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Call (360) 221-6454 for additional information regarding the food bank, thrift stores, volunteer opportunities, making a donation, or scheduling an item pick-up. Food Bank Location: Phone: 360-221-6454 Hours: Tuesdays: Wednesdays thru Saturdays: Sundays: Closed
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For a year-long view of the garden through the seasons, the latest garden updates as well as operational links, click on Good Cheer Garden Coordinator Cary Peterson's blog at: http://goodcheergarden.wordpress.com We are also grateful to the Langley Middle School Demonstration Garden for supplying Good Cheer Food Bank with fresh vegetables. For the latest updates and volunteer opportunities on this wonderful garden, please visit: http://lmscommunitygarden.wordpress.com -------------------------
From Good Cheer's Garden Blog: Hoophouse and cloches growing early greensMarch 16, 2010 in Progress | Comments closed
Late February we took a chance on the weather, and planted in the hoophouse. It’s worked out great! The hoophouse has really kept the plants warm and protected. The bok choi, lettuce, kale, chard, spinach and peas planted inside are all thriving. We’ll be harvesting them until it’s time to plant the tomatoes and basil.
Mid-March we took a chance on planting starts outside under cloches made with floating row cover spanned over hoops made with 1/2″ pvc pipe, and also 3/4″ poly pipe. With a few learning curves on how to keep the row covers secured (special clips did the trick), the plants are happy and growing.
We’ve been having good success with the seed block method of growing starts! Sunshine, blue sky and warm weather was a delight for the 35 volunteers who descended upon the Good Cheer Garden for the Martin Luther King Day of Service. Everyone did an amazing amount of work, and the garden is ready for the coming season! The Inca Alpaca 4-H club took on the rabbits, and installed chicken wire around the entire perimeter of the fence!
The 4-H’ers dug a shallow trench outside the fence, and folded the chicken wire at a right angle so that 2 ft went vertical up the fence and 1 ft went along the ground, thereby preventing the bunnies from digging under the wire. Then they backfilled the trench. It was a huge job, well-done, and completed in a day!
Volunteers also put skip sheathing on the garden shed, and we’ll be installing the metal roofing next! (Our roofing work party is Sunday, Jan. 24th, starting at 10 am.)
We double-dug beds and buried compost in the subsoil, and cleaned up all the frozen, mushy old broccoli plants. The garden was transformed! Volunteers also built a 3-bin compost system with pallets at the Bayview School Garden, and set up drip irrigation at the Langley Middle School Garden. All wonderful improvements!
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