Thanks to the very generous support of Judy Scanlon from Lake Farm Gardens, Sea Call has been gifted hundreds of mature vegetable plants, ready for planting, This donation has been provided to support Sea Call’s “Growing for Giving” initiative which provides fresh produce to a non-profit group that prepares healthy meals to local community members in need. Our non-profit partner is “LOCAL” – which is the Lower Cape ecumenical food program – and meals are prepared and distributed from St. Joan of Arc church.”
This effort is being led by Ginia Pati and the group of growers who contribute to her efforts at plot #22.
There is a wide assortment of tomatoes, eggplants and peppers available to all Sea Call gardeners who agree to plant them and then donate the produce harvested. Please mark any vegetables you plant by tying a piece of green ribbon (which is provided by the plants) to the stem of the plants you adopt. Most importantly, if you plan to participate, the time to plant is now. Please plan to do so by this weekend to maximize the success of this effort.
The plants are available now and are located adjacent to the fences which face Tonset Road and the driveway. Thanks in advance to all who participate. Feel free to contact me or Ginia (giniapati@gmail.com) with any questions.
Anne and I just planted 5 eggplant plants. They’re beautiful! Will be fun to watch them grow and then donate the produce.
NOTE THAT THERE ARE DONATED PLANTS AT BOTH THE ROADSIDE AND DRIVEWAY-SIDE GARDEN ENTRANCES!
“Your Overall Quality Score is 80, which is in the Very High range.” That’s what a recent report from the Soil Health Laboratory at Cornell University’s Department of Soil and Crop Sciences concluded.
This is the first year that we’ve had Cornell do the soil testing here at Sea Call Farm. The report provides a baseline to follow for the future as we continue our switch over to a no-till approach for preparing our garden plots for the next Spring’s growing season.
Our previous nutrient testing was performed by UMass Amherst. A structural analysis was done in 2020 by the USDA, but this is the first time we’ve had biological testing performed.
Cornell’s lab is the gold standard for soil analysis.
To view the 2021 Comprehensive Assessment of Soil Health report from Cornell’s Soil Health Laboratory, click here.
The 10-page report gives a breakdown of various indicators and assigns a rating to each. It also calculates the total score of 80 mentioned at the top of this post. The last pages of the report are dedicated to short-term and long-term recommendations for managing “Physical and Biological Constraints”.
A recent note from fellow gardeners Judy Ryon and Ginia Pati. Re-posting here for all to view.
Good morning Sea Call Gardeners,
As you all know, we will be continuing to donate our garden produce to others this year. Here is an update from Ginia:
The gardeners of Plot #22 (First Light Sangha: a local Buddhist meditation group) are once again growing and giving all of their fresh vegetable produce to a nonprofit group that provides fresh, healthy meals to our local community members in need: “LOCAL” is the Lower Cape ecumenical food program prepared and distributed from St Joan of Arc church.
If any gardener has ‘extra’ produce during the summer season that can be donated to their efforts, please contribute into the ‘cooler’ that will be placed next to the inside of the main gateway of Sea Call garden, for regular pickup. (And if you have an unneeded old cooler, they would be grateful to borrow it for the summer).
Throughout the summer they will be appreciative for any of your ‘extras’/garden contributions for St Joan of Arc meal preparations!!
Thank you all for your participation in this wonderful endeavor.
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