Hello Gardeners!
How's everything growing in your plot? Seems like it's been a great year for peppers, peas, and onions, and we know of one member who has already harvested five pounds of potatoes. There are a lot of flowers this year and that is fun to see, too. And how great is that nice expanded compost station. Nice work, compost work crew!
We had a question about which beds are vacant and need to be tended. The short answer is 10, 25, and 47 (47 has a thistle infestation at the moment and has been treated, hopefully that will take care of those thistles) (10 and 25 are both chronically wet and will most likely be relocated in the future). Also, the perennial/water garden (the large bed of flowers to the left of the Community Garden sign as you approach the garden, on the edge of the property) always needs weeding. Any volunteers to help with that task are appreciated, and the work can be done whenever you have a chance. Weeding and mulching between garden beds always needs to be done, too.
We also need volunteers to help put the two raised beds into their permanent positions, mulch around them, and then fill them with soil. The use of these two beds will be donated to the Arc of Yates for the remainder of the 2014 growing season. If you're interested in helping out with this important project to increase the accessibility of our garden, please reply to this email to let the board members know. We'd like to get this task completed as soon as possible, but we need your help to do it!
Do you like to go to garage or yard sales in the summertime? The next time you see a sturdy old-fashioned metal watering can for a reasonable price, consider buying it and donating it to the garden. Unfortunately our existing plastic ones don't stand up quite so well to the use of many, many gardeners.
You may have seen the signs around the garden about the upcoming meeting. Here is a reminder: The 2014 Annual Membership Meeting for the Penn Yan Community Garden will be Saturday, August 16 from 12 noon to 2pm at Milly's Pantry on Main Street in Penn Yan. At the meeting, elections will be held for the President and Treasurer board positions. This meeting will be a casual potluck (featuring fresh garden produce--what will you make from your garden?) and social hour, followed by a voting for the positions that are available on our Board of Directors. Please RSVP by email to pygarden@yahoo.com, or call Cheryl Flynn at 315-719-2390.
Lastly, if you have more fresh produce than you know what to do with, or if you know you won't be able to get to the garden to harvest your veggies, please let us and your fellow gardeners know. It's a shame to see fresh, healthy food go to waste, especially in our community, where too many people don't know where their next meal will come from. Together, we can salvage food from your bed that might otherwise go to waste.
As always, if you have any questions (or answers!) about the Community Garden, or any news items you'd like to be shared in the next Member Update, email pygarden@yahoo.com
Happy Growing!
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