West Colvin Community Garden

Garden in need of community organizer for 2023 season! Can you gather volunteers, connect with Syracuse Grows for resources, and lead stewardship efforts on this site for the growing year? School, community or scout groups, all welcome! Please message Lydia Montgomery for more information.

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Spring is here! Seed packets for cool-weather crops use the phrase "plant as soon as soil can be worked in Spring". The compost in our raised bed/ cold frame boxes is well- drained and ready for peas, kale, spinach, and potatoes this week. Send a message, if you would like to be involved in the garden this year.

Perfect gardening weather! Planting seedlings, sowing root veg seeds, and transplanting perennials 4-6 pm.
can you dig it?

Garden meet up tomorrow afternoon 3:30- 5:30. Lydia will be there to lead site tour for new gardeners.
Bring a friend! Take a plant, or a book! Feel the Love : )

Syracuse Grows is delivering our compost today- could use some help unloading (one pickup) around 11:30. give me a call (Lydia) if you are available.

Here's the link to our Spring 2021 garden update newsletter.

Tentative organized gatherings this month:
Thursday afternoons, 4-6 & Saturday mornings 10-12.

WCCG 2021 update .pdf

Our member dues to Syracuse Grows have been mailed for the 2021 gardening season.
First meet-up this week to tour the site- Thursday April 8th 4-6 pm
I'll go live and share a video for those who can't make it, and post a Zoom link for checking in that evening/ next weekend.

Signs of Spring! Come paint garden signs with me (Lydia) this weekend at McCarthy Mercantile with - our local permaculture people!

we are stage 3 and buzzing with bees this week!

Strawberry circle of life! 🍓
Via: Soul Alchemy

One "hour of power" grew into 2, rockstar volunteer Jessica joined Lydia for the evening, and that is 4 total woman-hours of work completed today: weeding, watering, raking, transplanting in the shade garden, installing a lavender border in the front circle, plant identification, harvesting salad greens, screening finished compost, potting up plants to give to our neighboring community garden, down the road! Tomorrow evening, we will be at it again, 6-7.