Year End Report to Friends of the Farm
In 2018 we went from eight volunteers to six by mid-Summer. We work mainly on Sundays.
There were a total of 362 hours contributed. There was an observation that many of the hours were spent contributing to the COG Newsletter “Down to Earth”, attending workshops where the Demonstration Garden was mentioned and attending a Mason Wax Bee workshop by the Wild Pollinator Partners at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden. Such non-gardening hours are seen as part of an outreach program. We readily acknowledge Friends of the Farm and offer its telephone number.
We were behind in edging this year. Strawberries were very successfully transplanted into our vegetable bed and are now too numerous. We will switch to Alpine Strawberries. We did our 3rd Gardener’s Celebration COG Demo Garden on July 22nd, 2018, while not a party or picnic, it featured a young musician, a choir and mini-garden tours.
Submitted by Jim Davidson,
Co-coordinator, Canadian Organic Growers Demonstration Garden