Baker Beach Community planting day 3/30/13

A success!!!

My favorite tools and resources

With so many new gardeners, I wanted to publish a list of my favorite gardening tools and resources:
(sites with items for sale are not endorsed by me, and are for reference purposes only)

Atlas Nitrile Touch gloves- they come in candy colors! (or black if you want to be boring)
http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Garden-Gloves-Assorted-Colors/dp/B001BVG7JK/ref=pd_sbs_lg_1

Felco Pruners-several sizes, I like the #6 for my smaller hands
http://www.felcostore.com/pruners

Digging tool- here's a site with some reviews, I happen to agree!
http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/04/hori-horis-soil-knives-trowels-review/

• Hori-Hori          
• http://www.gemplers.com/product/139303/GrowTech-Hori-Hori-Digging-Tool
• Soil Scoop        
• http://www.groworganic.com/soil-scoop.html

Plant tie- you need something like this for your peas:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardener-s-Blue-Ribbon-Sturdy-Stretch-Plant-Tie-T007A/100662499

Gardening basket- What are you going to carry everything in? Don't forget to add a stash of plastic bags for your harvest! I got one of these as a gift years ago and just love it.
http://www.amazon.com/Overseas-Connection-G-159A-Market-Basket/dp/B000FRYCNO/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1364583266&sr=1-1&keywords=overseas+connection


Where we like to order seeds- heirloom, open source, organic etc.
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds- you can visit them in Petaluma or  http://rareseeds.com/
Peaceful Valley   http://www.groworganic.com/
Bountiful Gardens http://www.bountifulgardens.org/

Golden Gate Gardening by Pam Peirce
http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781570616174

Baker Beach Community Gardens!

It's been a whirlwind two weeks getting 50 new garden boxes built, installed, filled with soil, and assigned to new garden members. At four locations in the Baker Beach neighborhood, garden boxes have sprouted and are ready for planting!

We’ll be in each of the new Baker Beach Gardens on Saturday 3/30 with veggie seedlings- lettuce, beets, spinach, peas, kale, cabbage, mustard greens, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, & chard.

• If you can’t come to your garden, you are welcome to stop by a different one and pick up seedlings- bring something to put them in.
• No need to RSVP- just stop by!
• Please leave all pots in your plot after you plant- we re-use pots at the Presidio Nursery.
• Peas will need a trellis to grow on.
• Extra seedlings will be left at each garden site for planting during the following week. All pots and plants will be picked up on Friday the 5^th in the morning.
• Don’t forget to visit the Presidio Residences main office to get your free lunch tickets!

 Here’s where we’ll be:

March 30^th seedling give away and planting help
Garden site #1 (near 1575 and 1590):

                10-11am

Garden site #2 (near 1553 and 1555):

                1-2pm

 Garden site #3: (near 1587):

                11-12:30pm

Garden site #4 (near 1591 and 1502):

                1-2pm 

 

Garden #1 (near 1575)

Part of Garden #2 (near 1553)

Garden #4 (near 1502)

Busy March

We've been busy sowing flats and transplanting seedlings to bring to all the gardens, plus getting ready for the construction of 50 new garden boxes in the Baker Beach neighborhood!

Just wanted to post a reminder that plot checks are happening on Friday March 15- make sure you've weeded your plot and planted something by then! This is the time to get spring veggies in the ground.

Check the calendar at the bottom of the posts to see when I'll be visiting your garden with seedlings and compost- also a great time to ask me questions or have your mystery plants identified.