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Society Garden 2017 Has its Start

Posted in garden, nature, tagged , , , , , , on March 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Seeds planted, seeds growing, the society garden is on its way to the 2017 planting. The members gathered and started the seed tray on Sunday, February 19, 2017 as some plants need to get an earlier start. We started artichokes, peas, onions, Serrano pepper, and cabbage.

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Society Garden 2017, Ashton Longhurst, Sunday, February 19, 2017, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2017, starter see tray: onions, jalapeno, artichoke, cabbage, and serrano peppers, Sunday, February 19, 2017, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2017, seeds after two weeks, Saturday, March 4, 2017, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Wrapping up for 2016

Posted in garden, nature, tagged , , , , on October 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The plants just keep on giving, but there ain’t no more room! SLPS filled its last buckets and picked its last peppers, as the fall season is here in full swing, so it was time to prepare the garden for winter by pulling out all the plants that wouldn’t survive the snowfall and cold temperatures. A bucket of tomatoes and tomatillos, some squash, a bucket of peppers, a few watermelons, and many pumpkins were harvested in the last harvest in time for Samhain. SLPS has been truly blessed with bountiful produce and few pests in 2016. The 2017 garden will have similar items, but will be scaled back a little bit with fewer pepper and pumpkin plants.

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Society Garden 2016, pumpkins in the field, Saturday, October 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, Ashton Longhurst with Jack-O-Lantern, Saturday, October 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, harvest pumpkins and watermelons, l to r: pie pumpkin, watermelon, Jack-O-Lantern, Jarrahdale, Jack-Be-Little, Saturday, October 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, Ashton Longhurst cleaning garden for winter, Saturday, October 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, Daniel Cureton with pumpkins Saturday, October 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Melons, Artichoke, and Herbs-Society Garden September 2016

Posted in garden, tagged , , , on September 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Society garden has started to produce melons and herbs. Peppers are still flowing, pumpkins growing, and tomatoes dropping on the vines. In full steam, so much to produce that the members of SLPS can’t keep up!

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Society Garden, drying herbs l to r: oregano, dill, basil, thyme, sage, rosemary, Sunday, September 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, watermelons, Sunday, September 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, Watermelon and Armenian, September 19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, artichoke in bloom, Monday, September 19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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September Full Corn Moon Salsa Canning

Posted in garden, Other, tagged , , , , on September 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

September’s full moon, known as the corn moon, brought the opportunity for SLPS to use some of the peppers overflowing from the Society garden and make homemade salsa. So many peppers were available, the salsa was pureed in the blender and cooked in a large stock pot. The salsa making took place on Sunday, September 18, 2016. The canning took about 30 minutes for the jars. The salsa contains onions, salt, lemon juice, garlic, tomatillos, green, brandywine, zebra, and beefcake tomatoes. Jalapeno, shishito, anaheim, serrano, bell, lemon drop, Caribbean, Tabasco, and habenero peppers were added, giving the salsa the right kick! The salsa has been named “backyard kitchen salsa”.

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September 2016 Full Corn Moon, salsa making- peppers, Sunday, September 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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September 2016 Full Corn Moon, salsa making- blended salsa, Sunday, September 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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September 2016 Full Corn Moon, salsa making- canned salsa, Sunday, September 18, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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August 2016 Full Sturgeon Moon Pepper Pickling

Posted in esbat, garden, Other, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »

SLPS gathered on Sunday, August 21, 2016 to pickle prolific peppers picked perkily. A great full moon activity, which is known as the sturgeon moon in August when sturgeon’s were most easy to catch during the moon. The society garden has been producing many peppers with jalapeno, shishito, anaheim, and serrano being the more abundant. Thai, tabasco, habanero, and ghost peppers have yet to yield.

A whole bucket was picked, with onions, garlic, green tomatoes, and tomatillos from the garden being added to the mixture, which contained the jalapeno, shishito, anaheim, and serranos. Honey and water were used to dilute the mixture and give it a slightly sweeter taste. 22 pints were produced, close to 3 gallons of pickled peppers!

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August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, Ashton Longhurst, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, bucket of peppers, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, April Love processing peppers, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, canning set up with mixture, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, Ashton Longhurst (l) and April Love filling jars, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, jars ready to be canned, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, processing jars, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, finished jars, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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August Full Sturgeon Moon Ritual, completed mixture, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

 

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Society Garden Giving in Abundance

Posted in garden, tagged , , , , , on August 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The Society garden is growing at full steam, with all the plants producing many fruits and vegetables per week. The pumpkins have vined, the okra flowered with pods, and the peppers giving peppers by the bucket load. Watermelons are growing as well as all the other plants. A small gofer appears to be nibbling on the onions, but SLPS has plans to trap and release!

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Society Garden, Daniel Cureton with Lettuce, Friday, July 15, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, watermelon on vine, Friday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, pumpkins, Friday, July 15, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, herbs l to r: parsley, dill and oregano Friday, July 30, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, Freyja in the pumpkin patch, Thursday, August 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, Cabbage, leeks (right), yellow squash (back), and corn, Thursday, August 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, lettuce and onions (r), Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, cabbage, Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, tomatillos and okra (r), Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, harvested vegetables, Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, bucket of peppers, okra, and tomatoes, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, onions, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, bucket of peppers, Thursday, August 4, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, bucket of squash, Sunday, August 14, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, bucket of vegetables, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden, plums (l), tomatoes, and watermelon (r), with April Love, Sunday, August 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Picking Fruit for Jam

Posted in garden, Other, tagged , , , , on July 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »

SLPS has 20 fruit and nuts trees, with lots of variety. Apple, plum, peach, pears, nectarine, apple, almond, and apricot! Blueberry bushes, Oregon grape, and concord grape as well as strawberries abound.  The apricots and Oregon grape came in and have been pick off one tree, ready to be made into homemade jam. SLPS has a long tradition of jamming it’s fruits, but sometimes so many come in that the trees have to be propped for support!

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Fruit gathering for homemade jam making,apricot tree supported with boards due to so much fruit, Sunday, July 10, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Fruit gathering for homemade jam making, Daniel Cureton getting apricots, Sunday, July 10, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Fruit gathering for homemade jam making, gathering Oregon grapes, Sunday, July 10, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Growing Strong!

Posted in garden, nature, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The society garden is growing strong! A month and a half of growing and many of the plants have bushed, vined, and stalked. Only a couple were lost, one cucumber, one corn, one pepper plant, and some onions. All in all, not so bad! The loss mainly may be due to the gophers or bad starters.

Peppers are coming in, vines on the watermelons and pumpkins have taken off, lettuce is growing high, squash is bushing, corn stalks are about 2 feet high and already show tassels, and onions are getting thick. The society is blessed with many plants and few pests!

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Society Garden 2016, artichoke, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, peppers, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, peppers, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, anaheim pepper, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, serrano chilis, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, celery, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, okra, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, watermelon, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, pumpkins, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, pumpkin patch, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, corn, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, yellow squash, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, leeks, cabbage (top) and lettuce (right), Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, baquieu lettuce, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, cabbage, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, view looking down garden with corn (back), squash (back middle), lettuce (middle), leeks (right), and cabbage (front) with April Love, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, square garden area with tomatoes (back), cucumber (back middle), tomatillos (back middle right), shallots (front middle) and onions (right), Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, herbs Parsley (back), dill (cage), cilantro (front left) and oregano (right), Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, view of garden along fence, Saturday, July 2, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016

Posted in esbat, garden, moons, nature, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The members of SLPS met on Saturday, May 21-Monday, May 23, 2016 to plant the second Society garden over the full moon. The ground was weeded, turned, and manure was added. This year the garden doubled in size, so more work was to be done and more time given to the Earth. Thankfully the rain softened the sand and only the crab grass fought back. Monday evening, after all the hard work, the starter plants from Millcreek and Traces gardens were planted under the light of the moon.

This year the society planted: corn, okra, Japanese eggplant, red watermelon; Jack-o-lantern, Jack-be-little, and Jarrahdale pumpkins; artichoke, shallots, Walla Walla sweet yellow onion, baquieu and butter lettuce, cabbage, yellow summer squash; De Milpa, Verde, and Yellow Husk tomatillo; dill and basil; Granny Green, Zebra, and Brandywine tomatoes; Armenian cucumbers; Giant Marconi, Habanero, Tobasco, Anaheim, Anaheim Chili, Serrano, Chipotle, Pimento, Ghost, Lemon Drop, Anchio, Caribbean, Shishito, and Keystone Giant peppers. The total cost this year being $300 for the plants and supplies.

Some good insects were spotted, a few spiders egg sacks and one jumping spider. Earth worms and roly polies were plenty. A few June bug larve and lacewing flies were seen. A test of the soil revealed that the sandy earth is a neutral, neither acidic or alkaline, perfect for all types of plants!

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Society Garden Planting 2016, l to r: Ashton Longhurst, Camille Harris, Stesha Bowden Saturday, May 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, April Love, Saturday, May 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, l to r: April Love, Camille Harris, Stesha Bowden, Saturday, May 21, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, Ashton Longhurst, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, spider with egg sack, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, earth worms, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, Lauren Holman (l) and Ashton Longhurst, Sunday, May 22, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, jumping spider, Monday, May 23, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, Ashon Longhurst (l) and Lauren Holman, Monday, May 23, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, watermelon and pumpkins, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, okra, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, pepper plants, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, artichoke, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, celery, Wednesday, May 26, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, pepper, melon, pumpkin and okra patch, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, corn, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, yellow summer squash, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, romaine (bottom), baquieu, and butter lettuce, cabbage (top), Wednesday, May 26, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, leeks, Wednesday, May 26, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, eggplant (left), shallots (right), tomatoes (top, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, shallots (left), tomatoes (top left), Armenian cucumbers (middle top), tomatillos (middle), yellow onions (right), Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden Planting 2016, view of patch by fence looking south west, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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2016 Society Garden Taking Shape

Posted in garden, tagged , , , , , , on March 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Since 2015’s garden was highly successful, the society will be planting a garden for 2016. This year the space with be expanded to included more room for pumpkins, asparagus, garlic, and other heirloom plants of choice by the society members.

SLPS president Daniel Cureton and vice president Ashton Longhurst worked in the evening on Sunday, March 20, 2016 to clean and clear the old dead plants and evaluate the space. Surprisingly, a number of plants survived the winter! A few of the onions, one parsley, oregano, both cabbage plants, and all of the collard greens!

The old dead leaves were plucked off the cabbage and collards and the space cleaned for what is to come. Because some plants went to seed, the society expects to have a few self starters for dill and tomatillo.

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Society Garden 2016, collard green survived the winter (with dead leaves removed), Sunday March 20, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, onions survived the winter, Sunday March 20, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, parsely survived the winter, Sunday March 20, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, cabbage survived the winter, Sunday March 20, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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Society Garden 2016, view of the garden looking south west- Oquirrh mountains in back and Ashton Longhurst (right), Sunday March 20, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT

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