What’s Growing?
We have put the garden to bed for the winter, but until we get a hard freeze there will continue to be ripening strawberries, ground cherries and cherry tomatoes. You can also trim the mint, oregano, thyme and sage to add spice to your meals.
Most of the beds have been planted with barley as a cover crop. A cover crop is grown to cover the soil and may be incorporated into the soil later for enrichment. Planting cover crops in the garden provides multiple benefits such as controlling erosion, suppressing weeds, reducing soil compaction, increasing moisture and nutrient content of soil, improving yield potential, attracting pollinators, adding color, and providing habitat for beneficial insects and wildlife.
As you look up the hill from the church, the bed on the far left has been planted with garlic which should be ready to harvest in July. Planting will begin again in March with peas. If there’s something you’d like us to grow in the garden, send us an email.
Our garden was begun with a grant from the Northern Rhode Island Conservation District, Rhode Island State conservation Committee and the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Services.
