Our New Composting System

All gardeners are encouraged to put all green organic items into the bins marked "GREEN". That includes all non seed-bearing weeds and plants. Any brown material should be placed in the "BROWN" bins. The BROWNS include hay, straw, old plant stems, dried leaves,etc. Please do not put wood or sticks into the bins. When the GREEN and BROWN bins are nearly full a garden committee member will begin the layering process in the other compost bins to initiate some homegrown compost for all out gardeners to share. Composting is really a work in progress so be patient!

Monday @ 9:30 the Journal News will be on site to take pictures. Come show off your garden!

Security Deposits

Please remember that the $25 security deposit is only returned to people who have completed their services hours every month.  If you haven’t been working in the garden (not on your individual plot, but for the service of the whole garden), you are in danger of losing your security deposit.  Please contact Peggy Clarke or Roseann Rutherford if you have questions.

Tomato Hornworm

It's time to be on the lookout for the tomato hornworm.  Check out the link below to see images and get important information on this destructive critter.

http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-harmful/tomato-horn-worms/

If anyone has more tips on how to keep our garden free of the hornworm please let us know!

Check out Suzi on The Patch!

http://bedford.patch.com/articles/garden-tour-and-expo-a-success#video-751207

Summer Harvest... Friday July 30th 6 – 8pm

What have you been harvesting this month? Come celebrate the early harvest of your garden, celebrate new friendships, and thank all of those who helped create the Marsh Sanctuary Community Garden.  We have extended an invitation to the Board of InterGenerate and the Rusticus Garden Club - all who have helped raise the funds to make this Community Garden come to life.  Enjoy a walk through our gardens and celebrate with us. 

Please bring a summer dish to share (4 – 6 people) and something to drink. If you have folding chairs and tables those would be helpful as well.  Biodegradable utensils, cups and paper goods will be supplied.   We will be meeting at the Garden where parking is limited so please consider car pooling. 

Garden Eyes Update 7-14-2010

Many vegies are ready to harvest.  Cukes, zucchini, some eggplants, lettuce, and greens are ready for picking.  The peppers and tomatoes are are growing rapidly and deserve careful watching.  If cukes and zucchs get too big, you can still use them, although you may want to slice them lengthwise and scrape out the large, tough, bitter seeds with a spoon before eating them.

This month’s “Garden Eyes,”  Jody B and Marion H, will periodically running through the garden and observing what is ready to be harvested in which plots, which plots are in need of tending etc.  You could also email Jody or Marion to let us know if you are away, that way, we can arrange for tending and harvests to be donated to the food pantry.

Basil, dill, greens, lettuces are also starting to flower.  Once these greens begin to flower, it begins to become bitter.  You can pinch the flowers off the basil and cut it back a bit, that way you can harvest it a bit longer.  Dill, lettuce, and greens should be harvested fully.

Jody B