By: Barbara Munkres
Four volunteers from Pilgrim Church joined Carla under a blue sky and BIG puffy clouds. In spite of all the rain we had in March and early April, the garden had been dry for several weeks. After a tour of the garden plots, Carla explained what an unusual year this is: the planting and sprouting is well ahead of most years. Then she showed us where to weed and water.
Carla had harvested a few stalks of asparagus in the morning; by afternoon, a few more had grown enough to be harvested, which amazed us. Tiny slender corn shoots were showing here and there in the corn plot, and strawberries were blooming along the edge of the garden. They made a beautiful border…
After about an hour of watering and weeding, the beautiful clouds that had been building up began unleashing huge drops of water, which soon seemed like a downpour! We scurried to the barn and ended our
work for the day. The rain was welcome, but didn’t last very long.