Sunshine Community Gardens

Sunshine Weekly Weeder Newsletter

26 June 2013

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Micah 6 needs volunteers to harvest

We are producing many vegetables now, and could use help with harvesting.
Volunteers pick each Thursday and Saturday morning.

We also need a harvester/deliverer to the Micah 6 food pantry on Thursday afternoons. This is a once a month commitment of approximately 2 hours

If interested, or for more information, please contact Linda Francescone at lfrances16@hotmail.com or 207-756-0329.

Thank You!

Thanks to all those gardeners who participated in the Potluck Breakfast and Workday on June 22. Even though it was hot, we managed to accomplish our goals. As always there is plenty of work to be done. The food was yummy and the music was great.

Your workday coordinators, Irina & Emily

Tasks of the Week

Remove the Johnson Grass coming through the north fence line (49th street) and mow and weed in the compost area.

Reminder

- Organic gardens do not use treated seed, please be suspicious of colored seeds.

Do you have a hard time finishing your service hours?

Would you like company as you work? Join the Flower/Shade Garden Team! We work throughout the year to keep the garden around the office looking good. It's a great way to get your hours and learn about summer hardy plants at the same time. :)

If you're interested, contact Sandra Ries at sandra@sandraries.com or 512-743-3628.

We want to know

Please share your tomato, eggplant and pepper successes and failures at jartdaht@gmail.com. This helps us decide which plants to include in the annual plant sale.

Why Mulch

Mulch is a layer of plant material covering the soil surface around plants. This covering benefits plants in a number of ways:

Moderates soil temperature, thus promoting greater root development.
Conserves moisture by reducing evaporation of water vapor from the soil surface.
Prevents compaction by reducing soil crusting during natural rainfall or irrigation.
Reduces disease problems.
Keeps fruit or vegetables clean while reducing rot disease by preventing soil-fruit contact.
Reduces weed problems by 90 percent or more.