SANTA CLARA COMMUNITY GARDEN: 2024

February 17, 2024

Spring has sprung...???

It sure feels like spring has sprung...but we might be fooled! We didn't really get the normal two-week winter thaw mid-January that we usually get...so we may be getting that NOW...a month late. Time will tell!

Today we got most of the south beds staked and twined! We also got a bed of beets planted and some of the flower bed seeded!!

We are working on valve replacement and pipe repairs. I guess it just comes with the territory...things wear out and get old...it feels like my life story!! Ha!

The garden is loving the sunshine, and we are loving the helpers who show up and make the garden such a great place to be.

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February 12, 2024

New Beginnings in 2024!

It feels so great to be back in Utah and getting our hands back in the soil at the Santa Clara Community Garden. For those who didn't know, my husband (Rod) and I served an 18 month mission in the Texas Dallas East Mission. We lived in Tyler, Texas the entire time but served as far away as Shreveport, Louisiana, some in Arkansas, and over to Dallas. We loved serving there and made many wonderful friends that were very hard to leave!! We also started a Tyler Community Garden and hope that it will continue to thrive!

With that said, I need to also thank Ashley Adams and Judy Holly for all of their efforts to help the SCCG do so well while we were gone!!

Saturday, February 10th, we had our first "garden work party" since we returned. The large amounts of rain we've had has been great, but it has kept us out of the garden! It felt so good to be there Saturday with the sun shining and renewing friendships!

We got all of the south beds rototilled thanks to a great community service worker! And we got all of the north beds cleaned up. The first bed on the south side is going to be used as a FLOWER BED!! So it will be fun to see what that looks like!! The next two beds got planted with sugar snap peas and a little bit of regular peas. Although it's still going to be cold at night, there is a lot of sunshine headed our way!

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CROPS PLANTED

Spring 2021...planted end of January through April 2021

Bed#	Crop	Crop	Bed#
		POTATOES	13
		TOMATOES	12
11	WATERMELON	TOMATOES	11
10	BEETS	TOMATOES	10
9	CANTALOUPE	TOMATOES	9
8	ONIONS	TOMATO	8
7	BEETS	TOMATO	7
6	ONIONS	TOMATO	6
5	ZUCCHINI	TOMATO	5
4	ZUCCHINI	PEANUTS	4
3	OKRA/PEPPERS	SPINACH	3
2	CUCUMBERS	LETTUCE	2
1	CUCUMBERS	PEANUTS	1

Summer - Fall Beds...planted / harvested June -

Planted in July and August 2020

Bed#	Crop	Crop	Bed#
		PEANUTS	13
		CARROTS	12
11	Green Beans / Edamame	Watermelon	11
10	Onions/Lettuce / Spinach	Cantaloupe	10
9	BROCCOLI	ONIONS	9
8	CORN	TOMATO	8
7	CORN	TOMATO	7
6	CORN	TOMATO	6
5	CORN	TOMATO	5
4	CORN	PEPPERS	4
3	ZUCCHINI	PEPPERS/ OKRA	3
2	SQUASH	PUMPKINS	2
1	Winter Squash	PUMPKINS	1

Spring Beds ...planted February - May 2020

Bed#	Crop	Crop	Bed#
		PEANUTS	13
		PUMPKIN	12
11	POTATOES	WATERMELON	11
10	SQUASH	CANTALOUPE	10
9	SQUASH	ONIONS	9
8	ZUCCHINI	TOMATO	8
7	ZUCCHINI	TOMATO	7
6	ONIONS	TOMATO	6
5	BETS	TOMATO	5
4	BEETS	PEPPERS	4
3	SUGAR SNAP PEAS	PEPPERS/ OKRA	3
2	SUGAR SNAP PEAS	CUCUMBERS	2
1	SPINACH/ LETTUCE	CUCUMBERS	1

HOW IT ALL BEGAN!!

People often wonder how the Santa Clara Community Garden came about. Here are the details:

Our local church leadership asked for ideas of how we could help people in all aspects of their lives, whether they are members of our congregation, or not. After some discussion "a garden" was suggested as being able to help people physically (provides food), mentally (you learn a lot by raising a garden), emotionally (the social interaction with other people is very beneficial), and spiritually (being reminded as we work in the soil that we are all God's creation, and by nurturing the soil and the plants we grow, we also nurture our souls!) So, the "why don't you check it out..." was given, and the rest is history!

The owner of the lot, Mr. Anton Tonc, was willing to allow us the use of the lot. Santa Clara City was VERY helpful in giving us approval. Then there were MANY, MANY people who worked, donated, raked, shoveled, trenched, ran sprinkler lines, etc., to make the garden a reality.

With the Spring of 2020, we begin our 11th year of community gardening! Truly amazing, and such a blessing to all who have participated!!

THANK YOU, EVERYONE!!! WATCH THIS VIDEO: HOW THE GARDEN BEGAN *_*