Houston Community Garden

Cardy Lewison and I picked and watered and cleaned out aged plants from beds this morning.  With the warm weather and constant watering things are producing very nicely.  All the beets are gone and we picked 12 pounds!!! of green beans.  I suspect for that the next week or two picking 8-12 pounds of beans every 2-3 days will not be unusual. Tomatoes are starting to come in as well. There will be quite a few ready for picking within a couple of days. Feel free to pick ...

Despite my best intentions, we’re more than half way through the season and I’m finally getting a little report on numbers.  The cool and wet beginning spring and early summer meant we watered only a couple of times during May and June. It seems that the weather also affected the growth of heat-loving plants like tomatoes and peppers, which are looking a little rough, although still producing.

The inclusion of private boxes this year has...

Well,  If you weren't at Pesto Festo last Sunday you missed a great day!  With 10 different pestos, Roger's wine, and a lovely cheese tray from the always generous Marge Kitchen and Karyl Dronen, we had a full "brunch" on our hands!

Happy sunny days!

It appears that we may have more sunny days than rainy days in the near future, so if you're not doing a happy dance, you should!

What a fabulous day at the garden! A chilly morning brought sunny skies and a fantastic opportunity to spend some time outside. Matt Schutte and Heather Martin walked over from the elementary school with their second graders and we.....planted! Everything (almost!)

Happy Spring (finally)!

Despite the winter that won’t let go, the Houston Community Garden is busy planning for another season of growing good food. In March, the Houston Elementary Second graders began the process, planting seeds in recycled egg shells and egg cartons. With help from their teachers, Matt Schutte and Heather Martin, the kids will water and “love up” their seedlings, recording their growth as they sprout under lights in their classroom. Weather permitting, they&...

Hello Garden Friends!

Whew! Just when I think that the season is done, there's always more to do!

Roger has been busy at the garden mulching leaves, cutting back unwieldy raspberry bushes, planning for blueberry bushes, and working on getting us some water piped into the garden.After the third graders pretty much emptied the garden at the end of September, we've been pretty quiet. Cardy Lewison and I spend several hours cleaning out all the beds and have yet to move compost fr...

I decided to take a peek at the sweet potatoes yesterday and found wonderfulness under the dirt! Hailey and I dug about 1/2 of each of the two beds and came away with 37# of sweet potatoes! Beautiful! I'm saving the rest of the potatoes for when the 3rd graders return to the garden next week. They'll love to help dig them up!

I also grabbed all the logs and tallied numbers.

In July, August, and through yesterday, 866# of food were harvested and logged, representing 28 different...