New Members...New Signs..New Crops....New Horizons



Special WELCOME to several new members of our Community Garden crowd. The more "green thumb aspirants" the merrier.


Look what the "sign fairy" has deposited at the Community Garden...NOW WE CAN KNOW WHERE WE ARE!!

Playing in the Dirt!! Isn't it fun?

Yep! That's EXACTLY what it means!

While the signs were not "planted" in exactly the right location and a few "tweaks" need to be made to the Fire Pit Rules sign, it is great to have these in place. Kinda' makes us "official" doesn't it!!

 

 
The fire pit materials are in the possession of the installer...our
volunteer builder is running behind on his schedule due to a vehicle accident in late summer. He promises to get the fire pit installed "soon". Hey, it's a donation, so we can't be too antsy.
      








 The recent FALL FESTIVAL at Sun City Peachtree included a festive display of decorative gourds and bundled corn stalks for sale. Unfortunately, the corn stalks were not as popular as hoped, but the gourds were a more successful fund raiser for the Community Garden. We raised slightly less than $17,000 from the gourd sales. (Actually, it was more like $35.00. Hey, it was dried gourds, not gold nuggets. Ha!)

A thing of BEAUTY!

Bountiful FALL CROPS are thriving in several of the community garden beds. Several others have great cover crops of clover...a smart idea in preparation for next year. See what can be done with careful tending and a little smidgen of green thumb skill.

More cabbage! Get the cole slaw bowl ready!

  

"Cole" crops (officially the Brassicaceae family, formerly called Cruciferae) make excellent fall veggies. Common brassicas include cabbage,  cauliflower, broccoli and Brussels sprouts.

Hey! Here's an interesting bit of "veggie news". Brussels sprouts were grown as early as the 13th century in the region we now call Belgium...hence the name "Brussels" (note the word ends with an S) as in Brussels, Belgium. Did you have any idea?

Clover "cover" crop

Winter Cover Crops Clover, vetch and several other plants are known for their "nitrogen fixing" capability. They actually take nitrogen from the atmosphere and "fix" it into the soil...making for a good rich planting medium. These "green manures" are cut and tilled into the soil in late winter before they bloom. They also help to keep the soil loose and weed free during the "off season". It LOOKS GOOD, TOO.