The Cove Creek Garden has been the place to be lately! Lots of planting and getting excited for potential harvests. Among the plants that are now growing in our new raised beds are: garlic, broccoli, cauliflower, pumpkins, spinach, edamame, carrots, kale, sunflowers, bush beans, summer squash, melon, gourds, onions and watermelon. Several classes and EcoRaiders club members have been busy working down there, taking advantage of the beautiful weather we have had these past couple of weeks. The EcoRaiders have also created a "Raiders Taters" potato patch. We divided the club into 12 teams of 2-3 students and each was given just 2 potatoes. The goal: to grow as many potatoes as possible in 3 Gallon buckets just from those two potatoes. They got to decide where in the bucket to plant them, whether to cut them up or not, how much to fill the bucket, etc. Some even added critters they found around the soil pile. Will they help the soil or eat the potatoes? We will have to wait till the Fall to find out! A couple of dates coming up:
In progress: Finishing the right end of the garden (we are working on fixing the drainage problem and will be spreading gravel on that side afterwards. We also need 8 more benches like the one in the picture so we can have a enough for a whole class. If you know of anyone handy with the chainsaw who would like to help, it just requires a few cuts, please let Marta know ([email protected])
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