Bay View Hide House Community Garden

June 15 update by Jason Haas

(From Nora) Just wanted to send out a quick update on our progress at the garden. Yesterday we created mounded beds out of the remaining soil at the back of the garden and started spreading wood chips in the area in front of the water tanks. Because the mounds are pretty tall, we plan to put down black landscape fabric to protect from wash-away, then we can plant. (There is one bed planted with potatoes & tomatoes already, that one won’t be covered.) We’ll plant on Saturday, June 19th as part of the gardening workshop. Bruce connected with Teri yesterday to go over his wish list from Home Depot, they will coordinate any necessary purchases.

The mounds on the west side are done, but we still have too much dirt on the east side (closest to Burrell). The ultimate goal is for a mound along the back fence to be filled with raspberries, then a gap large enough for a vehicle to drive through, then another mounded bed close to the preexisting beds that can be used for demos. Right now that space that we want to have open for vehicle access is full of dirt. Not ideal, but we can let it ride for a bit.

Bruce & I made note of all the plots that have not been planted yet. I am going to contact those people today and see if they want to forfeit their plots. Then I can offer them to the few people who are on the wait list, with any leftover plots being absorbed as community plots. I’ve already taken over #86 as a community plot, we had some plants that needed to get into the ground. [...]

My goal is to bring that final map to the garden on Saturday, June 19th to post. This will make it easier for volunteers to help with the community plots.

Thanks all, and please let me know if you have any questions.

-Nora

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