WHAT’S NEW IN THE GARDEN?
This time of year, where freezes and cold temperatures slow growth, put plants into dormancy and kills off annuals, has a tendency to dampen the desire for a garden. In our case, we are using this time of year as an opportunity to plant fall/winter friendly seeds/plants, refresh soil and woodchips and add compost to beds. It also is a time for looking at your current garden layout to determine what worked and what didn’t in the previous season. Was there too much sun, not enough shade, not enough room for plants to spread out? Our vision for this coming season was to clear out beds, encourage subscriber activity and allow for additional engagement. Four subscriber beds have been added to the Ridgecrest Community Garden subscriber section to expand our ability to accommodate subscribers.
Plot map of the Ridgecrest Community Garden
The subscriber bed labels have been revised to put the bed labels in order from A-Z. As you can see on our plot map, Beds labeled A-D have been added to the area where our greenhouse used to reside before it became a sequel to “Gone with the Wind”. Thank you to our volunteers this past weekend that assisted with painting the new letters. Beds A-Y belong to paid/sponsored subscribers and will contain harvests grown for consumption by the subscribers. Beds E-Y have subscribers currently assigned, gardening and growing fall/winter plants. Bed Z, next to the port-a-potty is actually a compost bin and contains compost for use within the beds. Garden beds that have a number associated with the bed or have no identifier will contain food grown for the community. The numbered beds are available for the community to harvest from as our fall/winter garden progresses.
Beds A-D are currently available. If you are interested in becoming a subscriber or want to sponsor someone to a bed, please follow the instructions at this link. https://www.holisticdivineinnovations.org/subscriber-program
Herbal Zen Garden Rose Section
Roses in benches to be moved once dormant
A new section has been added to the Herbal Zen Garden containing rose bushes. As the roses go dormant for the winter, we will be adding more roses to this section from existing rose bushes throughout the community garden. Our goal is to create a centralized rose garden with flowers and fragrance that will provide serene beauty and a peaceful aroma for community members to enjoy.
WHAT’S NEW AT THE GARDEN?
Christmas Decoration at 231 W. Haloid on the gate
A community member brought a wonderful Christmas decoration and left it on our gate. We were so thankful and excited to see it. That incredible gesture of generosity and sharing gave us the idea of displaying ornaments from the community within the garden. If you would like to share an ornament with the community, please bring it by the community garden at 231 W. Haloid during our open hours, Saturday & Sunday, 9-4 and hang it on our tree within the garden. The Christmas tree will be arriving on December 3rd. We will do a special tree decorating with the ornaments brought to us on the 17th of December to share some cheer in the neighborhood. The tree will be up throughout the rest of the year, coming down on New Year’s Day. We hope you’ll join us in adding to the joy and goodwill we want to promote within the community.
Young farmer pointing at The People’s Garden Sign
Great news! After a lot of hard work, our garden is being recognized by the USDA as a People’s Garden. What does this mean? Well, it mean’s that we are recognized as a garden that empowers our community to participate in local food production and provide diversity and resiliency to the food supply chain. That also teach about the benefits of sustainable, local agriculture and how gardening can foster community collaboration, provide green gathering spaces, and benefit the environment. Our garden is also newly recognized by the USDA and FSA as a farm. We have a farm in Ridgecrest!! How exciting!
Scan QR Code of your choice for donations/support, subscriptions or woodchip purchases. For woodchip purchases, once payment is made, contact us through Facebook to schedule woodchip pickup, as woodchips are kept at a different location due to space restrictions. Zen out, Ridgecrest :-)
