Thinning Out Plants and New Angels

Cookie Till came by early this afternoon with yet another angel, a flat of tyme for our walkway and whole bucket-load of added possibilities!  WOW! Brian DeRias put added a whole new layer onto this project. We are truly being blessed with the generosity and abundance that comes from true partnership and cooperation.  Thanks Brian for opening your arms and heart to this project. 


Then, it was Joan and Earle to load up the vans and we're off to meet Amy at the ACUA greenhouse so we could thin out seedlings:

After a hard days work separating and repotting our precious seedlings...

 

 
It was time to clean up.  Ahhh the wonders of dirt!

Now for a group photo!!

(Hey, Omar, Joneika and Earle...  this way! And what happened to Malik?)

And now for:  Thinning Out Seedlings...  The Movie

Did I say it poured all day. Great day for inside work. 

We Picked Up the Slate

Last Saturday (April 9th) we took a small team Stup to Sicklerville to pick up slate to create a walkway or garden path. It was just the right project for a damp drizzly day.  Tomorrow's task...  thin out the plants.  It will be quite a treat to see how they have grown since we planted them a couple of weeks ago.

Building and Seeding

On Saturday, April 2nd, we all gathered in St. Mary's parking lot to build boxes, clean up the yard and fill the boxes with some great 

ECO Soil compliments of the ACUA.  It proved to be a rather cold, windy and raw morning.  The sun was bright, the company great and the tasks may lighter by many hands--and a front end loader thanks to the two Harold Hills.  And we'll never forget those wonderful muffins provided by Cookie. 

 

After building, we headed to the green house for planting seeds.  A much warmer environment, and we could continue to get our hands dirty.  We were also able to enjoy the company of some friends who weren't able to weather the wind and cold.  We learned a lot.

 

 

Our seeds are off to a good start!

Welcome to the Intergenerational Community Garden at Saint Mary's...

"God's Moving and so must we!" Joan Manning-Hill

The first Garden Committee meeting was held at Saint Mary's Episcopal Church on Sunday, March 20. Ironically, the first day of Spring. It was a great first meeting filled with questions, and creating a path for St. Mary's, the community and our garden partners.

As we move along, we felt it important to map our journey together.  For some, a garden may to be an unlikely project for a church.  Even more so when churches look around them at the diminishing resources--both financial and in human power.  There appear to be more questions then there are answers.  But isn't that always the way.

But, to quote Cookie Till:  "Gardens bring people together. In a garden seniors can work with teenagers, all toward the same cause--creating something healthy and beautiful."



Next committee meeting March 26 - 10:00am We Build Boxes.