The end of Summer in the Garden

The end of August started off with our lock breaking. Well, we had it for three years, so it had served us well. I went to Rona to look for a new one. They are always very nice to us as a community garden, and give us good deals. It's not that the lock cost that much, but we needed 30 keys to go with it! I also thought that it was a good time to buy an electric saw for the garden, because we still have plans to build the raised garden bed, and the porch for our garden shed.

As it happens, I was able to get a good deal for wood to build the raised bed, from a Home Hardware on Wilson Ave. near Jane St. When I explained our situation about the community garden, the manager was very interested, and said that he grew up in our area. They also gave us free delivery!

Parks and Rec. also installed an accessibility ramp for mobility devices. The disabled will have easier access to the park and garden.

Growing Pumpkins in the weed pile

We have a Weed Pile, it started in the spring, the thing that happens each year. This year we planted pumpkins in the pile, to camouflage it a bit. It is near the back of the garden next to the tennis court.

The vines grow up the 12 Foot high chain link fence and look very impressive, especially when the pumpkins that are growing, are pretty big... and dangling from the fence.

the first one to come down was about 45-50 pounds. That called for an impromptu meeting, to divide it amongst several gardeners that were interested in making pumpkin pie. We got about 10 pieces out of it. they were all good serving sizes per family.

The second one that came down was donated to the Perth Public School, but that is another story.