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The new information sign has been erected and (almost) all the vegetables are planted … next work party is on Saturday 24 June from 9-11am. Please come and help.

The garden is looking good – all the row covers and irrigation lines are in place and most of the crops have been planted … including the children’s entries for the annual pumpkin contest. BUT there are still things to do and crops to be planted so if you can come to the garden betweenContinue reading “The Garden is Under Way”

Preparing the garden and planting is well under way … around 150 tomato plants plus aubergines, onions etc went in on Saturday. Please come and lend an hour to the garden on Wednesday between 4-6pm and next Saturday from 9-11am

The Garden at Fritz has started it’s fourth season of growing food for food banks and meals on wheels … the ground has been opened up and the first rows have begun to take root.

Come and help please The new season is starting and we invite you to come along and help us get the crops off to a good start once again … please come for as long or as little as you can manage. The seedlings have germinated and will be ready for planting but first weContinue reading “The 2017 Season is Beginning”

At the end of 2016 The Garden at Fritz held a pot-luck evening to thank our volunteers for their work during the year. We also extend kind acknowledgements to Mike Bleho and J.P from the McGill University Horticultural Center for once again plowing the field for us during the fall…. Mike and McGill university haveContinue reading “A Big Thankyou”

The garden was plowed yesterday thanks to the help of Mike Bleho from the McGill Horticultural Center. We hope to next place leaves over the surface then roto till them into the soil next week, thereby getting the land into good condition for the 2017 season. There is a brief video of the ploughing that you canContinue reading “Ploughing the land”

This morning (Saturday 22 October) The garden-at-Fritz ended a fabulously successful and productive year growing vegetables for local food banks by celebrating – in pouring rain – the weigh-in for our Annual Youth Pumpkin Contest. Each season young people from the town are invited to “adopt” a pumpkin seed which they plant and tend during theContinue reading “Pumpkin weigh-in ends the season”

A message to the volunteers at the Garden from the town’s Mayor: Thank you all for your generosity of time and labour to help provide fresh, naturally grown healthy vegetables for the benefit of many people in need. We are very proud of the good work you do for the extended island community. Maria Tutino