The 2014 Gardening Season Has Officially Begun

April 26 & 27 was the official opening weekend for the Penn Yan Community Garden for 2014. Although the weather could have been better, many people still ventured out to clean up their beds and the garden in general. Thank you to all the members who braved the cold this weekend! It looks like many people will be trying out the Square Foot Gardening method mentioned at this year's member orientation. For more info about Square Foot Gardening, check out the images at the bottom of this post.

The water tank has been filled for the season, but we are still trying to work out some kinks with the valves that release water. Please refrain from using the tank until everything is straightened out. We apologize for the inconvenience, but members will have to bring their own water to the garden until the issue is resolved.

The mulch that was placed last season has settled and some weeds have started growing through it, so all members should add more mulch around their beds. There's lots of mulch to go around, so pile it on!

You will be contacted soon, via email,  regarding your garden work crew tasks. The garden work crews are new this year, and help ensure that many hands make light work of the maintenance tasks required to keep the garden running smoothly.

Finally, the garden's first two accessible garden beds were installed this weekend. Purchase of these beds was made possible by a generous donation from Ameriprise Financial in Penn Yan. The accessible beds are raised up to about dinner table height, meaning that they can be used by both sitting and standing gardeners.We look forward to having more accessible beds in the future!