May Report

Carrot Cache update report: Set-backs And Advancements

The month of May seemed to drag on, we were excited about getting our project started, but we had to wait for the Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to get their Summer Staff, ....and we had to wait for them to get their fork lift training ...and then, after the training -test-, they found out that the fork lift it self, needed to be repaired, and once it got into the shop ... they found a lot of things that needed to be repaired, including parts that needs to be ordered!! Sigh... so we wait... I could complain that this is a setback but many good things happened.

We received two separate donations of "turn of the Previous Century" red Toronto bricks, and enough cinder blocks to raise the shed up to help with the design concept for our porch. We also received from Parks and Rec., 10 yards of very fine quality triple mix soil from a place called Zephyr Peat.

We also received a donation of seedling from the Stop Green Barn. Some Japanese Egg Plants as well as heirloom tomatoes and potatoes Peanut Fingerling Potatoes! how cute is that?!,we also got some herbs and other leafy green plants.

We have finally figured out how we should start to set up our list of teams, and that will happen very soon. Next year we will have them set up sooner. Never the less, the gardeners are all working hard, and all the plots in the garden are looking great! little plants and the brick pathways, all coming together.

We will have a group working on our herb garden to make it rich with the good soil that we received and do a modest double digging to get the soil in a good condition. As well, we will be taking out the weeds and flowers that are not eatable.

The Perth School has done a great job on their plot - #4. they have beans, and corn as well as winter squash and summer squash. They have some peppers, and they planted beet seeds and carrot seeds. We also gave them the Dinosaur Kale and the potatos that we got from the Stop Green Barn.