Plant Sale Raises Funds for Spring Projects

People really turned out for our first plant sale of the year. We had a selection of fruiting plants, Strawberry and Raspberry plants were very popular.

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We are raising vegetable starts in the greenhouse. They will be available in about 3 weeks.We hope to continue to have our plant sale once a month throughout the Spring semester. If you have bulbs or perennials or Raspberry canes or Strawberry plants you would like to donate to our cause they would be greatly appreciated. Just drop them off at anytime by the picnic table at the Learning Garden located near the dining hall. Thanks to all the people who came out and supported the Learning Garden!

 

Student Volunteers Get the Work Done!

Today I had the wonderful opportunity to work with five students in the Learning Garden. We started inside the greenhouse where we planted two flats of seedlings to sprout  and grow in the greenhouse.  We planted cool weather crops, an heirloom variety of Italian Kale,  and a mix of Asian greens called Mizuna. The volunteers were very enthusiastic and extremely helpful.

When we finished inside we ventured out doors where it was drizzling a fine rain. Everyone wanted to continue to work so we moved several bags of compost and applied the compost to the beds, We planted three new Blueberry bushes into wine barrels we had had some mint in. Three different varieties of Blueberries than what we  already have to increase cross-pollination and improve our fruit yield. Our  native Hummingbirds love the Blueberry blossoms and will be moving the pollen around as will the Bees in April and May then look for the berries in mid Summer!

 

 

Thanks to all the Student Volunteers!

 

Blueberry Bushes in Barrels

The Learning Garden currently has two large Blueberry Bushes growing in half barrels. These  big beautiful bushes have produced a lot of flowers but few fruit. The reason for this is they are the exact same variety. Blueberry blossoms require pollen from the blossoms of another variety of blueberry that blooms at the same time to produce significant fruit. On a day soon to be announced we will be adding three more Blueberry bushes to our collection of Blueberries in barrels.
Last year the bushes were a buzz with bees and Anna's Hummingbirds were sighted as well. We look forward to a big harvest this year. If you would like to help with or observe this planting project check the blog for updates.