March - $300 Donation from Wilco, $500 Donation from the Master Gardeners, and Dallas Community Foundation for sponsoring two interns ($1000). - Thanks! March 25th (or so) - Squash, Broccoli, etc starts started in greenhouses Early April - Nan our new Orchardist and Gary worked on the fruit trees    April 1st - Job Announcements April 12th - Job Applications Due April 17,18,19 - Job Interviews April 22-24 Job Offers May 4th - Interns first day - picking up wood (help tarps down), picking up tarps, coiling hoses, etc. May 5th - Garden gets rototilled  May 9th - The gardens and interns are ready!  May 11th - helping at the plant sale May 15th - All that starts and seeds are here - Thanks Linda Fox, Master Gardeners, and Wilco!  May 15-June 1 - Planting June 1 - Planting is pretty much done!  June 1 - June 7 - Mulching paths - Thanks for the chips Anderson Mobile! June 15 - Garden Plants are GROWING  June 22 - Pollinator Festival Dancing Oaks Nursery  June 24 - First Harvest 10 Pounds of Radishes  July 2nd - Lettuce Harvest - 75 pounds  July 9th - More lettuce and summer squash - 130 pounds  July 13th - Minions has started!  July 16th - Over 200 pounds of produce this week!   August 3rd - Great treats from the interns and paperwork forms filled for fair displays! August 6th Harvest - 250 Pounds (Lost Camera) August 8th - Fair Booth a Success. Thanks for the peaches perryhill farms. >$180 raised for hazel hoes  August 9th - Fair Exhibits - 4 Champions, 4 Reserve Champions, 24 Blue Ribbons, 22 Red Ribbons, 1 White, Everyone qualifies for state!  August 13th - Cabbages and first tomatoes get harvested 240 Pounds  August 17 - Staking tomatoes in the garden  August 21 - Harvest - 260 Pounds  August 27 - Harvest - 255 Pounds  September 3rd - 400 Pounds!  September 7th - Last formal day - Making Salsa  September 10th - 270 Pounds  September 14th - Fund Raising is done  September 17th - Harvest 170 Pounds  September 24th - Harvest 180 Pounds   October 2nd - Last delivery 280 Pounds  October 3rd - Garden Mowed, Manure Delivered, Rototilling Done!  October 5th - Tarps are spread and we are done!  |
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