Our fall dig-ins are off to a great start. Volunteer teams refurbished 5 gardens on Saturday, and in spite of the welcome rain, installed 1 new garden on Sunday. One of Saturday’s refurbs was Imagine Art, a wonderful organization that provides a studio for artists with disabilities. If you happened to see the summer issue of Edible Austin, I had an article on IA and working with them to install their garden last spring. Imagine Art has a large garden area that they want to increasingly use to provide veggies for the lunches they prepare daily and several dinners each week for their artists, volunteers, and friends. The GCP team enjoyed a meal on Saturday during the dig-in as Lydia, a volunteer and artist, prepared delicious migas tacos and Debbie, the founder of IA, made pancakes. We double dug 2 beds and discussed how they can build and maintain compost bins.
On Sunday, I worked with a dedicated team that didn’t let a little (OK, a lot) of rain slow us down. We installed a new garden in a location that involved digging up a few deep-rooted volunteer trees and relocating a rose-bush and several canna lilies. We usually try to find an open area, but this was the spot in the yard with the most sun. By the time we finished, it was raining pretty hard, but we managed to relocate the previous occupants of the area, double dig the bed, plant fall veggies and seeds, and have a philosophic discussion about the meaning of life.
I’ve included a few pictures from the weekend dig-ins below, but first I want to mention that we still have 2 dig-in weekends left for the fall – if you’re interested in sharing your gardening knowledge or learning to garden yourself, please sign up on our website. Also, our amazing Fall Festival is coming up on October 28th. It will be held as usual at Boggy Creek Farm and will have plenty of good food and drink, great music, and chef demonstrations. You can purchase tickets in advance on our website.
I hope to see you and one of the upcoming events!
David —
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