Inside Charleston Parks
Insight from the Lead Parks Angels & the voices of the Charleston Parks Conservancy
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We will be keeping our eyes on the garden for the next 3 months, giving it special care as everything roots in really well. Watering is on a need only basis. Garden in the Parks days will give this new Etiwan Park garden the monthly care it needs to look it??????s best!
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Day 2 in Etiwan park could be summed up in two words, hot and stinky. 20 cubic yards of compost were spread and tilled in the beds getting them ready for the next day planting. We could not have done it without the help of the two student interns from Moore Farms.
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Day 1 in Etiwan Park posed the hardest task, removing the existing turf grass. Spray painted lines showed an outline of future planting beds. Now with the sod gone, one can see what a great space we have to plant. But we are not going there yet... time for the bed amendments.
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Now is the time to start the summer prune. What, you say why prune this time of year? Spring's growth spurt and subsequent flowering has been overflowing. Late cool temperatures and plenty of rain have brought an abundance of new growth.
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Besides gleaning crops in the fields to be donated to local food banks, some Fields to Families volunteers have been working on introducing healthy eating habits to school children. The first project presented was to the kindergarten classes at Mitchell School.
