Sea Call Farm Community Garden Blog
Spring Sea Call Pot Luck Social
The 2023 Edition of the Sea Call Farm community gardening group held a Spring pot luck dinner at our gracious hosts' Andrea and Tim Howell's home on May 21st. It was a wonderful evening with great food and plenty of camaraderie. Thanks to the Howells for hosting on...
Third Bin Added at Sea Call Farm
There's news from Kristyna Smith that a third bin has been added for garden waste at Sea Call Farm. It's the one furthest from the driveway. The current bin set up is as follows: The first bin closest to the driveway is for leaf litter The middle bin is for compost,...
Plants aren’t silent. They make clicking sounds, a study finds!
Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make more sounds when thirsty or under other kinds of stress. The research shakes up what most botanists thought they knew about the plant...
Gru the Tomato?
A one-of-a-kind tomato appeared in our garden this September. It looks a little like Felonius Gru from the movie 'Despicable Me' !
Bins are Ready for the 2022 Growing Season
An update from Judy Ryon and Sue Lynch.. Judy emailed that a second bin and leaves were kindly delivered by the Conservation Commission during the winter for our use as mulch. Unfortunately, the leaves were placed in both of our bins. Since one of the bins should be...
Watercolor of Sea Call Farm Community Garden
Fellow gardener, Bev White, forwarded me a lovely ink and watercolor painting of the Sea Call Farm garden courtesy of Peg Flood who lives near Sea Call and drives by the gardens daily. Per Peg: "I created the ink and watercolor painting because I enjoy the view, and...
Donated Vegetable Plants Have Arrived!
A message from Rick Francolini and Ginia Pati. Hello Sea Call Growers, 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...
Comprehensive Soil Test Results at Sea Call
"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...
Update on Food Donations from Sea Call Farm
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...
Gardens Shaping Into Form at Sea Call
Gardens are really shaping up and looking good at Sea Call Farm. The cover crops have been trimmed and are now being utilized as mulch, row dividers and water retention material for individual plots. From a beautiful sea of crimson clover, sweet peas and oats that...
National Garden Week
June 6 through 12 is “National Garden Week” sponsored by National Garden Clubs. National Garden Clubs is an organization that sponsors youth programs and contests such as a high school distinguished service award, essay and poetry contests, grants such as the Youth...
Post Bloom Cover Crop Management
Here’s a Quick overview of what I feel would be a great solution. Slice, drop, crimp, plant. As we watch the crimson clover and peas move into their bloom cycle, within the next two weeks (May 12-30) they must be cut and dropped so as to allow the greens to dry and...
The Most Interesting Thing I Ever Grew at Sea Call
“What the heck are you growing there?” This was the question I got from gardeners I knew and those I didn't. A monster plant had taken over my garden plot. Its huge leaves blocked the sun from reaching my shorter crops and its vines grew two feet per day strangling my...
That Wonderful Spring Scent!
Spring is in the air – literally! We all notice when we step outside in March that the air smells fresh and invigorating, especially after it’s rained. Just as fall smells like crackly, dry leaves, spring smells like newly turned earth and new growth. According...
You Could Say Gardening is in My Blood
“I’m going down to the garden!” That was a favorite phrase for my mother-in-law, Sandra, especially early in the morning. She loved to head to her garden at Sea Call Farm to plant, weed and cultivate. She’d often get up at sunrise, eat a little snack, don her old...
How to Prevent Spindly Seedlings
The seeds have been purchased. The seedling trays or pots are in place. The bag of potting soil is awaiting. Once the seeds have been planted and germinate and start growing, things look great and first move along at a fairly slow and manageable pace. Then, suddenly,...
Cover Crops at Sea Call Farm
Spring is fast approaching and we Sea Call Farm gardeners are excited about what lies ahead! At the end of the last growing season, Rick Francolini led an effort to convert many of our Sea Call Farm plots to no-till for the 2021 growing season. As such, many of us...
Basic Soil Facts
Looking ahead to the 2021 gardening season at Sea Call Farm, it’s good to check the basics on topics such as soil health. Here’s a very informative website: The Soil Association at soilassociation.org. Lots of good reading material and useful information. Some...
Why I Love Gardening at Sea Call Farm
A message from fellow gardener Deirdre White and her feelings about the Sea Call Farm community garden, posted with her permission: “At Sea Call Farm we are both individually and as a community caretakers of the land we have been provided. It is not ours, or even the...
Sea Call Farm History
Sea Call Farm, located at 82 Tonset Road in Orleans, Massachusetts is a historic farm. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in June 2008. Per the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form which can be seen in full here, the Sea Call...
Eastham Turnips at Sea Call Farm
Roughly 30 gardeners came out to help with and enjoy the 2020 Turnip harvest at Sea Call Farm this November. Fred and Kathy Perreault have been gardening in Orleans for more than 45 years, and in recent years moved to a different, smaller property. They have grown...