Omicron rolls on, so our planning meetings will remain outdoors for yet another month. We'll gather again at Tish and Tim Ganey's riverfront pavilion on Tuesday, January 18, starting at 6 pm. BYOB and haul-in/haul-out (bring your own single serving cool refreshing beverages, and please plan on taking your trash with you).
Directions: 6104 River Terrace - park along the street from the garden to Tish and Tim's driveway, walk down their driveway and follow the arrows to the path to the pavilion. If you can walk/bike/kayak to Tim and Tish's instead of driving, please do! There are 10 chairs available to us so feel free to bring beach chairs just in case. Maybe a flashlight, too, to navigate your way to the riverbank... it still gets dark early. See you next Tuesday!
Another event for your calendar...
all member gardens/gardeners are encouraged to attend.
The Coalition’s Quarterly Meeting takes place Thursday, January 20, 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Members will gather outdoors with proper covid precautions at the Harvest Hope Community Garden, 13704 N. 20th Street in Tampa. The meeting will start as a garden tour of Harvest Hope, with sharing and networking among your other garden representatives. Priorities and key activities for the coming year will be discussed, so please come out and join your friends… your input is appreciated!
www.communitygardenstb.org / communitygardenstb@gmail.com
Lyrical LIBbe... the rewards of gardening
and the bounty of harvesting
Silk painting artist and longtime member, Lib Mitchell, a.k.a. Lyrical LIBbe, is acutely attuned to the spirituality of gardening, and regularly shares with us the inspiration she draws from it.
Two little boys watering the plants, the sky, the trees, themselves. Coco sifting dirt, Lib managing the worms. Elle, Cathy, Annie, MacFadden, the bearded guy, Maria, Andrew, maybe others the writer didn’t see - taking on the garden, harvesting, watering, nourishing, planting, trimming.
Someone threw out sprouting spuds, those redskins no doubt organic judging by the sturdy growth emerging. I have decided to commit to potatoes as well as worms. I planted these in the area of soil made with orange peels and mulch - using a bit of our compost as well. I will go during the week to water.
As the sprouts clear the ground by a few inches, I’ll mound up the mulch and dirt around them. Then when the time comes, push over the mound and pick the new spuds out of the dirt. Maybe it will become one big mound of potatoes. This will provide the ongoing story of my increased commitment to the garden and its rewards. With my last visit there, a harvest of excellent turnips and greens was gained and will be made into soup. Click here for the recipe I like to use.
You are so welcome to join our happy healthy community. Saturdays 9.30 to noon, more or less.
Elizabeth E Mitchell
Silk Painting and Studio Experiences.
www.elizabethmitchellstudio.com
Freebird...
some good chickens looking for a good home.
A Seminole Heights resident (and prospective new garden member), Becky, asked us to post that she has two or three laying hens that she wishes to place in a new loving home. Her backyard is simply overwhelmed with too many chickens, and she needs to part with a few. Becky lives up the street from members Marc and Cindy Sutherland, who have agreed to help her screen any would-be adopters. If you are interested and have the means to properly care for these Easter eggers, drop an email note to msuther1@tampabay.rr.com, and we'll put you in touch with her.
Join us tomorrow! See you next Tuesday!
