[Southern California Permaculture] The year in pictures

Fri Dec 23 12:57:40 PST 2016

Reminder: There is NO work-party this Saturday December 24th!!

I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to our work at Mesa Harmony
Garden this past year, and wish you all a very happy, joyful, and peaceful
holiday season and year ahead in 2017.

Here's some of the activity that went into getting 100s of lbs of fruit
flowing from trees to Food Bank.

January: Master Gardeners (Lynne, Tim, Joan and Vicki) helped with our
winter planting program of 15 new fruit trees: strawberry guavas, fuju
persimmons, and ambrosia pomegranates.

February: Volunteers from local company Rightscale helped plant 26 rose
bushes around the outside perimeter of the garden.

March: Board member Fred Owens investigates the depths of the overgrown
mallow (now is the time of year to get them before they get this big!!!)

April: Larry Saltzman and Fred Hunter lead our annual workshop on Backyard
Food Forests.

May: Master Gardeners Joan Calder and Tim Milham lead a workshop on tool
care.

June: Board members Larry Saltzman and Hugh Kelly plant a white sapote tree
with a commemorative plaque dedicated to Fr. Ludo on his retirement.

July: A mysterious stranger donates 15 dragonfruit plants to the garden, and
explains how to get the best results from growing them (this one is in
flower).

August: The Garden has a booth at the annual Mesa Fest - volunteer Lynne
Klinkenberg talks to a potential volunteer.

September: Hugh, Fred, Jim and Vicki in front of the new screen they erected
to hide the shed from the parking lot.

October: Attendees at our workshop to plan out the new demonstration bed of
perennial vegetables came up with these ideas for planting.

November: Over 40 people attended the California Rare Fruit Growers workshop
on the best bareroot fruit trees to plant this winter.

December: A lovely bunch of bananas hanging in the shed, waiting to be
delivered to the FoodBank.

Let's make 2017 the year of the garden - come and volunteer one Saturday
morning soon, and get in the picture!

Hope to see you there soon,

Hugh

Hugh Kelly
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President
 <http://www.mesaharmonygarden.org/> Mesa Harmony Garden

a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation

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