Today we became Arizona gardeners! I was surprised to see how many people turned out for this from our Church! The first part of the land (behind the vehicle) is the community garden site. Over 6,000 lbs were harvested last year and donated to the local food bank. The planting began at 8 a.m. this morning but Larry & I couldn't get there until about 9:30 a.m. and there were still a lot of people working on their plots. Our garden site is about 10'X12'. I think we could get more but for this year we'll do the smaller site.Notice the irrigation setup. Irrigation will take place on Tuesdays which gives the soil a couple of days to dry before we go tend it on the weekend. The tubing coming out of the irrigation ditch waters each row.
We planted carrots, green onions, corn, watermelon, cantaloupe, yellow squash (from seeds) and tomatoes (cherry & Early Girl) & zucchini from starts.
Larry planting carrots.
We're done for now. We will go back often to weed and help with the community plot.
2 comments:
It's awesome to see pics of the garden!! What a neat set up for you guys!
I remember the wash (from the post below), the bridge was under construction when I was there. That was so sad about the horses, but thankfully the riders are safe. That would be very scary to go down with a thousand pound animal flailing beside you. At least that was what I was picturing......
Wow...that would be a new experience in gardening for me! It looked interesting.
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