Feb. 24th 2010
AWEN Family news
Went over to K and Tony's this morning to plant some more seeds, and to my surprise the seeds that we planted just a week ago are all coming up! We have tomato's, cabbage, spinach, lettuce, etc. They all look great, so far we are at 100% growth. Today we planted radish's, turnips, carrots and cucumbers. No cantaloupes planting yet. I always have a great time planting seeds with k, and Tony helps by providing water and Irene provides encouragement. Everything is growing, even our AWEN family. Today is a great day, the plantings that K and Tony did for me looks great also. They planted rose bushes, rose mallows, mums, and many oak trees. The back property is really looking great. Bulbs that were planted last year are also coming up! Can hardly wait for spring to be here and everything starts blooming. The plants are going to be better then the pictures we will be posting. We will be working this weekend on placing tables in the greenhouse to put our trays on, yeah, good times. I can taste the fruits of our labor already.
Watch for tomorrows post and rememebr to add your comments also. Love hearing from you.
Showing posts with label greenhouse. Show all posts
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
AWEN Greenhouse Part 2
Feb. 20, 2010
Part 2 of the AWEN Greenhouse adventures.
I think I need to back up slightly so that you can better understand AWEN Greenhouse, for you see it is not just a regular greenhouse, it is full of wonders and amazing things. In Sept. of 2009 I started a volunteer group, it is known as neighbor helping neighbor, the concept is simple, if a neighbor needs help with a project, whether it be inside or out, we will help. They supply materials and lunch and we supply man/woman power. Some people balked at the idea but our grassroots group is now 20 members strong and growing. We have slowed down for the winter months but I can tell that the weekend projects are picking up again. In our going out to the community we saw a need greater then just physical projects, we saw that this uncertain economy was effecting many in our community. We knew that growing vegetables to feed the hungry was a great way to help our own neighbors. Only a few in our group may have had the money to buy a small greenhouse but not on the scale that was needed to make a difference. So thru faith the call went out, a greenhouse was found, a new project undertaken! Neighbor helping Neighbor helped us reach many people who in turn helped us so that we can help others. It is truly a circle of friends and neighbors.
On good weather days we are working on constructing the greenhouse and we can finally say that we are getting closer to completion. Last week K and I , with the help of Irene and Tony took over K's art studio and exercise room and started planting many, many seeds into pots and trays, they will soon all be moved into the greenhouse, the AWEN Greenhouse! So you see the greenhouse is truly magical, it appeared when no one thought it would, the seeds are planted, that is most wonderous. I have many many stories to tell of the wonderful people in our group and I will tell it starting in part 3. You will then also see some of the pictures of the greenhouse and the magical chairs and table.
Part 2 of the AWEN Greenhouse adventures.
I think I need to back up slightly so that you can better understand AWEN Greenhouse, for you see it is not just a regular greenhouse, it is full of wonders and amazing things. In Sept. of 2009 I started a volunteer group, it is known as neighbor helping neighbor, the concept is simple, if a neighbor needs help with a project, whether it be inside or out, we will help. They supply materials and lunch and we supply man/woman power. Some people balked at the idea but our grassroots group is now 20 members strong and growing. We have slowed down for the winter months but I can tell that the weekend projects are picking up again. In our going out to the community we saw a need greater then just physical projects, we saw that this uncertain economy was effecting many in our community. We knew that growing vegetables to feed the hungry was a great way to help our own neighbors. Only a few in our group may have had the money to buy a small greenhouse but not on the scale that was needed to make a difference. So thru faith the call went out, a greenhouse was found, a new project undertaken! Neighbor helping Neighbor helped us reach many people who in turn helped us so that we can help others. It is truly a circle of friends and neighbors.
On good weather days we are working on constructing the greenhouse and we can finally say that we are getting closer to completion. Last week K and I , with the help of Irene and Tony took over K's art studio and exercise room and started planting many, many seeds into pots and trays, they will soon all be moved into the greenhouse, the AWEN Greenhouse! So you see the greenhouse is truly magical, it appeared when no one thought it would, the seeds are planted, that is most wonderous. I have many many stories to tell of the wonderful people in our group and I will tell it starting in part 3. You will then also see some of the pictures of the greenhouse and the magical chairs and table.
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