Last year we had some wonderful members who planted and took care of the gardens, more about that in another email.

This year, we want to thank Sean and Kate for volunteering and getting started with a great idea for the gardens.  Here's a message from them:

Hello fellow members of Pine Beach

In the south garden we have planted a "Three Sisters" garden. A "Three sisters" garden is an Iroquois interplanting gardening method, where corn, pole beans, and squash are planted together, and the three plants help each other to grow stronger. 

Corn is planted first in the middle. Pole beans are planted around the corn, and the corn provides support for the pole beans to grow up. The Squash is planted along the outside, and the broad leaves keep the soil shaded (and hopefully keeps the critters away from the beans and corn). This is the first time we've planted a three sisters garden, so we are excited to see how it turns out! 

The north garden is full of volunteers from last year! We found the tomatoes, onion, mint, and parsley all growing in the spring and just spread them out. There is still plenty of space in the north garden if anybody wants to plant anything else.

If you are at the beach and everything is looking dry please give the plants a drink. Once the vegetables are ready for harvest, please feel free to enjoy!

Thanks,

Sean & Kate