02/12/2025
Good morning!
First, this is Jennifer Garthwaite, the president of the community garden. Thank you all for your support, big, small, just loving our posts. It all helps and means so much!
I have been listening to what the community wants and that is a space where community members can grow their own vegetables. We would love to be able to give you a space to grow your own while reserving space for us to grow for the pantry as well.
We are not to the point of ready to plant. We have had many setbacks. But we are still working toward that goal.
We need 2 things. Funding (so much funding) and physical labor to help build beds, move dirt and get it ready for planting.
We just are not ready for planting. This makes me SO sad. I want more than anything to be done with the construction and get plants in the soil. It has been slow going with limited resources.
We can get there much quicker if we can find soil. That is the BIG holding on using the 5 beds that are built. We need more organic soil. Mushroom compost is expensive. But if everyone can grab a few bags of compost from the Pig, Ace or St Joe Rent-All Nursery Supply and contact me for drop off, that would be amazing! Just please, nothing that is Miracle Grow unless it is the organic version. We can do this one bag of soil at a time. 💪🏼
I am working out details on bed rental. Yes, there will be a fee to plant as the cost of maintaining the garden is not free. Just like you, we have bills that we need to pay. This will help keep the garden growing for years to come. 🍅
Lumber needs: 4x4 posts 8 ft long, 2x8 pressure treated lumber 12 ft long. We keep it simple to these 2 sizes as our beds have been designed to use almost every scrap of the boards. If we have anything left over, it goes into other projects in the garden.
You can text me any time at (850) 227-6353
Have an amazing day! 🌱
