Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Water, warblers and workdays. May 7th, 2014

Dear Gardeners,
Beautifully colored warblers (tiny flitting birds) are moving through the woods on their way north. These jewels are mostly just passing through but are a real sign of spring coming on. The gardens are greening up and the weeds are sprouting so time to get some serious work done.
The water is on at Eagle Heights , but may be off temporarily for a few repairs. Please do not drink from the water hoses for at least two weeks. We don't sanitize the lines and they will have rust and silt build up for a while. The safest is to bring water for drinking from home but the garden water is safe for your vegetables and comes from the city supply.
We will have two workdays this weekend at Eagle Heights with good weather forecast. Saturday, May 10, we'll work from 2 pm to 5 pm on wall-building and plot clearing; Sunday, May 11, we'll finish the same tasks and work from 1 pm to 4 pm. Please reply to let me know if you can work one of these opportunities and I'll get you more details.
Just a reminder that our warm weather plant sale is coming up on May 18 from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. If the weather holds, we are working on having compost for sale that day as well. With warming temperatures, we hope that you will be able to transplant in your tomatoes, peppers and eggplant by then although they may need some protection from cool nights. If anyone  has a truck or trailer that could be used to move compost to University Houses that day, please let me know since we would like to get some compost over to those gardens but don't have a place to store it there.
Lots of activity in the plots now and the long cold spring is giving way to warmer temperatures. Hopefully your seedlings are coming up and soon there will be flowers and vegetables to enjoy. For now, it is great just to be back to working in the soil.
With dreams of new lettuce and radishes,

Gretel, Garden Registrar

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