Planting Peas, Greens, and Brassica
Much planting happened in the garden on this cool and rainy final day of April.
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A basket for each task. The pea planting task basket included instructions for building trellises and planting the peas, several seed packets, and a Planting Log sheet to complete and file in the Planting Notebook, which has a divided section for each of the garden’s eight beds.
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Albert and Hannah shovel dirt and compost to fill garden beds in preparation for planting.
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Bernice tends the perennial bed. Even though it produces no edible crops, it’s the first face of the garden that community members see when they walk, ride, or drive by.
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Diana and Ned pick out seeds for planting in raised boxes: multitudes of salad greens, Asian cabbage, radishes, beets for beet greens, and more. Also today, in another bed, gardeners planted beets, chard, and several rows of kale.
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Ella and John build pea trellis. They planted two rows of peas and three rows of carrots.
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Maya quickly recognized that pea seeds are, well, peas.
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A garden is a complex organism that’s never “finished.” It’s satisfying to check off completed garden tasks.