Happy Gardening

The garden officially opened on April 13.  It's so exciting to see the progress that everyone is making!  One person we'd like especially like to remember is Martha May.  A long-time Chatham resident, she always wanted the town to have a community garden.  While she didn't live to see it, she's with us in spirit.  I wish I had known her.  Doesn't she have a nice smile?

I think that Martha would also be smiling about the brass doorknob that I salvaged from a cute little house on Pine Street the day before it was torn down (I hope this isn't illegal -- the door was open, officer!)

As you've probably seen, we have a bungee cord for keeping the gate closed.  We're still trying to think of a more elegant solution, so if you have any ideas, let us know.

J&M donated that nice wheel barrow.  It has a solid tire, so we won't have to worry about filling the tire.  We'll probably buy another one, but we want to see how demand runs.  Let us know if there is a queue for it.

Have you seen Dick's beautiful raised beds?

Come see the perimeter beds.  We'll be having a plant up soon, so stay tuned.

And keep working on those paths.  (Go you Kathryn!) The official ribbon cutting is May 1 and 1:00.