2019 Activities
March - Minor Tree Pruning
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 8 - First PayDay!
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!
July 23rd: Great Harvest 265 Pounds and our a fun open house!
July 30th 175 Pounds of Harvest
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
September 28 - Last "Garden" Day - Knocking the sunflowers down and picking last of the tomatoes
October 2nd - Last delivery 280 Pounds
October 3rd - Garden Mowed, Manure Delivered, Rototilling Done!
October 5th - Tarps are spread and we are done!
