From: Marilyn Lund
This was the week that Trinity Covenant Church teamed up with Temple Emunah. We were a good team and we had fun together. A lot has happened in the Garden since our previous work session.
Plant life is alive and evident very early this spring. Some of the plants are perennials that Carla has cultivated for years when this garden was her own. Now she is sharing it with the much wider community. Carla’s generosity and leadership of volunteers from the faith communities in Lexington is evidence that we are waking up to the economic realities of 2010. And this garden is a study in organic. What magnificent soil!
The earliest perennial that is now being harvested in small amounts is asparagus and Carla’ s own strawberries are blooming. The plants are sturdy and beautiful. Carla’s rhubarb is coming and we planted a new rhubarb plant this week.
Planting several rows of beans and more beets to fill in a beet row that did not seem to have taken from week 2.
What’s up? Leaf lettuce is thriving—in bright colors. Head lettuce is quietly filling out. Cauliflower and broccoli are up. Peas are about 2 to 3 inches high—all varieties. They will soon send tendrils reaching for the netting to climb and produce. A few potato plants are in sight. Others will be there next week. Swiss chard isthere but not prolific yet. We may need to replant some seeds along that row. Onions, of course, are thriving. The weeds are not thriving.
Some of us are persistent in holding them at bay. No rabbit damage yet. The fence has done its job so far.