BWW Project 25-17: Work at and Plant Blackhawk Garden

 BWW Project 25-17:  Work at and Plant Blackhawk Garden

Before moving to BWW we always had a community garden at the Goodman Center location.  We went without for one year but got on the waiting list for one nearby at Blackhawk Gardens.  Cathy had it tilled and one of the rules is that each gardener has to donate 4 hours of community work doing various tasks like mulching around the outside of the fence, mulching and weeding the walkways, etc.

We went over and put in an hour each (mine count towards her 4--she is the garden renter).  I filled the wheelbarrows with mulch and rolled them over to the various locations where others were spreading it out.  I got a good workout.

A week later, when we were pretty sure we would get no more freezing nights, we went over to plant.  Cathy did all the raking and planting while I dug dandelions but mostly thistles out of the plot itself and also around the fence inside and outside.  Cathy planted parsnips in there.  I spent the rest of my time digging thistles from the walkway.  Another good workout for me.