May 6th & 8th for our next community work sessions

We will be meeting next:

Thurs., May 6th at 5:30pm to spread the plastic over the rows

Sat., May 8th at 10am to transfer our baby seedlings and plant seeds directly

hope to see you then.

Sign-ups are ongoing! Please tell your friends, family and neighbors! We still have more open slots for members to join us.

Garden Interview on KAFM

Tune in to KAFM Radio at noon today (Thursday, April 22nd) to hear an interview about the Community Garden and other gardening efforts in Grand Junction!  Listen to the solar powered community radio on line or old school style by turning the dial to 88.1 KAFM.

and Happy EARTH day!

Thurs., April 22nd Community Work Session

Please join us this coming Thurs., April 22nd at 5:30pm for community work in the garden. We have rich, organic soil to spread over the rows.

We will also be continuing with ongoing sign-ups for the season. The garden is open to all!

How the Garden Works
- $35 investment/dues per household for the season
- 10 hours of work commitment per household over the course of the season
- May thru October growing season shared responsibilities and community work sessions

Seed Sowing + Spring Clean-Up this Thursday!

Join us this Thursday at 5:30pm for seed sowing and for Spring Clean-Up!

If you have certain seeds that you would like to plant, please bring them. If possible, please bring seeds that you know are organic. Cameron Place will provide planting mix and trays. And then you should be prepared to take home your little tray of soil to care for it, water it, keep it warm, and provide light once they have germinated. After about 6 weeks of this upbringing, you can bring them back to the garden for transplanting!

Good ideas for seeds that you can bring for sowing:

kale, chard, lettuces

We will also plan on spending about an hour working in the garden doing clean-up and getting things ready for what's to come in the next few weeks.

Please email us with any questions.

Hope to see you Thursday!

***INVASIVE SPECIES ALERT***

As we head into the prep/planting phase of this year's garden...

Perhaps I should have been more expedient in getting this important information out to the Main Street Garden Community yesterday, but I feel it is critical that you make yourself aware.

Click on the title of the post to learn about this new species that we should be looking out for!

Successful Snowy Sign-up!

Despite Mother Nature's April Fool's Day snowy joke, the community garden sign up was a huge success as we all huddled on the Mesa Land Trust porch next door to the garden. We added a bunch of new members and enjoyed connecting with old friends. The wet snow prevented us from cleaning the garden, but that will be done at our next work day Thursday the 8th. In the meantime, our little cover crop is poking up through the fresh snow and we're all excited about imminent spring! Thank you all who signed-up, and see you soon!