Fence, Compost, and Water Update

I have a few updates, but the gist of it is this: It is time to start gardening!

The fence is in place. Right now the gate is a little flimsy. It is a loose end of the fence that can be put in front of the south end of the garden. Please enter in and out of that temporary gate. John and I plan to get to building a more formal entrance in the near future. The design will likely be based on one of the pictures in an entry on the blog about gates. We went with a 3 foot fence instead of 4 feet because it looked big enough and was less money. Hope it does the trick. We still plan on putting chicken wire along the base of the fence to keep the little critters and diggers out. For now, it should keep dogs, stray walkers and others out.

Thanks to Jeannine, Janardhan, John, Bob, Emmet, Sophia, Leigh, Joan, Clare and Andy for fence construction.

Payment: Andy put the money down, but will hold off on letting you know the full cost until we get chicken wire and gate installed. So far, we're in for about $24 per full plot for fence materials, which is much less than I thought. We still need to build the gate, but that won't add too terribly much.

Compost has been delivered. We got 4 yards of compost delivered. This which translates to a per full plot allotment of 0.5 yards or 13.5 cubic feet. Ready for more???

• A large wheelbarrow holds 6 cubic feet.
• Smaller wheelbarrows hold 4 cubic feet.

So your share is either a little over 2 large wheelbarrows for a full plot or 3 small wheelbarrows for a full plot. Half plots, divide by 2.

The load was dumped in Jeff and Tione's plots - 8S and 8N. Good news for them - they get a little free top dressing.

Cost of the compost was $123 total. (($17/yard*4) + $55 delivery). $15 for a full plot.

Water:  It is raining. And we have enough hose, will obtain a nozzle soon, and await a "water key" to turn on the water from the school.    Two lengths of hose from the school reach the corner of our gardens.  When you want to water, drag the school hose up to the garden, attach the project grow hose to the school hoses, and use the water.  We will decide upon a good spot to hide the "key" with the understanding that the key stays in its hiding place except when in use.  Also, please return the school hose to the outside of the building, close to the water spout when  done.