After a mean winter, so many of us have been itching to be back in the garden, and to use our collective willpower to hurry spring's arrival. While previous March garden workdays have been cold, wet, snowy, muddy and generally miserable, today was ONLY cool and overcast. We had the pleasure of extra volunteers from UMSL's School of Social Work. These students are part of the Community Practice and Social Change course. They certainly got some community practice today!
Last season we realized that the grass had overtaken our strawberry beds. With a suggestion from Gateway Greening, we decided to completely relocate the beds. Our volunteers put down a layer of cardboard under each bed, then filled the tiers with new soil. Next, we put garden fabric down around the beds and topped off with wood chips. That should keep the grass away this year! We also put fabric and wood chips around the new beds we built last year. There were LOTS of wheelbarrow trips! After topping off some of the beds with soil, and trimming the hedges and rose bushes, the group gathered together for some chili to warm us all inside and out.
THANK YOU to our gardeners, and to Holly Ingraham and members of her incredible class for all of the hard work and interesting conversations.
And a just a quick note to Spring: PLEASE HURRY!!!!
