A special thank you to the Americorp Public Allies who came out to our garden as part of their service day. We were one of several lucky New Haven groups to have their participation this year, along with City Seed, Common Ground, and the Ronald McDonald House. (Learn more about the Public Allies program here.)With all of the extra hands on site, we got a lot of work done, including some additional site cleanup, tree pruning and removal, construction of wire containers for leaf mold and composting, and garlic and bulb planting.
Two of our handiest-members-with-tools also took on the task of building raised beds out of reclaimed lumber from a barn in Northford (which we purchased from Urbanminers - thanks for the free delivery Joe!) and a small tool shed so we can keep some of our stuff on site next year.
Extra thanks to members Josh and Larry for going back to the garden on Sunday to finish the building projects.
