We're getting the garden ready for spring!

We're planting in the hoophouse! It's our annual mid-February excitement here at the Good Cheer Garden because we know in 4 weeks we'll be harvesting fresh veggies for the Food Bank! We have kale, arugula, lettuce, spinach, chard and peas! Except for the peas, which we direct sowed, all the starts were grown in the greenhouse using soil blocks and grow lights.  Out in the field, we're separating out and replanting the strawberries, and the garlic is poking out of the straw and seaweed we planted it in this fall. And it all began on the Martin Luther King Day of Service on January 20th when over 30 volunteers of all ages came out and turned over most of the cover crops and mulched with leaves! Volunteers also helped us organize our garden materials, started seeds, sifted compost and made potting soil.It's been a great launch to our 6th growing season!