Garden Site Plan and Plant Sale

[Megan Bucknum]

In hopes of keeping us organized and to make sure that we use the sunny garden areas as much as possible, I made a site plan that can help us facilitate dialogue about what to plant in the remaining beds.  The words typed in black indicate what is currently there and red is potential sites.

Each bed that is not planted has a number so it will be easy for people to email back and forth about suggestions of what to plant where!

Here is a preliminary list of things that evidently can grow in partial shade (3-6 hours of sunlight a day).  I am not sure about this list, but I compiled it from some books and the internet....I think it definitely needs more research!!!!

Salad Greens

Broccoli

Cauliflower

Peas

Beets

Brussels Sprouts

Radishes

Swiss Chard

Leafy Greens (Collards, Mustard, Spinach and Kale)

Beans

Kohlrabi

Asparagus (the stalks will be more thin)

Pumpkins 

So if you know anything more about these plants or would like to do some research, let us know what you find out and what numbered bed you think they belong.

PLANT SALE

The Cooperative Extension and Master Gardeners are having a plant sale next Saturday from 9-12 at the Meadowbrook Shopping Center (corner of Emmet and Barracks) and the ladies who told me about it said to call before and show up near the end to possibly collect the left over plants for FREE!!  We just need to bring something "official," they said that this garden plan would work and maybe a work order or your student id.  

I cannot make it, but can give information to anyone who will be here.  I think this is a great opportunity to connect again with the Master Gardeners AND receive some free plants.  Contact me if you can make it.

Happy Finals!

Megan 

[Elizabeth Spellman]

definitely need more space for tomatoes!  cherry tomatoes in bed 9?
i'll work on getting some cilantro for one of the mixed herb, small beds, unless someone already has a source...

Megan Bucknum

meb...@virginia.edu

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Candidate of Masters of Urban and Environmental Planning

University of Virginia

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Institute for Environmental Negotiation Graduate Assistant

(434) 924-0263

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Student Planners Association President

[graham evans]

Wow Megan, this is great!

I would like to suggest that we consider companion gardening as we continue to plant.  For example, we should plant pole beans with the tomatoes.  They will grow up the tomatoes and fix nitrogen into the soil for them as well.  Some companion plants support the growth of others, some help keep away pests.  In addition, there are some plants that shouldnt be planted with other plants.  Here are 2 websites about companion gardening that we can consult: http://attra.ncat.org/new_pubs/attra-pub/complant.html?id=Virginia  and http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html . There is a chart that is esspecially useful about halfway down the first website.

Also, Megan, it is artichoke growing in the triangle bed next to bed 6.

One of the sites says its great to plant cucumber with sunflower.  The cucs grow up the sunflowers!  Lets do them both in bed 6!

One other thing for now.  Megan, do you think you could revise the document so that every bed had a number, not just the ones without seeds.  I think it would help us a lot in the long term.

Awesome!
graham

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