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tilth's organic edible plant sale

Friday, 30 April 2010 13:03

Greetings fellow gardeners and Jubilee supporters!

Just before it got cold last November, many of the final touches for Jubilee’s vegetable garden were installed: burlap I collected from a local coffee roaster, more pavers made from recycleable glass and a simple cloche (a mini-greenhouse made with plastic wrap and pipe arches). Over the winter we had a quiet garden with a few beds of kale, spinach, and cabbage. We still have red onions from the winter that we will pull for spring salads soon - yum! A fellow Jubilee volunteer, Carina Ziegler, has taught a few cooking classes for Jubilee's residents and will soon be teaching the women about the basics of composting. This week we are designating a spot in the Jubilee yard to start our very own compost.

For spring and summer we are sprouting a variety of mustard greens and lettuces, broccoli, artichoke, and zucchini. We are also planning a hanging web for peas, beans, and tomatoes to climb. One useful item we are looking for is natural hemp or manila rope, to make our creeping veggie nets.

I have enjoyed hearing stories from our residents about gardens they have had or memories of growing vegetables when they were kids. Within the next couple weeks, a group of Jubilee residents will dig in the dirt for the first time this season and plant our sprouts along with any vegetable starts donated to Jubilee. The women are especially interested in growing tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, chard, cucumbers, sweet peppers, and pumpkins.  

Please stop by Tilth’s (www.seattletilth.org) upcoming Organic Edible Plant sale this Saturday, May 1st, 12pm to 3pm or Sunday, May 2nd, 9am to 3pm to purchase some of the items in bold above to donate to Jubilee's vegetable garden. Find me on Saturday; I'll be volunteering as "Security" if you'd like to stop by, ask about Jubilee's garden, give suggestions or donate some veggie starts.

And one last thing, do you happen to have a surplus of small stone (larger than a pebble, smaller than a golf ball) laying around from a landscaping project? We are using stones to maintain drainage channels in the garden, which control run-off. We don't need much, a few buckets would help.

Feel free to reach a Jubilee staff person with any additional questions regarding donations and our vegetable garden at 206.324.1244 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Let the sunshine in and happy gardening,

Lauren Zimmerman