Hello Dundee Community Garden Members and Friends,
The daffodils are already opening up and it's time to start planning your garden! We'd like to welcome the nine new garden members who will be joining us this summer.
Our Spring Groundbreaking is just around the corner! We'll be kicking off the season with a New Member Orientation, followed by an Introductory Gardening Workshop that is free and open to the community-- you don't have to be a member to attend. Please put this date on your calendar:
Sat. March 31 Spring New Member Orientation, Introduction to Gardening Workshop, (both at AV Sorenson Center, 48th and Cass) and Spring Groundbreaking at the Dundee Community Garden
9:30 a.m. New Member Orientation We'll be going over some basics about the garden, and members will be able to sign up for a plot in the order of their spot on the waitlist. At AV Sorenson.
10 a.m. Introduction to Gardening Workshop: "How to Grow Your Soil; and What to Grow and When Free and open to the public. At AV Sorenson.
11 a.m. Spring Groundbreaking (weather permitting). At the Dundee Community Garden
Note: We'll be serving complimentary Blue Line Coffee and Bread Oven Pastries at our New Member Orientation and our Gardening Workshop. Thanks to these neighborhood sponsors!
NEW THIS YEAR: We have been collecting gift certificates from our local Dundee merchants to distribute at our events. Everyone who helps out on the workdays will be eligible for the drawings! First drawing will be held at our Spring Groundbreaking.
Note to our Continuing Garden Members who already have plots:
We're getting our first load of Oma-Grow dropped off at the garden TOMORROW, March 16. Yes, it's early to start planting and there's a risk of a freeze-- usually the early cool-season crops can go in around April 1-- but garden member and Master Gardener Rebecca Reagan says:
I think most greens ( lettuce, spinach, collards...) can be started. Peas , onion sets, radish.....would do well now. People should check their seed packets (zone 5) and follow what is recommended. As long as the soil is dry, workable, and warm enough for germination, it should not be a problem. After planting, watering will be the concern--for good germination. These plants will tolerate cold weather once they are up and growing.
Our last frost date is in early/mid May--warm season crops go in after that.
Great publication on what to grow and when from the Iowa State Extension (and their dates apply to us in Omaha): http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM534.pdf
Board Meetings: All DCG Members are invited to attend our monthly board meetings, held the first Thursday of the month at Dundee Presbyterian Church, in the basement dining room. Next Board Meeting: Thurs. April 5.
Community Events:Food Safety Begins in the Garden: Free Training for Community Gardeners from UNL Douglas/Sarpy Extension. Mon. April 2, 6-7:30.
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