The PCC Urban Farmer and a few committed volunteers have been busy the last few weeks continuing to improve our outside farm area! Thanks to the Marion Soil and Water Conservation District grant, we were able to install individually controlled microsprinklers to irrigate each raised garden bed, ensuring we minimize waste and can control what goes to each plant. And speaking of plants, each bed is now home to seedlings of cabbage, broccoli, and a few other veggies that we’ll be able to harvest and share with the community in a few months.
In addition, the new pathway is in progress! We installed stairs from the greenhouse up to the garden beds, and are in the middle of adding pavers to the gravel to make it easier to traverse.
In September, we’ll finish up clearing out the debris and soil piles and smoothing out the one end of the farm, and continuing the path around the corner and up to the alley. We’ll also be adding a hedgerow of pollinator friendly plants along the sidewalk in later fall.
Thank you to the amazing volunteers who are helping to make this possible!
