From: Barbara Munkres – Pilgrim Church
TUESDAY, MARCH 30: You probably remember: RAIN, heavy all day! Garden work cancelled.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1: After the second big storm of the spring, the sky cleared around noon and by 4:30 the sun had dried the garden quite nicely.
Carla reported that the soil tests had come back with good results!
The soil is in excellent shape: no heavy metals, and only slightly low in nitrogen. She had already purchased some urea and blood meal, both of which provide nitrogen, which will be worked into the soil. Work for the day included removing hay from the strawberry bed and putting on fresh manure. Some workers continued clearing grass and rocks along the garden’s edge. Carla is experimenting by growing some onions in pots this year before setting them out. Her instruction booklet explained that their leaves will thicken and grow stronger if they are trimmed to about 3 inches at this point. So the onions were thinned and trimmed.
Lettuce seedlings ready to be planted
The First Parish plot had been prepared for planting already. Rows of radishes and onions and lettuce were planted there. Later, squash will be planted in that bed, but the radishes and scallions will be grown and harvested before that time.