updates from the past year

Well, clearly we have not kept up with the blog portion of our website, and I apologize for that!  We really do love the garden, and the gardening, but it is difficult to keep the website active and up to date when we stay so busy in life!  I'm sure all you bloggers out there can understand that better than even we can, since we've failed to even attempt to keep our blog current!  I will try to remedy this.

Anyway, the Birmingham Eastside Ecogardens has been active and busy over the past year, as I hope we have shown by our pictures.  We have gone from having one family on the land to 4 families with a garden space.  

We had a productive summer, and plenty of rain this year, compared to our drought last summer!  We were able to keep everything watered using our rain barrels without having to haul anything in!  Hurray!  We had okra, both red and green, several types of peppers, tomatoes, chard, a few squash and pumpkins, figs, peaches and pears (only a few) canteloup, watermelon, black-eyed peas, lima beans and green beans!

Right now we are in transition time between the 2 seasons, but we have gourds, persimmons and muscadine grapes,and golden-rod everywhere! The pineapple sage is blooming right now and it is just gorgeous!

We hosted a composting class at the garden this summer, led by Captain Compost, and it was fantastic!  We also have worked with some 4-H students, and had a group of students from North Carolina pass through in the spring.

I hope this fills you in on some of our happenings!  Keep supporting the B.E.E. Community as we continue to work and grow!  We need all of your love sent our way, as it is a large space, and can get the better of us sometimes (especially mowing in the summer, sheesh!!!)

peace and love!