Blue Jay's Perch

Workday recap 💚🌿 we cleared and started planting veggies in our beds, cleaned up our compost, and (most importantly) harvested lots of greens and grapes—thanks to all who came out, we’ll see you again next Saturday!

workday highlights ✨🌱 today we cleaned up the back fence, weeded and watered beds, and organized our shed (also removed a hornet’s nest from it 😳)! thank you to all who joined us today 💚

thanks to everyone who came out for making our first workday of the year so successful! we pulled weeds, harvested, turned over soil, and even started planting for fall - couldn’t have done it without you! see you next weekend 💚

Welcome back and happy first week of classes! What better way to end it than with a garden party and potluck? Come join us after SIF this Friday and enjoy yummy food, meet other students and community gardeners, and relax in the garden! We’ll see you there 💚

Complete our challenges for .ship ‘s Green Week for the chance to win a hydroflask, succulents, and more!! Swipe for university compost guidelines from . Plus, you can kill two birds with one stone by coming to the perch this morning - we’ll be making salads from the spinach and bok choy in the garden!!🦋💚🦋

Come join us for the last official workday of the semester! We’ll be harvesting lots of spinach and bok choy for everyone to make some yummy salads. We’ll also be planting baby tomatoes and peppers! BYO dressing and see ya there!!🥗🌟🍅

it’s supposed to be snow tomorrow, so unfortunately we’ll have to cancel this week’s workday. we’ll start back up after spring break tho, stay warm!🧣

thanks to all of you who came out to the perch with us last saturday! what a successful workday?! we turned over a few plots, planted some new veggies, fixed up the shed, and harvested soooo much spinach!! P.S. feel free to dm us pics of any dishes you made with your spinach for a special spotlight on our story! 🥬✨

Who’s ready for this upcoming season at the perch?! That’s right, workdays are now back in session at blue jay’s perch community garden! Our first workday will be this Saturday (3/5) from 10 am to 12 pm. Come plant some kale, spinach, and lettuces (arugula, anyone?) with us! Meet us outside Barnes and Noble at 9:45 am to head to the garden together. ☀️You can register on campus groups at: https://bit.ly/perch22

Spring is on its way, and you know what that means…perch workdays will soon be back in session, YAY! Welcome back old members, and to our new members, thank you for signing up at SIF! Come join us in Shaffer 301 this Thursday at 6:30 pm to learn about what we do at the perch and plan for this upcoming season. See ya there!🪴 You can register here: http://bit.ly/bjpintro

Join us tomorrow to remove the invasive plant species in Wyman Park with ! We’ll be meeting at the Homewood football field at 9:45 am to walk down together. You can also meet us there at the park entrance (at the intersection of Craycombe Ave. and Tudor Arms Ave.) at 10 am. Bring any gloves, trimming tools, or shovels if you have them.

This past sunday: we cut back the asparagus (3rd pic), harvested figs, peas, and a LOT of loofah (1st pic). Yes, loofah! Like the one you shower with! They’re vegetables from the cucumber family that inspired the loofahs we buy in stores because of their exfoliating properties. Crazy right?!🙉