded english, kohlrabi, pepper red mild, cukes english long, cukes pickling, beets, scallions, lettuce all varieties, dill- foliage, cilantro (multiple plantings per year), beans bush: green yellow wax purple

flowers: allysum lots packets, all colors, great for edging borders snap dragons, all colors/sizes

• Look into suplementing soil with compost/manure

If we can organise to meet at my house with shovels and a truck, we can haul as much horse manure as we want.

Specialization

• Bryan is in charge of corn and sunflowers, and when to till the ground
• Louanne is in charge of gourds, lima beans and squashes.
• ?Amy can you be in charge of eggplants?

?Does anyone else want a specialty? Up for grabs: flowers, herbs, tomatoes, squashes, leafy greens, manure/compost, weeding

Time Log

Let's keep track of how much time we spend on the garden, like a time card. Please be in charge of your own timekeeping, in 15 minute increments (0.25 hours). Ideally, how much each person harvests should be proportional to the time he or she puts in.

• Amy - Total 1 (3/21/08: 1 hour)
• Bryan - Total 1 (3/21/08: 1 hour)
• Louanne - Total 4.25 (3/21/08: 1 hour; 3/30/08: 1 .5 hours; 4/3/08 .25 hrs; 4/6/08: 1.5hrs )
• Matt - Total 1 (3/21/08: 1 hour)
• Molly - Total 3.75 (3/21/08: 1 hour 3/30/08: 1.5 hours 4/6/08: 1.25 hours)
• Gordon - Total 2.75 (3/30/08: 1.5 hours 4/6/08: 1.25 hours)
• Nic - Total
• Nicola - Total 2.5 (3/21/08: 1 hour 3/30/08: 1.5 hours)
• Suegene - Total 2.25 (3/21/08: 1 hour 3/30/08: 1.25 hours)
• Karolina - Total 1.5 (3/30/08 1.5 hours)

Leave of Absence

Let us know when you'll be gone for more than a week during the summer here

• Nic will be gone from the beginning of May through mid-July.
• Nicola will be gone after mid July (fingers crossed).
• Karolina will be gone from mid-May through end June(ish?)
• Suegene will be gone most of June
• Louanne will be gone the last week of June and August 16-26
• Molly will be gone May 20-27 and July 15-20

Garden Map

Needs to be updated for 2008.

Links

• CT NOFA http://www.ctnofa.org/index.htm
• Community Supported Agriculture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture
• Interesting link about corn:

http://www.greens.org/s-r/33/33-01.html http://www.alternet.org/environment/13147

• Victory garden: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/