from Karen Hoch, head honcho of the Community Garden group.

“Well, we did it! The weather was a bit dismal but that didn’t deter the eighteen of us who helped open our Community Garden Saturday morning. Yes, eighteen! It only took us a couple of hours and I think everyone there felt that wonderful sense of accomplishment and camaraderie that follows a big job well done. I took a picture of the crew (see below). From left to right in the background:

Clair Tessier, Carlo and Andrea Tamplin, Linda Hale, Clint Ensworth, Madi Barbour, Becky Ensworth, Dustyn, Nassim Mir, Carla Cremers, Jenni Papp, Jean Finn, Isabelle and Janna Barbour. In the foreground: Tom Hoch, Sharon McWhorter and Ron Scott.

Kudos to all of you!

Another round of applause goes to Steve Killmeyer, Clint Ensworth, Jim LaRue, and Tom Hoch. This crew spent an afternoon last week building new frames for six of our garden beds. Not an easy job. Way to go, guys!

Now that we have crops planted, we need to take care of them. Please reach out to Karen or message me if you would like to volunteer for a shift helping to weed and water this year, a week at a time. We have 27 weeks to cover. Please consider volunteering to help for a week. We can’t do it without you!

Mentors are available to show you how to get started if you have never done this before. One person can usually get a day’s watering done in an hour; two people, in half the time (we have two hoses). If it happens to be a rainy week, you may not have to water at all! Weekly duty begins on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday.

Remember, we grow this food in order to feed those in the community who are in need of nutritious, organically-grown food. They are counting on us.