Hi all,
This blog entry is actually about two very exciting OCG updates:
1. Horehound, and
2. Chicken Wire!
A wonderful group of students from Sierra Oaks came out on Friday morning to help us continue momentum on preparations of the garden.
1. One of the tasks for the morning was to start weeding the area, especially of Horehound, which has been informally labelled as “the enemy.”
For those unfamiliar with Horehound, it is an herb indigenous to Europe, often used in herbal remedies for congestion of the respiratory passages. It is also incredibly invasive if not controlled, and it has run amuck in the garden’s viscinity!
So the goal is to remove all the horehound within about a 20-foot radius of the garden, to protect it from future and further invasion.
2. Before we plant anything in the garden, it was previously agreed that we need to make sure that whatever we grow needs to be protected. So Friday morning, a group of us tackled a few salvaged rolls of chicken wire. As of now, almost 5 feet of chicken wire above-ground and 1 foot below (smaller mesh size) have been wrapped around the semi-circle structure of the garden. If anyone knows someone with extra chicken wire lying around, please ask if they would be willing to donate to our cause!
And now, for your viewing pleasure, a few pictures for a visual update from Friday. Thank you again to the Sierra Oaks group for coming out to work with us. They brought great energy to the garden, and we hope to have them over again!
A Growing Community 