The neighborhood association is helping our neighbors at the Mews create a few small gardens in various spots around that property. So far these small neighborhood gardens have morning glories, zinnias, irises, cosmos, marigolds, nasturtiums, and sunflowers. Herbs include lavender, lemon verbena, Corsican mint, Greek basil and oregano, sage, rosemary, thyme, western wood sorrel, and Thai basil. There are also two climbing bean plants, tomatoes of 3 varieties, peppers, and squash and they would like to add blueberry shrubs and fruit trees like apple, fig, etc. Everything is landscaped and decorated creatively — except for the climbing vines which need work!
The Mews gardens have several specific needs at the moment:
- a picnic table
- fire pit and grill
- a wheelbarrow or wagon or cart
- 5 gallon buckets
- a rainbarrel
- an internal composter with a way to turn it over
- a super small shed for storing tools
- native fill dirt, sand, pebbles, and bamboo, compost, growing medium for container gardening
- another vegetable bed that would be planted with seasonal produce
- and volunteers/donors to create signs and flyers as well as work on beds weeding, watering, etc…
The Mews gardeners would also like shade trees in back to replace several elms lost to disease or because of damage they caused to roofing.
Contact Rita Fravel at ooo.ritaf@gmail.com if you can help or have items to donate.
Our next backyard concert will be held Tuesday, August 16, at 7pm sharp at “the Farm” (the big antebellum slave plantation with the historical marker that doesn’t actually mention slaves) on East Jefferson between Farm Lane and 12th Street.
