Holy Guaca-mole!!!

See Us in Motion!!

Here is our watering efforts shot in real life!

You are looking at our very own Joel and company watering at the St. Patrick's Cemetery. Joel in particular "doesn't like cemetery" and we respect that. But he still had to grab a watering can. Both the councilors and our very own camper superstar Alanna, learned how important watering is for the life cycle of plants. You can steadily see the progression of the plants over the weeks of watering them. 

They'll need to learn about watering if they ever hope to grow anything!!

Smooth Sailing

As of yesterday there have been three days of the intensive gardening program. The third day was filled with some elbow grease but the satisfaction of a job well done.

Yesterday's lesson consisted of watering and making guacamole. I'm sensing a trend of preparing food and eating it. Much of the day was spent setting up a very lengthy hose and watering can system to water all 700 ft. of Cosmos and Geraniums along the Douglas Ave wall.

This required a lot of team work and a bit of effort. This was a practice run of learning how to water in preparation for the challenging hose position at the Chad Brown Market. While these hoses were all in a straight line, the garden's water source is on the opposite side of the store and requires going through a substantial amount of brush.

We'll see our staff and community partners rise to the occasion !
(I hope)



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We're Getting a Big Head

Picture care of Organic on the Greeen

Hello Grassroots Faithfuls,

The recent explosion in publicity has my head spinning. First there was the Catholic RI article, and then the Flicr account and now this lovely blog from our fellow Environmental Warrior, Kerry Bergin and her contributing blog Organic on the Green ! We're getting"props" all over the place. It's hard to escape our work out there in the community. Read over the blog and trace the steps of our project from empty lot to growing bed.

In order for us to keep all this momentum going it's important that we get out there and really sustain what we've begun. Garden's need work and flowers need watering. Let's keep it green ourselves this summer. Remember: any time after 5 in the afternoon is a great time to water the S. Patrick's Cemetery plants, as it is cooler in the day and the moisture will stay in the ground. Tues and Thurs are the intensive days for the garden. Come down and meet the kids working on the garden and lend a hand!

Let's keep up the good work.

~Edmund


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