I was told, once, by a boastful Texan than his brother had a cabbage farm in Texas and he planted four cabbages per acre. Not only were his cabbages big but apparently so was the farm itself. He explained that if his brother got his car started in the morning and drove in a straight line until sunset he still wouldn’t have reached the far side of his farm. I told him that we used to have a car like that too!

🙂

Three hours hard work in the sun this morning saw some serious progress at the Garden with rows of tomatoes, cucumbers and celery amongst other vegetables set out in rows.

We also started sowing giant pumpkin seeds for our annual youth pumpkin competition – the two little girls in pink are proud custodians of a seed each. Will they win?

We will be having another planting session on Wednesday afternoon from 4pm if you would like to join us … please come, the beneficiaries of meals-on-wheels and local food banks will be grateful for your efforts.

Planting tomatoes undeer weed-suppressing covers

Tilling another row

Preparing the tomatoe rows for planting

Tomatoes plants

Pumpkin competitors

Pumpkin competitors – the seed goes in

Setting out some cucumbers

More pumpkin competitors

Pumpkin planting tomorrow

(and other good things – please come and help for an hour)

We would would welcome your help for an hour or so tomorrow morning at the Garden any time from 9am onwards … this is an important day in our calendar when we will be planting:

  Tomatoes

  Cucumbers

  and seeds for the Youth Giant Pumpkin Competition

… students from the school came along today to continue the task of preparing the site. Thanks to those who came along.

A meeting of the Gardeners is scheduled for 19:30h at Fritz on Tuesday 17 May … any supporters are welcome and come and share their thoughts.

Our thanks to the more than a dozen gardeners who came to the Garden at Fritz this morning and worked hard to get the ground ready for this years plantings. In fact we successfully sowed the first rows of beans today …

Mountains of rocks were cleared, barrowloads of dandelions dug out and a lot of fun had by all. Come and join us next Saturday for our next working party that will include clearing the site for the youth giant pumpkin competition, the sowing of seeds part of which will be the week after.

Our gardening season for 2016 started last Saturday 7 May with a determined effort to till the soil and start laying it out for rows of vegetables destined for local food banks and the meals-on-wheels service.

The Garden at Fritz had an information stall at the town’s Earth Day today and spread the word a bit more while signing up some potential new volunteers. Thanks to Gisela and Isabelle for handling the crowds.

Nous allons commencer le travail dans le jardin au début de mai et vous invitons à venir et aider pour une heure ou plus longtemps. Tous sont les bienvenus.

Nous allons travailler sur les jours suivants de 9h à midi. S’il vous plaît venir pour aussi peu ou autant de temps que vous pouvez offrir.

Samedi 7 mai
Inauguration, motoculteur et le marquage des parcelles pour les légumes.
Rangements la zone de compostage et nettoyage du site.

Samedi 14 mai
Continuer déblayer le terrain et le marquage des sentiers, etc.
Premier semis de haricots, le chou frisé et bette à carde (météo)

Samedi 21 mai
Continuer la plantation et le semis de haricots etc.

Samedi 28 mai
La plantation et l’ensemencement comme précédemment. Entretien général du site.
Semer les graines de citrouille géante pour le concours annuel de la jeunesse

We will be starting work in the Garden in early May and invite you to come along and help – for an hour or for longer. Everyone welcome.

We will be working on the following days from 9am to noon. Please come for as little or as much time as you can offer.

Saturday 7 May
Ground breaking, rotovating and marking out plots for vegetables.
Tidying the composting area and clearing the site

Saturday 14 May
Continue clearing the ground and marking paths etc
First sowing of beans, kale and chard (weather permitting)

Saturday 21 May
Continue planting and sowing of beans etc, erecting stakes

Saturday 28 May
Planting and sowing as previously. General site maintenance.
Sowing the Giant Pumpkin seeds for the annual youth competition