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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