April Comment Highlights: Spring Garden Clean Up Dates and Newbery Greenhouse Field Trips.
Seeds For Thought: April 09
April Comment Highlights: Spring Garden Clean Up Dates and Newbery Greenhouse Field Trips.
Seeds For Thought: March 09
March Comment highlights: Crop Rotation, Compost donations, NCW School Garden Documentary.
jqazi said...
I just wanted to share the plot rotation that we will be using in the Foothill's garden after learning about it from master gardener, Doug Bergstrom. He suggested dividing our circular garden into 9 plots (like a pizza pie) and then having the following rotations:
1. buckwheat or barley as fallow crop
2. brassicas like brocolli, cabbage, carrots...
3. alliums like onions, leeks, garlic...
4. beet family like beets, spinach,cauliflower
5. carrot family like carrots, parsnips, radish
6. legumes like broad beans, french beans, peas
7. brassicas again (we're doing squash)
8. legumes again (we're skipping this plot)
9. courgettes like cucumbers, lettuce OK here
Then next year, we'll move each crop over one plot in a clockwise rotation. This is one way to help build up the soil apparently. Any comments or other suggestions?
March 29, 2009
NCW School Gardens said...
I've read about this and wondered how this could be incorporated into our gardens. What a great list! Thanks, Joan!
March 29, 2009
Ms. Coyle said...
Are all of school gardens organic? If, so I have been looking for a local source for organic soil amendments and have come up empty-handed. Any tips? Currently, I am ordering from Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply in California . . .
April 02, 2009
jqazi said...
We got donations originally from Integrated Fertility Management for the Newbery Garden, but they're no longer in business. Recently, Doug Bergstrom master gardener told me that Valley Feed will start carrying a line of organic amendments. We might want to look there. I think that most gardens are trying to be as organic as possible (not certified of course) so avoid any kind of chemical inputs.
April 03, 2009
jqazi said...
Hey everyone!
I just had a meeting with Oly Mingo of Howell at the Moon Film Productions (they made Broken Limbs) and he would like to team up with EAT (assuming we can get some grant money) to produce a 5 minute video/web clip on the many school gardens that are sprouting up around the Valley. He is ready to donate 2 hours of his time each week to film the development of these gardens and the kinds of student activities that go on in the gardens. The clip could be used potentially on school websites or as promotion to leverage future funding for garden maintenance...plus could be a nice promo for what you all are doing.
If you like the idea, could you please let me know AND tell me what dates you have scheduled for work parties, class activities, garden clubs, transplanting, etc??
Thanks!
April 03, 2009
NCW School Gardens said...
The City of Quincey apparently sells compost they manufacture for $20 per truckload.
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