Introducing...The Patch!

(We haven't come up with a good name for it.)

A few gardeners and I have been clearing space for the food bank bed. We've dug up most of the weeds and brought over a layer of compost. I made a little dry river rock pathway for funsies. Recently we planted corn in the circles on the left, a row of my favorite mix of sunflower seeds toward the front [of this photo], and some squash starts. I'll plant some beans and whatever else takes my fancy on the right side of the path. I'm excited to see how this develops. The Patch will mostly be responsibility, so hopefully I don't screw it up!

Getting Back into Community Gardening

I miss being a part of a community garden. Red Barn was an incredible experience, though it was extra challenging because it was almost 25 minutes away from the place we had been living at the time. Now that we're in Arlington, I'd really like to find a way to get to know people here, and it just so happens that they're relocating their local community garden this year, so it feels like a good time to get started. So I'll be volunteering with their food bank patch, in which we'll be growing corn, beans, squash, sunflowers, and more. Stay tuned for more details.