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Trinity Baptist Church's Community Garden is off the ground (or on it) and started.
A Few notes from the Master Gardner Rocky
Jill & I will be in the garden at the following times (weather permitting): Thursday 6:15-8:30 pm Saturday 8:00-10:00 am Monday 10:00am-12:00pm Wednesday 6:15-7:15 pm
/*FYI*/: Recommended planting dates for Watauga Co. (el. 3000 ft., zone 6a)
*/March 15/*: Asparagus, rhubarb, berries, mustard greens, spinach, rutabaga, radishes
/*April 15*/: Peas (Sugar Snap, garden, english), lettuce, cilantro, onions, and cole crop transplants (cabbage, broccoli, kale, kohlrabi)
/*May 1*/: potatoes, carrots (weekly thru July), corn (but risky)
/*May 25*/: corn (plant every 2 weeks thru June 20), squash (every 2 weeks thru July 4), cucumbers, gourds, melons, pumpkins, beans, tomatoes (transplants or direct sow)
/*June 7*/: okra (transplants or direct sow), peppers, eggplant,
/*July*/: Jack-o-lanterns (check days to harvest back from October 1)
/*July 30*/: Fall peas, kale, turnips, rutabaga, herbs, buckwheat
We are collecting newspaper and plain corrugated cardboard (no glossy finish) for some future no-till beds, and vegetable scraps for compost. As always, we need manure and a way to transport it. We have a tiller on-site, so we can add new beds regularly.
Just a few pictures of ground breaking and more....
  
First the ground breaking....
Then the secret ingredients....
Now this is how we used to do it....
And you can never have fellowship with out food... Well you can but it just not the same....
Now for our second workday...
More plots have been tilled and then...
more secret ingredients..
now, this is how we did it before the plow & power tiller...
Our first crops to go in...
Ok, I've worked hard enough today....
The end of the second work day!
Things that we need to get started..
Seeds,
plants,
trucks and/or trailers to haul manure and maybe sawdust,
marigolds (seeds or plants).
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