Garden boxes made

We are finally on the way! This Saturday everyone met up with Jean and Natalia from Lake City Farms and they led us in how to put together the garden boxes. Now we have 4 x 14′ x 30″ boxes ready to plant! We were a little short on the soil order, so more will be delivered this week if the weather stays dry (the rain can even mess up the soil!). Once we know the day of the week, we’ll need some volunteers to show up after school or work and shovel the soil into the remaining 2 boxes.

Since we had a lot people show up, a splinter group tackled the existing shrubs dotting the west side of the school grounds. We were all excited to see tulips, rose bushes and various shrubs under the overgrowth. When we went back on Sunday to finish up a woman walking her dog stopped to ask about the beds and what we were doing. She said she was really happy to see a garden since she was the one 18 years ago to plant all the tulips and shrubs in the front bed at the corner of Robie and Inglis with her Sparks group. In fact we had a lot of people stop over Saturday and Sunday and ask what was going on—we need to get on making our sign!

Seedlings will be in the garden after the Victoria Day long weekend. Each class should get a chance to plant their seedlings in the boxes.