May 18th was our annual garden blessing. We had a large crowd come out to the garden for the service and the little kids led us in songs! This Saturday, May 31st, 9am, will be our second work party. Our garden has expanded again this year and all volunteers are very much appreciated! Gleaning will…
The St. Mark Community Garden has never looked better. We are expanding once again this year with a central area that is going to be beautiful as it grows. Brent has done a landscape plan that has dahlias in the center, and colorful vegetables in geometric shaped beds surrounding the dahlia circle. There are paths…
There was an eager and energetic group Saturday April 5th in the Community Garden. Ten rows of potatoes were planted (thanks to SMOGS for pre-digging the trenches). Cardboard was placed and chips were spread for a new picnic area right by the Community Garden. The lovely cedar picnic table built by Mike D.…
Some classrooms at Mountain View Elementary and the Thurston County Food Bank are working together on a curriculum which incorporates healthy food. St. Mark has agreed to help with this by working with them to plant and maintain their small garden. Last year we planted and harvested over 50 pounds of produce for the Thurston…
Even though the weather is rainy and soggy, the Garden Committee has been hard at work! The field has been amended with Mushroom compost, rototilled and the first planting day will be Sunday March 16th during the Sunday School Hour. Snap peas will be planted by Brent and the Sunday School kids and anyone else…
Please join us for a morning of hard work and LOTS of fun! This is the third harvest of potatoes from our garden and all are headed to the Thurston County Food Bank. We will work rain or shine and we will have a continental breakfast and lunch, thanks to our faithful kitchen coordinator…
This is the first year that corn has been grown in the St. Mark Community Garden. Gary D. asked this spring if he could try to grow some, and we told him to go ahead but warned him that the soil might not have enough nutrients. If you have watched the garden you know that…
We had a very successful work party last Saturday and the garden looks super! The potatoes are weed-free and hilled and need no more tending until harvest. The corn looks GREAT as do all the other vegetables. So far we have harvested snap peas, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, squash, onions, and now green beans. If…
All 20 rows of potatoes were hilled today, all rows were weeded, and the peas were picked. It was a beautful, sunny, warm morning, and we had a GREAT turn-out. The SMOGS were helpful on Thursday by taking care of 4 rows, and the rest got done today. Mike D. brought his brush hog and…
The potato plants have grown at least a foot over the past week and it is time to hill dirt around them. Potatoes grow above the plant roots so it is necessary to mound dirt around plants to provide a place for the potatoes to grow!! Bring your rakes, or flat blade hoes and if…