Arroyo Community Garden Blog
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The Arroyo Community Garden began in 2009 and continues to thrive. Our mission is to build community through gardening and education. We are located behind the Living Word Lutheran Church, 901 Ely Boulevard South, Petaluma, California. We have land, water, design, and a strong contingent of eager gardeners.
Arroyo Community Garden Blog
4M ago
Maggie and Luke are trying a new-to-us method of staking zucchini plants this year. Fingers crossed for a huge harvest. Check out the method: How to Grow Zucchini: You've Been Doing It All Wrong. (theartofdoingstuff.com ..read more
Arroyo Community Garden Blog
6M ago
The new-to-us greenhouse has arrived. With a little TLC, we'll be set for Spring and new starts.  ..read more
Arroyo Community Garden Blog
10M ago
August, October, November and 60 yards of bark has been moved in to cover all our pathways. Could have use a bit more but everything looks great now. Great turnout, too. Everyone worked so well together and had a good time.  ..read more
Arroyo Community Garden Blog
1y ago
Ding Dong, 2 gophers dead. We've been chasing these guys from box to box for more than a month. The gopher trapping has finally paid off. Good work, Bill and Erica, Rebecca and Daphne!  ..read more
Arroyo Community Garden Blog
1y ago
Sweet potato harvest started today; a total of 45 pounds was collected. The bed was only watered every 10 days or so, due to the current drought. The largest bunches occurred because an olla was set between the plants. Slow and continuous seeping water produced excellent results.   ..read more
Arroyo Community Garden Blog
1y ago
March 2022 Workday - sunny and warm and very nice turn-out for some spring house cleaning.
Here's Derek and Izzy, digging in.
Elaine and Stella, with Sue looking on, rooting out a bumper crop of weeds.
Erica, Sue and Rebecca are digging the sunshine, too.
Winter monsters harvested. We're waiting on the "coleslaw" experiment results.  ..read more
Arroyo Community Garden Blog
1y ago
It's a beautiful February Workday and we're cleaning out the orchard. Non-producing trees like the almonds and sickly trees like so many of the apples are headed for the compost bins. Our intrepid tree removal team is on the job! Master Removers, Kristen, Erin, Hunter and Jonas really dig in.
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Arroyo Community Garden Blog
1y ago
This year's winner of the biggest abandoned zucchini for 2021! Olalla takes the honors.
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Arroyo Community Garden Blog
1y ago
Our garden is looking amazing, the soil is still damp so no need to water. Our Olla’s are full of water. I took the opportunity to indulge in some of our bounty. Pak Choi, kale are all really doing well… And I planted 6 rooting baby red potatoes.
Six gardeners, one box, also reportedly working just fine! Thanks to Janelle and Carrie, Maggie and Kera, Deborah and Paul, using the Square Foot Gardening method and planting in rotation.  ..read more
Arroyo Community Garden Blog
1y ago
Janelle reports: Fall is in full swing and so are the pomegranates at the garden. They’re juicy, sweet and gorgeous. I took a couple that were cracked and two that were scarred and they’re just too good!
Hope y’all have a safe & happy Halloween weekend.
Sharing some images of our pomegranates and Hallie who’s curiosity never stops ..read more