Community Garden (Page 8)

Successful Potato Planting Day

The church was abuzz Saturday April 9th as the spring church clean-up AND the planting of the 20 rows of potatoes for The Thurston County Food Bank occurred simultaneously.  The International Student association from SPSCC came in mass – there were 19 of them!  We also had several of the community members that have signed…

Weeding is done, Planting April 9th -9am

The weeds are all pulled, the ground is rototilled,  21 potato rows are staked, two rows of pea cages are set up, sugar pod pea seeds and seed potatoes are due from Kiwanis by April 1st. Mark your calendars for Saturday April 9th and Saturday April 16th – 9am – planting days for the potatoes…

Adopt a Row

I know snow is on the ground right now (February 28) but gardening season is right around the corner!  We have amended a 6,000 sq. foot patch of ground for the potatoes we are growing for the Thurston County Food Bank. We are planting 20 rows of potatoes = each one 100 feet long. ADOPT…

Community Garden Fund-raiser a BIG success!!

Thanks to all the hard work and planning by Pam C, the Garden Spaghetti feed and silent auction were a BIG success!  The food was delicious, and our key-note speaker, Robert Coit, Executive Director of the Thurston County Food Bank, was very interesting and informative!  Ron Lawson, Lacey City Council member, also spoke briefly about…