InCredible Community Cookout

Thanks to all the friends, neighbors and folks who work at Motors Northwest for not only showing up for a burger and to see the garden but also for bringing stuff to share and donating to the garden.  Through your generosity we raised over $175.  Due to the generosity of the Grocery Outlet we were able to purchase the food for next to nothing.  Added to all this goodness are our two new sets of garden members who rented our two empty beds.  There was so much interest in renting beds that we had to create a waiting list.  Here's hoping we can get a few more beds built this summer.  Thanks again to all who came by and helped.

Community Cookout

The members of the

South Tacoma Community Garden

invite you to a

Community Cookout

& fundraiser

Saturday, June 27^th

11:00-1:00

At the corner of 70^th and Puget Sound

● Stop by for a hotdog or burger topped with garden grown lettuce

● Bring something to drink or something food to share

● The food is free but we'll be taking donations to help build an inoffensive fence and a community table

● Consider becoming a member of the garden by renting one of the two or three boxes we have left ($25/year)

Have questions?

Check out our website www.sotacgarden.blogspot.com

or e-mail Charrie or Ken at sotacgarden@gmail.com

Nine down and seven to go

These pictures fail to do justice both to the number of workers and turbulent weather.  The work party on Saturday, April 11th was a testament to communal perseverance.  Way to go garden team it already looks beautiful.

Though the rain fell

The workers persevered

And eight boxes were built and filled with dirt

One box down...

After meeting upon meeting, review of by-laws and membership agreements, researching, calling, inviting and investigating we finally got to get outside and build something together (if anyone from Lowe's is reading this, I put that one in for free. We'd like the next one sponsored or else I might type something like "You can do it, we can..") As you can see from the pictures several neighbors, adult, child and canine converged on 70th and Puget Sound to mow, partially layout the site and build one, yes one, beautiful box. We were able even to fill it with dirt, good ole dirt.

Rest assured, this is just the beginning.  If you'd like to get involved, below is a schedule of our next few events.  We're also happy to receive donations.  Currently we have enough money to build 8 boxes with enough room to build 16. 

Saturday, April 11 9:00-1:00  Boxbuilding.  Build 7 more boxes at the garden site.

Saturday, April 18 Time TBD Community Yard Sale at the garden site. Bring your stuff to sell and donate a portion to the garden.

Thursday, April 23 7:00 Planning Meeting at First Congregational Church

Saturday, May 11 Planting Day!

The Garden Design

Members of the South Tacoma Community Garden met on Thursday evening to take all of our ideas and meld them into one design.  Below you will see the fruit (or should I say vegetables or even flowers) of that work.  

Right now it may just look like a parking lot for construction paper, but if you squint a little and use a lot of your imagination then you will be able to see  "We've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty, we've got whoosits and whatsits galore, you want thingamabobos, we've got twenty..." wait sorry, wrong imagination.  Try this...

We've got sunflowers and raspberries a plenty
We've got herbs and fruit trees galore
You want raised beds?  We've got 16,
but who cares, no big deal, you want more?

How bout benches for sitting?
How bout a see through fence for a boundary and best of all
How bout a huge table in the middle for gathering and sitting and eating some of the fruits of our labors?

If you'd like to stay in the loop or are interested in renting a raised bed and becoming a member of the garden then e-mail kwsikes@hotmail.com.

Til then, may all your seeds live long and prosper.