The 2023 Edition of the Sea Call Farm community gardening group held a Spring pot luck dinner at our gracious hosts’ Andrea and Tim Howell’s home on May 21st. It was a wonderful evening with great food and plenty of camaraderie. Thanks to the Howells for hosting on the back deck of their lovely home! Thanks also to Joan Francolini for organizing the event. And, finally, many thanks to all of those who contributed such wonderful food and beverages to make the evening such a great success! Additional photos below.. The post Spring Sea Call Pot Luck Social appeared first on The Community Gar ..read more

There’s news from Kristyna Smith that a third bin has been added for garden waste at Sea Call Farm. It’s the one furthest from the driveway. The current bin set up is as follows: The first bin closest to the driveway is for leaf litter The middle bin is for compost, and The bin furthest from the driveway is for garden waste. Happy Gardening! The post Third Bin Added at Sea Call Farm appeared first on The Community Garden at Sea Call Farm ..read more

Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make more sounds when thirsty or under other kinds of stress. The research shakes up what most botanists thought they knew about the plant kingdom, which had been considered largely silent, and suggests the world around us is a cacophony of plant sounds, said study coauthor Lilach Hadany. She said she had long been skeptical that plants were completely noiseless. Check out the rest of this amazing story at this CNN link. The post Plants aren’t ..read more

A one-of-a-kind tomato appeared in our garden this September. It looks a little like Felonius Gru from the movie ‘Despicable Me’ ! The post Gru the Tomato? appeared first on The Community Garden at Sea Call Farm ..read more

An update from Judy Ryon and Sue Lynch.. Judy emailed that a second bin and leaves were kindly delivered by the Conservation Commission during the winter for our use as mulch. Unfortunately, the leaves were placed in both of our bins. Since one of the bins should be used for leaves/mulch and the other for garden debris, Judy asked for volunteers to make signs for the bins and to also consolidate the leaves and mulch into one bin so that the other bin can be used for garden trash/waste. [There were no signs posted to distinguish them so early gardeners had been dumping weeds and plot waste on t ..read more

Fellow gardener, Bev White, forwarded me a lovely ink and watercolor painting of the Sea Call Farm garden courtesy of Peg Flood who lives near Sea Call and drives by the gardens daily. Per Peg: “I created the ink and watercolor painting because I enjoy the view, and the neat and tidy community gardens.” Peg is a member of the Eastham Painters Guild and displays and sells her prints at the Hidden Gem shop in Orleans. She’ll have a solo art exhibit at the Brewster Library in February entitled ‘My Favorite Places’. You can check out some her other pieces on Instagram @PegatCape. Thanks Peg! Image ..read more

A message from Rick Francolini and Ginia Pati. Hello Sea Call Growers,   Thanks to the very generous support of Judy Scanlon from Lake Farm Gardens, Sea Call has been gifted hundreds of mature vegetable plants, ready for planting,  This donation has been provided to support Sea Call’s “Growing for Giving” initiative which provides fresh produce to a non-profit group that prepares healthy meals to local community members in need.  Our non-profit partner is “LOCAL” – which is the Lower Cape ecumenical food program – and meals are prepared and distributed from St. Joan o ..read more

“Your Overall Quality Score is 80, which is in the Very High range.” That’s what a recent report from the Soil Health Laboratory at Cornell University’s Department of Soil and Crop Sciences concluded. This is the first year that we’ve had Cornell do the soil testing here at Sea Call Farm. The report provides a baseline to follow for the future as we continue our switch over to a no-till approach for preparing our garden plots for the next Spring’s growing season. Our previous nutrient testing was performed by UMass Amherst. A structural analysis was done in 2020 by the USDA, but this is the fi ..read more

A recent note from fellow gardeners Judy Ryon and Ginia Pati. Re-posting here for all to view. Good morning Sea Call Gardeners, As you all know, we will be continuing to donate our garden produce to others this year. Here is an update from Ginia: The gardeners of Plot #22 (First Light Sangha: a local Buddhist meditation group) are once again growing and giving all of their fresh vegetable produce to a nonprofit group that provides fresh, healthy meals to our local community members in need: “LOCAL” is the Lower Cape ecumenical food program prepared and distributed from St Joan of Arc church. I ..read more

Gardens are really shaping up and looking good at Sea Call Farm. The cover crops have been trimmed and are now being utilized as mulch, row dividers and water retention material for individual plots. From a beautiful sea of crimson clover, sweet peas and oats that covered Sea Call Farm over the winter and spring, you’ll now see 10’ x 20’ and 20’ x 20’ plots that feature a wide array of wonderful veggies and flowers, some just starting to grow and many well underway. Gardeners have been busy at work sowing seeds and planting seedlings and starter plants, weeding and watering, and helping others ..read more