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Lots going on these summer days! This morning Food is Free Project came out to our garden to help us install our first wicking bed! It's made of salvaged wooden pallets, political signs, scrap PVC, and tumbled glass from the City of Austin. Once seedlings are established we'll only have to water once-a-week at most! We hope to construct several more of these beds at upcoming garden workdays. All produce grown in these plots will be donated. 

Wonder why there's CD's hanging around? They're there to ward away birds from snacking on our tomatoes! And to the right, yes, that's rice growing in a toilet bowl. 

Last workday we reorganized our stockpile of materials. We have so much to work with: bamboo, plywood, wooden beams, crushed porcelain, black plastic planting containers... If you have any ideas, we want to know!

 

Our compost operation is going strong! Composting in many ways serves as the foundation for sustainable gardening. Garden waste is not wasted at all; fallen leaves, rotten fruit, dead plants, plant trimmings all recombine and decompose to create an ideal soil amendment full of nutrition, water-retention capacity, and beneficial micro-organisms. Composting on-site generates an efficient, local-specific, closed-loop cycle in which linear inputs (such as chemical fertilizer) and outputs (such as landfill waste) of the garden can be minimized or eliminated.

Come out to our garden anytime! Our "open" workdays are Wednesdays and Sundays 5-8 PM, and we want to see you there!
Be sure to bring a water canteen! 

Rainwater system

We have our first functional rainwater harvesting system thanks to student group Engineers for a Sustainable World!

Snapshots

Our recent herbs class, taught by garden Project Coordinator Matt. It ended in a pesto-making demo, and the most delicious pesto EVER. 

Transplanting the loquat tree

So many butterflies lately!

Spiral herb garden is growing rapidly 

Martha Gonzales rose

One of our three sisters gardens where corn, beans, and squash work together

LOTS of tomatoes on the way!

onion flower

Texas wildflower

Rock Rose- a Texas native perennial

first sunflower of the season!

 

Our recent film series has been so fantastic. Great food, films, and community! So much thanks to the individuals and organizations that made this event happen. Come this Thursday to the last film and potluck of the series. Details below, or see the facebook event. See you there!

Recent happenings

Peach tree blossom! 

Seedlings are coming up all over the place! We've planted carrots, chives, beets, radishes, squash, thyme, and corn from seed; tomato, basil, pepper, and eggplant transplants are in the ground all over the garden! 

Our spiral herb garden is complete! In it we planted several varieties of mint, sage, fennel, rosemary, oregano, and chamomile. 

DHFS has a beautiful mix of thyme, lettuce, and onions growing. Slow Food UT has a potato crop growing in a colorful stack of tires! 

Spring is here! Texas Hillel's plot has tulips, pansies, and cosmos flowers blooming! 

Tomato shield/greenhouse. 

Lots and lots of greens are being harvested now! Swiss chard, mustard greens, many varieties of lettuce, collard greens, spinach. Come get your share at our next workday!