May 2011 Garden Work Day

With lunch provided by Heidi and Martin (and fresh strawberry pie with strawberries from the garden!), many gardeners came out for some wheel-barrow fun and a cool morning to clean up the garden and enjoy the company of others. If only every workday could be cool and overcast! Thanks to everyone including Dwayne, Freddie, Sue, Gail, Irma and her sister, Gina and Clarence, Dot, Julia, Emily, Ed, Linda and Heidi and Martin. Also thanks to the Bike riders that stopped by, and several individuals just looking and asking questions.

It looks like this will be our first year of apples, and the grapes are tiny babies now, but it looks like we'll get loads of them in the late summer/fall. Perfect for wine making for a community garden get together! Also on the list of potential "finally" items, we may even finish the tool shed this summer!!

Thanks again for everyone supporting in person and in spirit. I can't believe how far this garden has come in such a short time, and kudos for EVERYONE that has made that happen over the past 3 years!

Children's Fun Day at the Garden - Mother's Day gifts

The Children's Fun Day at the OFW Community Garden was so much fun. Kids from all over came to decorate small tin pots and plant a flower for their Mothers or Grandmothers. They also got to see the strawberries growing and see the grapes in their infant stages. Leftover flowers were planted in the children's plots. Kids and adults enjoyed hotdogs, fruit, pasta salad and lemonade. Of course the dirt and the wood chip piles were perfect for playing "King of the Hill." It was too wet to till the community portion to plant sweet corn and the rest of the seeds we had planned, but that didn't deter the good mood of all of those involved. Thank you to all that participated, and we look forward to the next Children's Fun Day in the fall!