Author Archives: Brent F

hi all

With the sunshine and warm temperatures it feels like spring and gardening season is just around the corner. Time to start thinking of what goodies to grow this year.

Edmonton’s Seedy Sunday is March 24, 2024
11:00 am to 4:00pm

​Alberta Avenue Hall 9210 118 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB

http://www.edmontonseedysunday.org/

This is a great chance to meet other gardeners and acquire nifty seeds.

It will still be a while before its time to planting, but not to early to start planning and dreaming., and maybe starting some seedlings!

Keep on Digging!

HI Parkallen Community Gardeners!

The garden has sure grown a lot in the last 2 weeks. Please take some time to enjoy the abundance!

Abundant Apples and Flowers Galore!

Help yourself to some fresh flowers. Apples are almost ready

Kale and collards

a sharp eyed forager will also find some peas to enjoy

Baby Potatoes in the north west patch should be ready for some selective harvest. please put the tops into the east most compost bin and be gentle with the asparagus. They look to be thriving, but won’t be ready until at least spring 2025

June 2023 garden work bees schedule.

Weather and air quality dependent of course. If its dangerous or really unpleasant to be working outside: Don’t

Are you interested in hosting a garden bee? The role is basically to welcome people to the garden and provide a little orientation. Please let me know at brent.flesher@gmail.com

Day	Date and Time	host
Saturday	June 3, 2023 10:30 AM – Noon	Kevin Gue
Wednesday	June 7, 2023 7 pm – 8:30 pm	Brent Flesher
Saturday	June 10, 2023 10:30 AM – Noon	Kevin Gue
Wednesday	June 14, 2023 7 pm – 8:30 pm	TBD
Saturday	June 17, 2023 10:30 AM – Noon	Kevin Gue
Wednesday	June 21, 2023 7 pm – 8:30 pm	TBD
Saturday	June 24, 2023 10:30 AM – Noon	Kevin Gue
Wednesday	June 28, 2023 7 pm – 8:30 pm	TBD
Saturday	July 1, 2023 10:30 AM – Noon	TBD
Wednesday	July 5, 2023 7 pm – 8:30 pm	TBD
Saturday	July 7, 2023 10:30 AM – Noon	TBD

One of the things that make The Parkallen Community Garden so special is its open and shared gardening concept as compared to the assigned individual plots of other community gardens. For 2023 we are extending that model by having a “plot captain” for each plot.

The idea is that the Plot Captain guides the theme for each plot. The planting, weeding, watering, and harvesting is of course still shared.

Number	Description	Captain	Theme
1	Shed		Storage for tools and supplies. Can always use a tidying
2	Compost	Rose	3 bin composter for new, cooking and mature compost. Can always use a turn and some feeding We also need to refresh the signage to make it more useful
3	Trees	Marlene	Assortment of fruit trees. Could use a pruning and some signage.
4	Edging	Kevin	The stones that demarcate the edges of the garden can always use a little weeding to keep the grass from overgrowing the garden
5	Raised Bed North	Shana
6	Raised Bed South	Shana
7	Plot 1	Kevin G	3 sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash
8	Plot 2	Naomi G
9	Plot 3	Marlene W	Green Circle kids garden
10	Plot 4	Marlene W	Little Learner’s kids Garden
11	Plot 5	TBD	lasagna: maybe some squash or pumpkins or more potatoes!
12	Plot 6	TBD	lasagna gardening maybe more potatoes and some peas
13	Plot 7	Potatoes	Potatoes in the lasagna! big thanks to Suzanne Cheddarchuk for planting!
14	Plot 8	van city girl	I’m hoping for beans and peas, but what ever she decides will be good
15	Plot 9	Elisa	Carrots
16	Plot 10	Brent F	Kale and Collards
17	Plot 11	Marlene W	Native Plants
18	Plot 12	Marlene W	Kids Creative
19	Plot 13	Manda
20	Plot 14	Brian G
21	Plot 15	Brian G