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| Calendar of events:
| Ongoing | Wynola Farmer's Market. Go to www.wynolafarms.com for more information.
Hours are from 12 to 4 pm and it will be held every Sunday.
There will be produce, food, and entertainment. | Ongoing
| There will be a monthly meeting that will change each month. The location is at one of the community gardens. The next meeting is August 24th from 4 to 6 at the Lewis Garden.
| Victory Gardens &
Community Gardens
| See information below. Please contact us if you want to join a planting party for the fruit trees, soon to be delivered. Also, if you care to donate $20. for the $200 for ten trees to be planted at Albert and Lydia Lewis garden and Michael and Michele's community gardens.
Laurel Granquist 765-0138
Kathleen Beck 765-2548 | Ongoing
| Julian Elementary School and Spencer Valley School gardens in action! See below for information from Spencer Valley.
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The Victory Garden is happening pictured below:
Daniel box building
Paula with a picnic lunch.
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Kathleen with garden produce
Hello
Gardeners All;
There are
some planter beds just waiting for you to plant. At the Hart/Harvey garden
there is a bathtub full of top soil and compost. There is a small
area on the bank where the white bathtub was removed, and a large planter box
needing some more top soil. Also, a nice spot awaits planting around the satellite
pole after the fava beans
were harvested.
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COMMUNITY GARDENS
Our goal is to promote others in our community to grow a garden
We will make ourselves available for resources in our area:
- collection and distribution of manure - pick-up of lumber that can be used to make raised beds - making raised beds available to people in the community - assistance in starting a garden - assistance in starting a compost pile - promotion of a network of interested gardeners to create a local, sustainable food web
In this time of economic recession it is important for a community to pull together and create self-sufficiency within the area. This applies to energy, food, water; and in the creation of sustainable jobs. With this in mind, victory gardens will not only create more food in the community, but will bring awareness to water, energy, and other economic concerns. By working together and sharing information, we become more sustainable in the big picture and are able to bring fresh, healthy, food to our table at the same time. 760-765-2548
So far: we have 2 sites for the Community Gardens project. On the Orchard lane (the M & M) garden we are busy planting and planning work partys. Contact Kathleen or Laurel f you would like to join our work party-765-2548.
In Wynola behind the farmers market - the Lewis garden.
Hello BEARING FRUIT gardeners;
As we head into shorter daylight hours, cooler weather and
nearing Fall, here are some garden thoughts to share with you.
Yes, to Kathleen about Roots and Shoots
for that I suggest beets, carrots,
beans, turnips, broccoli......
as well as lots of lettuce,
rainbow chard, and other greens when it is cool enough.
The large planter box built by Daniel Jennings is
waiting for more soil to mix with the compost that we have. Then we can
fill it with Roots and Shoots, winter squash, snap peas along with above list
of fall plantings.
A concern I have is for some kind of fencing to minimize
the "sharing" of our veggies and berries with the critters out and
about. Melanie brought over some drip hose that she and Angel placed
around the fruit
trees at Orchard Lane BEARING FRUIT garden.
We just need a connector to the faucet. We have added some
decorative and useful items added from local yard sales at Wynola Junction and
Connie Colten's.
It is a good time to start plants from seeds as well as
to save the seeds from the flourishing ones harvested. I want to pass
along a nice experience I had with the Seed Saver seed company in Decorah, Iowa.
I received an order recently and they sent me something different. When I
called them they said,” keep the mistaken order" and within the same day
they e-mailed me to say the corrected order is on its way.
The Thornless blackberry is bearing
fruit. The pumpkin that Kathleen planted is getting nice and
plump. The other summer squashes have lovely bright yellow blossoms with
promise of squashes soon. The eggplant is slowly coming along. Sunflowers
are gracing our garden as just the beginning of many more, with their
attracting to bees, seeds for the birds and great nutritious addition for
gardeners and other people's diets, containing protein and minerals and other
good things. Sunflowers have been cultivated all over the world, except Antarctica for their food and oil.
See you all on Tuesday, August 24 at LEWIS
GARDEN.
Laurel
To All Our Garden Partners;As we invite summer into the gardens with the guiding spirit of Kathleen, let us plant for peace, for health and comraderie. We have come a ways since last year's beginning of the idea of Victory gardens, community gardens, BEARING FRUIT. We have received great support from the two property owners, Albert and Lycdia Lewis, Michael Hart and Michele Harvey who have generously set aside land for our gardens. We have received planting, materials, carpentry skills, seeds and plants from the greater Julian, Wynola, Pine Hills, community members and our own gardening partners. For all this I, along with all of you, certainly, feel much gratitude and encouragement to continue on into 2010 and beyond in our BEARING FRUIT endeavors for the benefit of individuals, families, and local food outreach programs,
Hello Fellow Gardeners; Today, Wednesday 6/2 we had a windfall of help. Daniel Jennings, master carpenter and actor came out to the garden and worked from 9:0-1:30 nonstop, re-working and building up the current frames higher and stabilizing them all.He even went back to his house and brought back some nice lumber..Melanie and I were able to fill up some of the boxes to plant soon.in a day or so. We do need some topsoil. Daniel said there is an equipment rental place in Ramona that sells it. Pick-up anyone? We can all pitch in for the cost I hope. Here is Daniel's e-mail if you want to comment on his carpentry project at M&M. Look up at Cc His generosity of time and skill is truly a gift to the Community gardens as well as fine community service. We will be planting the tomatoes, letuce, cucumbers, onions or leeks, in the boxes and barrels. There are now 4 barrels that will planted and available for individuals, organizations and, of course gardeners at Lewis and M7M gardens. First blossom on the thornless blackberry. Blossoms on domestic and wild strawberries. Look for John Raifsnider's column BEARING FRUIT nexr week. Have you seen the bright yellow yarrow, lupine and Mariposa lilies along Orchard Lane? Laurel
May 22. 2010
Hello Fellow Gardeners; On Friday, May 21, we had a big boost for our fledgeling community gardens. Melanie, Don and I went to Arlene and John’s home and orchard to learn more about how to protect our young bare root fruit trees We had a lovely tour of the orchard and creek area ad got some good ideas about the kind of wire to put around our trees, along with weed cloth. If everyone is agreed and wants to share the cost, we ought to get started on purchasing the wire fence.
A neighbor of Kathleen’s tore down his barn and brought the wood over to Kathleen and Jim’s property. Perry, Ray, Lorien, Don, Melanie and I met there, loaded the pick-ups with the 4x7 and 4x10 boards that Kathleen had cut the day before. We headed over to the Lewis and M&M gardens to drop off the wood. Ray brought his tools to make one prototype 4x10 planting bed, with all of us kind of helping. Julian hardware is giving us a discounted price on hardware cloth. Kathleen received the order of Agrabon cloth. Special thanks to our newest gardeners –Perry Savage, Ray Burnet and Don Klicka for their good work skills and for lending their muscles.
We decided that we will dedicate one planter box for Mountain Manna and Julian Outreach to supplement their commodity programs with fresh tomatoes and veggies. Speaking of tomatoes, Tom Page in Ramona donated flats of young tomato plants which we split among the Lewis and M&M garden. They are also available to the community gardeners at the two gardens. We took the flats home, though, because of the predicted 40 degree temps for the weekend.
There are still some half oak barrels available for $26. They are ideal for planting tomatoes, lettuce, onions, nasturtiums which are good companion plants to each other. We are definitely closer to ………”BEARING FRUIT” Laurel
May 3, 2010
Two beautiful mounds of compost delivered today! I put some of the compost around some of the plants in both gardens..wow...very nice stuff! Thanks Lorien for getting that arranged for us. I also waterd both gardens today as plants looked a little dry. I placed some of the agribon cloth over the Lewis planter bed and planted some zukes and tomatoes ( to add to Loriens greens, strawberries, and herbs) There is a makeshift willow construction to keep the cloth in place. If you water there, just water over the cloth for awhile (5-10 minutes) and everything should be fine and protected. I did notice some deer action on a peach tree in the M&M garden today...so we might be thinking of some better ways to protect the trees soon! I noticed that the lingering plum is beginning with buds, as are the last 2 peaches at the Lewis property. Albert showed his grape field to me today...wow...what a project that is! They too are beginning to bud out. I also spoke with the other owner, Michele, and she told me about the skunk family in the wood pile...be aware of our little friends as they are wandering around. Greens look like they are ready for harvest in the bathtub Laurel and Melanie! Enjoy the fruits of your labors on Wednesday.... Kathleen |
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November 30, 2009:
We now have our order in for 10 fruit trees of various varieties thanks to the following individuals who have contributed to the grove for both Orchard Lane properties.... Carolyn Miller- 2 Cherry trees Kent Dover- Burgandy Plum Felicia Hill- Babcock Peach Martie Perkins-Frost Peach Albert Lewis- Dapple Dandy Pluot Laurel Granquiest-Crimson cherry Nancy Paranello- Comice Pear Jim Lydick- O'Henry Peach John Raifsnider- Harko nectarine Michele Harvey- Harkot Apricot Kathleen beck- Granny Smith Apple They are all self pollinating and fairly frost resistant. Also in the M&M garden today Laurel , Ray and Kathleen made some compost stalls and made plans for a worm bin. Soon we will be burning the brush there and getting ready to build the planter boxes with Ray's help. On the Lewis property a tree planting day for the conifers will happen soon and for both properties a fruit tree planting party! (we will have to wait until the trees arrive for the party) There will be 6 fruit trees planted on each property. Happy planting everyone......consider greens, garlic and onion bulbs for your own garden right about now....baby the starts until they get established (4 inches) and then perhaps our spring will show us much rain in the coming months. We had a good start with that last batch of moisture.... In full swing, Kathleen
HAPPINESS IS PLANTING TREES..... LAST FRIDAY WE PLANTED CONIFERS AND ENGELMAN OAKS NEAR THE LEWIS GARDEN ON ORCHARD LANE. I SEE THIS AS A WAY TO HONOR THE NATIVE PLANTS AND IT CERTAINLY WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH KALIA AND PHOENIX AND JETHRO (ALL KIDS) RUN AROUND AND EXCITEDLY DIG HOLES AND HOPES INTO THE NEW INTERGENERATIONAL GARDEN (PICTURES FORTHCOMING) MUCHAS GRACIAS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THIS GREAT EVENT.... WE ALSO DECIDED WHERE TO PUT THE COMPOST BINS AND SET THEM UP. LORIEN AND KENT GOT A LOAD OF ORGANIC COMPOST FROM ESCONDIDO FOR THE GARDEN AS WELL. GOOD START ON THE NEW YEAR AND NEW GARDEN TO COME.... IN THE M&M GARDEN WE HAVE CREATED A SPACE FOR THE NO TILL AND HAVE PLANTED THE FIRST BED OF LETTUCE, ONIONS AND BROCCOLI (THANKS TO THE GARDEN QUEENS, LAUREL AND MARTI) WE WILL BE EXPERIMENTING WITH BOTH KINDS OF GARDENING HERE. AFTER THE SPRING CLOVER AND VETCH BLOOM, THE COVER CROP WITH BE CROPPED AND PLANTED WITH CORN, THEREBY NOT DISTURBING THE SOIL. MEANWHILE, THE BEDS WILL BE PLANTED AND GROWN IN OUR OWN COMPOST WHICH IS NOW BREWING ALONG WITH THE CASTINGS FROM OUR WORM BED. THANK YOU TAJ FOR THE CONTRIBUTION OF RED WORMS! BRIAN CONTINUES TO AMAZE WITH HIS SKILL AT LOGISTICS. HE DETACHED THE GIANT SATELLITE DISH AND NOW WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT BEST. HE HAS DONE MUCH TRIMMING OF THE TREES AND HAS CLEANED OUT MUCH OF THE WIRE AND CEMENT LEFT OVER FROM THE LAST FIRE THERE....I TOO AM PICKING OUT GLASS FROM AROUND THE BUILDING SITE FOR THE GREENHOUSE/TOOL SHED. SO, THINGS ARE HAPPENING! WE WILL BE PLANTING THE ORCHARD TREES SOMETIME AROUND NEW YEARS. AND WE SHOULD COME UP WITH A TIME FOR THE CARPENTERS IN THE BUNCH TO HELP BUILD SOME PLANTER BOXES. THE BOXES IDEALLY WILL HAVE HARDWARE CLOTH LINING ON THE BOTTOM TO KEEP FRIENDLY GOPHERS FROM EXPLORING. AND WE WILL ALSO NEED COVERS FOR THE FRIENDLY DEER AND SQUIRREL. TO THIS END, I THINK MAYBE A TRIP TO HUBBLES IS IN STORE FOR GREG HILL WHO HAS OFFERED TO HELP BUILD US SOME COVERS. PERHAPS ON TUESDAY THIS WEEK. JAMES HAS SOME GREAT STEEL AND WIRE COVERS THAT DEFY THE WINDS THAT BLOW SO STRONG IN THIS AREA. Kathleen
I went to water the gardens today and here is what I saw..... In the meditative morning at the M&M: Fava beans are flowering everywhere, the garlic is high and mighty and the lettuce, brocolli, peas, and kale are building strength by the moment. In fact, Laurel could easily harvest her broccoli now and have a fine meal with it....along with a salad from her romaine. The blackberry vines have leaves, as do the youngberry and the current. The wild strawberry's have flowers and the flowers have....pretty, edible calendula blossoms, strong scented lavender and the yarrow is looking healthy and vibrant. On the orchard trees...Jim's peach has many leaves, as does Marti's peach. The honey crisp apples are beginning to sprout and the old pear and apple trees are starting to bloom. The red worm pile is plentiful with handfuls of red worms and castings ready to add to all the new boxes. It looks like maybe we should get a burn permit for this next month and burn when Brian returns from the Phillipines. We will use the straw wattel that was contributed to us to build our spiral in the center after the brush is burned. Oh, and I have nettle, butterfly weed, cucumber, chard, mustard greens and tatsoi from Seeds of Change that will be planted soon! Also on order are Oca's...a root crop that is similar to the potato from the Andes mountains. Should be arriving this week. In the Lewis Inter-generational garden: John's nectarine has flowers!!!!! Zen and Livia's peach have leaves, and all other trees look healthy and strong. I think it may be true that peach trees leaf out first, as this is the experience in both gardens. Nectarines flower in March! Congratulations on a first year flowering plant John. The vines are status quo. The pine trees and the native plants are looking great; especially the dudleya. The cedar may have been root bound when we planted them as they certainly are struggling. The compost bin continues to grow and Taj, from the farmers market said that he could contribute some left over greens and citrus peals perhaps to our compost there All and all, All looks wonderful, and as it should, this fine Spring Day- Happy Spring Equinox to all! Kathleen
Linda Gonzalez and Kathleen mentioned that we can use bamboo for holding agrocloth over the raised beds. Lydia suggested willow to be cleared on her property to use for same. Let's have a work party to cut the willow/and or bamboo. I am checking into Habitat for Humanity for used, salvaged cedar or redwood boards to use for our raised beds. If they have it and want to sell or give to our community gardens we will need a truck to pick it up. In the meantime, let's gather some small containers as Linda suggested, to plant medicinal and culinary herbs before we have the raised beds. We still need straw wattles for making planting areas. For the 4/28 garden meeting, some of the agenda items will be: * develop a watering schedule for the two gardens *Bring or mail or drop off your $ 20. to chip in for the large compost delivery. *Discuss and decide, if possible, on what size(s) we want the raised bed containers and if we want various sizes. *BEARING FRUIT--Do we want that as the umbrella name? And, do we want to also name each of the two gardens?
Seeing how excited everyone was on Friday at the gardens when they saw the native plant garden, strawberries, garlic , willow arch that Kathleen and Greg made, the beautiful cedar box that Kent built, the budding and leafing out of the fruit trees, and especially the WORMS in the compost pile made it a happy day to have our new gardeners for the community gardens. laurel
We are currently preparing the raised beds for winter gardening. The kids have cleared away the corn, tomatoes, and green beans that had been growing throughout the summer, and have recently planted garlic and cabbage starts. We have lettuce and spinach seedlings in the greenhouse that will be ready to transplant to the outside beds in a week or two. Broccoli starts will be planted this week as well, and parsnip seed will be sown. Camille and Carl O'Dell have been generously donating horse, goat, and chicken manure for our compost pile, and we have been spreading and digging finished compost into our beds as we plant the new crops. We will be collecting "unwanted" leaves and mulching the beds heavily with them as colder weather comes along. We have plans this fall to create cold frames from straw bales
As for a "wish list", we would welcome any donations of tools, soil, plants, fruit trees, seeds, or lumber to help with our gardening projects. One of my personal wishes is to see an outdoor arbor donated or built at the school to create an "outdoor classroom" and support our very abundant wild grape vines, which our children love to pick and eat at the end of every summer.
and donated windows from the Dorsa O'Dell estate, with long-term plans to build sturdier, more permanent frames next year.
Thanks Kathleen - please keep me posted as to the goings-ons of the group. I hope the community garden plot is going well, and I am greatly enjoying the weekly articles in the paper.
Blessings in Health,
Cristi Lewis, CHom.
Spencer Valley School
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