(left to right): Karyn Marden, her daughter Katherine (a fabulous helper!), and Karen Gallati
After 2 plant sale/fundraisers and lots of hard work in prepping the 60 x 60 garden, we were finally able to start planting on Saturday and Sunday. The fencing around the garden will go up this week.
While it wasn't great weather for the beach, it was pretty good for planting. So far we've put in lots of varieties of tomatoes, along with marigolds and peppers. Karyn went back today (Sunday) and planted lots of winter squash and pumpkin seeds:t four hills each of Boston Marrow, Blue Hubbard, Indian Long Pie, Casper White pumpkin, Wyatt's Giant pumpkin, Winter Luxury squash, Waltham Butternut, and New England pie. Several rows of potatoes also went in.
A big thanks to Greg Fowler for plowing, and to the town employees who erected the cedar posts for the fence (a big job!) and installed our water line.
Three final notes for today: 1) please consider making a donation to the garden or asking your church, civic groups and friends to support this effort. Remember--everything we grow is for the food pantry. The town of Cumberland is all set up to accept donations for the garden (info on sidebar). 2) follow our progress by submitting your email address (right top of blog) so you'll get updates in your email. 3) volunteer some time to help out--there's a lot to do! Contact Karyn Marden if you're interested. THANK YOU!!
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