Out like a lamb...

After a beautifully sunny (albeit windy) weekend, and 76 contributor hours in the work log, the garden is well on its way. In addition to lettuce and radishes, 200 feet of spinach has been sown. Hopefully the wind will subside by the time those tender little spinach leaves get big enough to care. Potatoes have been cut for planting and should be in the ground this week. On the maintenance front, volunteers diligently removed more rocks from the second half of the garden, which has also been ripped, graded and amended with topsoil.  More beds will be established following a healthy helping of compost. A fence has also been built on the west side of the site to keep the prolific deer from helping themselves to the salad bar.

Progress...

The Parker Road Garden Co-op is officially off the ground (or in the ground, if you want to be literal about it). The lower bed has been prepped and is ready for planting; lettuce and peas are in. The upper bed has been rototilled, but needs some compost. Potatoes have been cut and are being aged to plant. They'll go in the ground sometime this week. There's lots to do, from cleaning and organizing to installing irrigation to prepping and planting beds. We still need to get starters potted for warmer weather veggies; they'll stay in the greenhouse until they're ready to plant.

Seed is planted...

The Parker Road Garden Co-op is the brain child of Luther Light, owner of a stretch of land along the Rio Ruidoso. With enough land to support a gaggle of people, but not enough hands to work it, Luther gathered a bunch of hungry and eager friends to begin a community garden. After an initial organizational meeting, the Parker Road Garden gate was officially opened to anyone who wanted to dig, sift, sort, mulch, weed, plant, pick or eat. Volunteers work on a whatever-needs-to-be-done-basis and log their hours in an online spreadsheet. Whatever results will be shared come harvest time.