For February Work Day we expected to have a delivery of 12 cu. yards of soil and 225 bags of compost for the garden. Due to equipment problems, the Farm Dirt Company was only able to deliver 6 cu. yards and had to delay the bagged compost for a week. Luckily, we had over 20 […]
Author Archive | Hazel Potvin
New Neighbor for the Garden
The KIPP charter school system has built a campus at the corner of S. Main (HWY 90) and Hillcroft. It is called KIPP-MOSAIC. On our January 2021, community service day some KIPP staff members and their principal, Ryan Presley, worked with us to create a pollinator garden along the north fence. Two other volunteers came […]
Tree Planting – 2021
On Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 a group of gardeners planted 16 trees and 9 shrubs along the east side and a bit of the north side of the garden property. Trees For Houston brought in the trees and taught the volunteers how to plant. But the Trees For Houston crew of four did most of […]
WASPS- Be on the lookout
Gardeners – take warning — at this time of year, you may find wasp nests in the foliage in your gardens. This can happen in any garden and especially if a garden has not been tended for a while. The wasps will be active during the day coming and going from the nest. In the […]
Michigan Tech Volunteers
A small crew of students from northern Michigan gave two mornings of volunteer work at the garden on March 9 and 11. They came down for the warm weather and learned about fire ants. They cleaned up sugar cane and trees in front of PIF and brush along the apartment boundary, installed a metal edging […]
Adopt A Citrus Tree
Goal: To improve the health and bring into production our many citrus trees which have been in the ground for 8 years without significant fruiting. Care and Feeding of Your Tree (per Texas Agrilife Agent, Robert Richter) Feeding: Fertilize ASAP with at least 10 pounds of Microlife (which WCG will supply) to anyone adopting a tree. Add […]
Memorial High School MOB help Tree Farm
The ever busy Memorial High School MOB came to help with tree jobs, their specialty. This fine group of Freshmen helped repot trees at our tree farm to give them a better chance of maturity. Thank you, MMOB.
Mormon Missionaries at the Pocket Prairie
On Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 the Westbury Pocket Prairie got a big boost to its development when a planting team of Mormon Missionaries, college students spending a year off to do community service and evangelization, met up to plant a large collection of plants they had dug the day before. These plants came to […]
Emery Weiner School at the Pocket Prairie
Nine 8th graders from Emery Weiner School and their Dean came to work on the Westbury Pocket Prairie on February 1, 2018. The students planted native grasses dug from the Kolter School Prairie. Ahlene Shong was instrumental in sharing her prairie plants with us. They included switch grass, big blue stem and little blue […]
Starting the Spring Garden
Thinking about your spring garden? Here is a check list. Winter plants removed. Weeds removed. Soil loosened to aerate it. Don’t plant into hard compacted soil. Microlife fertilizer worked in. Maybe a bag of composted manure will help. Soil raked smooth and well watered. Garden plan drawn on paper. Markers for seed rows and plants. […]