Composting Class

This Thursday, June 30, 2011, one of our Master Gardeners will hold a class on composting. Marty will be at the Thompsonville Community Garden at 6:30 p.m. He will review the proper composting techniques and will talk about managing the compost bins that are on the site. Please join us for this event and check back here for postings of future classes among the topics will be Seed Saving, Good Bug-Bad Bug, and Extending the Harvest.

The First Harvest!

These are some of the first harvest from the the beds that were planted for the benefit of the Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen. Many of the beds are well on their way to producing wonderful vegetables.

Clean up day May 21, 2011

The Thompsonville Community Garden will hold its annual planting and clean up day on May 21, 2011 starting at 10:00 a.m., rain or shine. We will have a selection of plants available (including tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, summer squash and a variety of herbs) for members to plant in their beds. Compost and tools will also be available.

If you are interested in purchasing additional plants we recommend The Growth Company located at 167 Hazard Avenue. For more information about The Growth Company visit their website at http://www.thegrowthco.com/AboutUs.asp.

If you purchase your own plants remember these valuable tips:

• Don't plant vegetables that will take over your plot or grow wildly outside of your bed. Cucumbers are manageable, pumpkins are not. Some plants, such as mint, will spread everywhere.


• Be careful about planting too much in your bed. Plants that are crowded will not receive adequate light and air and are more susceptible to diseases.


• Avoid planting tall plants (corn, sunflowers) that will shade other beds.


• Purchase plants from local nurseries to decrease the chance of buying infected plants.

We will be collecting the $20.00 fee from members that have not yet paid their fee.

UCONN Master Gardeners will be there to answer any questions that you might have regarding proper planting techniques.

See you there!

Upcoming Garden Education Sessions

TVille Gardeners,

The garden is looking great. Members are doing a great job maintaining their beds and the garden as a whole! We would just like to take a minute and remind you of the upcoming education sessions. Let us know if you have any questions!

August 4th at 6pm

How to Identity a Weed and How to Prevent

The UCONN Master gardeners will also be there to help answer questions about your beds.

See you there!

Questions? Please send an email to tvillegarden@gmail.com

2010 Garden Education Sessions

Gardeners,

I just want to take a minute to give you the schedule for the remaining garden education sessions. These education sessions are brought to us by the UCONN Master Gardeners and are a very valuable resource and I strongly encourage you to take advantage of them.

Ben

Write these dates in your calendar, outlook or paper, whatever you prefer...

THOMPSONVILLE COMMUNITY GARDEN

MG EDUCATION SESSIONS

SUMMER 2010

Date Time Topic Instructor

7/11/10 @ 4PM - Learn all about Composting/ Bed grading Marty S

7/21/10 @ 6 PM - Good bugs/Bad bugs; Signs of Summer Stress Trish S

7/25/10 @ 4 PM - Bed grading/Garden walk-throughs with Master Gardeners

8/04/10 @ 6 PM - How to Identity a Weed and How to Prevent them Cathy T

8/08/10 @ 4 PM - Bed grading/Garden walk-throughs with Master Gardeners

8/18/10 @ 6 PM - Learn How to Harvest, Store and Use Your Vegetables Dan G

8/22/10 @ 4 PM - Bed grading/Garden walk-throughs with Master Gardeners

9/01/10 @ 6 PM - Saving Money in the Garden; Planning a Fall Garden Trish S

9/05/10 @ 4 PM - Bed grading/Garden walk-throughs with Master Gardeners

9/15/10 @ 6 PM - Recipe Exchange with garden members

9/19/10 @ 4 PM - Garden walk-throughs and First Annual Gardener Potluck Dinner

9/29/10 @ 6 PM - How to Save Your Seeds Laura C

10/3/10 @ 4 PM - How to Extend the Season with Cold Frames Trish S

Planting Day 2010

Thanks to all who participated during the Thompsonville Community Garden 2010 planting day! Many members planted a variety of vegetables in their beds. Many thanks to Trish and Gina for picking up the plants from the Growth Company. During the planting day activities members weeded and planted vegetables in their beds, cleaned up flower beds, and started to clean up the compost bins.

Check out the pics!

Cleaning up the flower garden

Many seeds for the garden

Many good-looking garden beds!

Starting the growing season off right!

And, if members haven't planted yet there are a few plants left by the sign that they can add to their plots.

Planting Day is this Saturday!

Gardeners,

The Thompsonville Community Garden will hold its annual planting day this Saturday, May 22nd, starting at 10am. We will have plants (tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, peppers, etc) for members to plant in their beds.

If you would like to purchase your own plants we recommend The Growth Company here in Enfield. For more information about the Growth Company visit http://www.thegrowthco.com/AboutUs.asp

If you are purchasing your own plants remember these valuable tips:

• Don't plant vegetables that will take over your plot or grow wildly outside your bed. Cucumbers are manageable, pumpkins are not
• Be careful about planting too much in your bed. Remember, plants grow, and if you plant too much the individual plants will not have space to grow and breath.
• Avoid planting tall plants that will shade other beds.
• Purchase from local nurseries, as the chance for buying infected plants is less.

We will be collecting the $20 fee from members who have not yet paid.

Also on Saturday, UCONN Master Gardeners will be there to aid you with any questions you may have!

Hope to see you on Saturday!