Ancona garden update May 26, 2025: New plants, volunteer opp
Who's growing what
Barbara has planted lettuce and peppers and corn started in a tray.
Jason and Jax will soon plant watermelons in the NW bed.
The Gruens aka GrueCrew have seeded a little bit of everything: corner, beans, lettuce, carrots.
Dylan planted tomatoes, kale, basil.
Sara and Sophie will plant our first cucumber soon, maybe even this week.
Now harvesting
Mustard greens and spinach--middle bed under blue flag
Lettuce and spinach--greenhouse
Needs
Plastic shopping and produce bags, large plastic lettuce clamshells--For garden takeout, so to speak
Old house/mailbox numbers--If we get enough, we can number all the beds to help locate plots and plants.
Volunteer op
Amanda's Garden cleanup, Saturday 5/31, 10 am-12 noon. This is the memorial garden at the corner of Kenwood and 56th behind Ray Elementary. I'm going. Tasks include weeding, digging, pruning. Come if you can, stay for as long as you can, bring your garden gloves! The roses and peonies make the garden smell wonderful!