Plethora of Weeders Today

Goodness what a great group of gardeners this year!  With the good weather and constant supply of water, the weeds ARE growing in every garden.  Yesterday and today, quite a few gardeners stopped by to weed their plot.  Miss Judy, I want to know who won the Slurpie???  Kids did a good job.
What fun sharing garden chatter and some of the gardens are looking totally impressive!  Several have tomatoes with flowers, and some have fabulous broccoli coming up.
If you have not weeded your garden since it was planted...(uuuhmmm...there are several) you need to take an hour or so to weed BEFORE the weeds take over.  Gardening is a bit of work...but the bonus is a delicious, healthy payoff!
Several have been picking the outside leaves of their romaine/lettuce.  If you are new to gardening, you can start picking your outside leaves, which will give you a nice salad!   And your plant will grow better.

Water Off

The garden water had to be shut off this morning due to some excess water coming out of the pump.  Pat has been notified, and it should be fixed pretty soon.  The ground is fairly damp under the surface dirt, so your plants should be fine

Getting Blog Invitation

Several people have been re-sent their invitation to be part of the blog.  Once you accept your invitation, you can go to the blog and sign in, then add comments, change your settings, etc.  If you talk to anyone that wants to be added, please let me know!

Blog Sign Up

Whew...last post for tonight!  If you have not received your invitation to join the blog, PLEASE let me know and I will re-add your email address.  Check your spam/junk mail, too.  Sometimes these blog requests go into the wrong mail bin in your mail program.  I may have to confirm your address and make sure I read it correctly!  If you talk to any of the gardeners that are not signed up and wish to receive an invitation, again, please let me know.

Port Orange Library Square Foot Gardening Program

Thought some of our gardeners might be interested in this program at the Port Orange Library.

Square Foot GardeningTuesday, March 20 at 2pm
Kevin Bagwell of Full Moon Natives Nursery presents a seminar about Square Foot Gardening: 100% harvest in 20% of the space. Grow your own vegetables on a patio, deck, balcony or yard.

Weeding Reminder

One of our returning gardeners reminded me that we should mention to everyone about helping keep the gardens looking trim and kempt by weeding in the aisles.  Pat is working on getting the mulch leaves, which helps tremendously.  But, please, please help out by pulling or hoeing a few weeds in the aisles around your plot.  For the new gardeners, after the first rain, you will find a horde of new weeds coming up.  It is easy to gently hoe/hand spade in the squares/aisles when the weeds are teeny tiny!  If you keep up with the weeding, you will not have half the work as your will if you wait 2 or 3 weeks.

The Unplanted

For any of our gardeners that have unplanted seedlings sitting in their garden space...WAITING to be planted...you need to stop by your garden and either water the potted seedlings OR plant them...they are wilting under the sun and dry wind. 

Planting Day Photos

Here are some photos from planting day...

New Members

New to the Blog?  If you signed up to be a member of the Garden Blog, you should receive an email asking if you want to be part of the blog.  Once you accept, you can sign on and add to blog, or just receive posts.  If you have problems, send me an email via the blog and I will try and help you get signed in.  Happy gardening to all.

4th Annual Port Orange Community Gardens Planting Day

Welcome to everyone for the 4th Annual Port Orange Community Gardens planting day!  We had a great turn out and all the gardens have been assigned.  A huge thanks to Pat Gill for an incredible job in readying the gardens, growing the seedlings, bringing fertilizer, fixing the irrigation systems and a hundred and one other tasks to make this day a success.  Also, a big thanks to Pat's better half, Pearl for all her hardwork digging up gardens for the last three weeks and everything else she has done to support the gardens.