Welcome to RockStAr Garden!

WHO: Neighbors desiring to grow food together and build relationships at RockStAr Garden
WHAT: Meeting, gardening, and eating together.
WHERE: 19th and Burke St. SE, Washington, DC (next to the Stadium Armory metro elevator)
WHEN: Mondays and Thursdays at 6:30pm, Saturdays at 10:30am (see calendar below for details)
HOW TO BECOME A ROCKSTAR: Join us during our regular meeting times. Email us at rockstargarden@gmail.com for more info.

Monday, March 25, 2013

New soil, new seeds, new friends

On Saturday we had a great turnout and got started on our spring 2013 season.  First thank you goes to the participants in our kick-off event - you all were fantastic!

The next thank you goes to Les for letting us borrow a truck to get compost from the USDA Ag Research Service Compost Research Station.  We started out our workday by pulling weeds and found mint and strawberries still thriving underneath.  Then came a bunch of compost to amend the soil.


 
 
Next we put down some seeds.  Another thank you shout out to Sarah and the Southwest community garden that donated Jerusalem artichokes we planted, along with some peas and radishes. 
 
We set up some stakes, reveled in our handiwork, and then got the season started off right with a delicious meal together - including the newly-introduced Jerusalem artichoke.
 
Want to join in the fun?  Sign up for our email list and join us when the season begins in full swing - that is, after this crazy snow-storm!

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