Yesterday at the Garden

At our garden skill share, we looked at the drainage problem that we have had in the garden that has been causing some of our plants to get over watered. The hole on the left was dug last week below the rocks on the bottom of the beds that were used to create a french drainage system. Then we poured water in the hole onf Friday. On Monday, the water was still there. This means that we'll need to create better drainage for each of our beds. In some beds we have used mounds to give the plants more space for plants that need less water.

Since we don't have lots of construction equipment to dig out all the beds and arrigate the soil under the beds that have been compacted heavily from years of use as a freeway, we will instead be working over the next couple of months to use compost and straw to create better drainage at the bottom of the beds. Now all we need is lots of compost and straw! Stay tuned for photos and updates about how we work on solving the drainage problem.

We've also been doing a lot of harvesting at the garden. We picked lots of kale and celery and mustard and have lots to spare, so stop by the garden during one of our work days if you're interested in some. Christopher cook some of the kale, pictured below and we enjoyed it at our Monday 1pm garden meeting.