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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