Community Garden

Creator:
Alii
Status:
In Planning
Born On:
16:04, 03 March 2010 (CDT)
Last Updated:
14:20, 30 March 2010 (CDT)

Overview

We are planning to put a community garden up on the premises around the shop for members to grow plants.

3/23/10
- AliiCat had the property utility lines marked. Will be getting board approval to start the garden.
- Cherryblossom mentioned the lasagna gardening method (a.k.a. sheet composting).
- AliiCat and Spacefelix discussed what to plant. Decided on a variation of the Three Sisters using maize (popcorn!), bell peppers, climbing beans, tomatoes, squash, and cucumbers. Will also add plants and habitats that attract beneficial bugs (pollinators and pest predators) and a compost pile. If we produce enough from the garden, we can function as a CSA unit.
3/3/10
- Have determined property lines that we must be within - Within the sidewalks of Brown Street (East Border) and Hall Avenue (South Border), from the North-South tree line to the Southwest of the shop to the western wall of the shop (West Border) and the northern wall of the shop (North Border).
- Have decided to grow cucumbers.
  - How about some popcorn?

3/27/10 We have checked with Alabama 1 call to determine where the utility lines are and plotted a proposed location for the garden by the trees on the south west side.

Look into permaculture development of the garden.
Need to figure out where to plant.
- Living Walls might be a possibility to fit a garden within our limited space
Need to figure out how to keep off unwanted pickers.
Preparation Steps

Till the area. I would like to do this Saturday March 20th (Does anyone have access to a tiller?)
1. We need to borrow or rent a tiller.
Prepare the ground
1. We need to fertilize the ground somehow, it has been suggested we till some dog food into it.
Plant
Weed