St. Andrew's Grows

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Arlington, Virginia, is starting our 5th year of vegetable gardening. Our produce is given to the Arlington Food Assistance Center to feed those in need. Over the past 4 years, we have donated over 2 tons of vegetables from our organic garden, using a piece of land on our 5 acre property that had not been used in many years. We are very proud of our efforts and we hope those who receive the produce can taste the love and caring that goes into each item!

Thursday, May 24, 2012

The fence is fab!

Thank you Long Fence for the advice and supplies! And thank you Jim and Hanson for slogging out to Long Fence on just a miserable rainy day....

Hopefully this work of art will keep the critters at bay.....it's too beautiful to tamper with!

And we have a big gate to let the big equipment through to till the soil.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Welcome 2012!

Have you wondered if St. Andrew's was doing a garden this year? We definitely are.....this blogger has been struggling to figure out how to blog from one of the earlier ipads. Some things are easy.....everything else needs an app!

Over the winter leeks were harvested (50 pounds worth). We received a grant to install fencing and relocate the water line. Greenview Landscaping did a great job plowing the area and the soil looks great.

And we say goodbye to our invasive species tree! Our only shade!

Look at the clear view of HB Woodlawn parking now that our land has been cleared......If you look closely Hanson and Michael have planted a few items. This picture is about 3 weeks old (i mentioned my ipad challenged blogging skills!)