Community Organic Garden Reminder: Clean up your plot by Halloween

[jay schlegel]

Hi All,

 

Now that the weather is cooperating ... Reminder: Please clean up your plot for the winter by Halloween (Monday October 31, that's next weekend).  

• Put your spent plants/veggies in the first two/east-most compost bins. Add a couple scoops of manure to the bin when you do.
• Put thick woody stuff (sunflowers, corn stalks) in the burn pile east of the bins. 
• Now is a good time to remove those pesky weeds and/or add a layer of manure or compost to your plot.  
• Ideally, let persistent weeds, such as thistle, dandelions, and creeping grasses, dry out completely before adding them to the compost pile so that they don't resprout. 
• Now is also a good time to plant a cover crop, albeit a bit late.  If you want to know more, ask one of the Garden Committee members.
• Do not put plastics in the compost bins.
• If you do not plan to return to the garden next year, please clean up your plot for the next person who will use it.

 

Thanks.

 

--Jay