Sunday, May 23, 2010

Planting begins...

Ready, rain. Whenever you are.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Water... our most precious resource

Fingers crossed the rainwater collection system will be operative by the end of the day Friday. The "nerve center" is located behind the fence at the back of the patch. 23 fifty five gallon barrels connected in series should provide us with an ample supply of the wet stuff. And if Mother Nature complies we will rely little on outside sources. Thanks again are in order to Paula at the PCGN and her connections and transport (hope your car is better soon!) As well many thanks Laura at PCCHU and the YWCA for a generous donation of several vegetable plants for the communal garden which will hopefully be planted over the weekend by our enthusiastic Pingo Pongo crew. Laurie joins the ranks with her husband Kyle and we are still waiting to hear from the last three folks who showed interest awhile ago.
The water system "tapped out" our garden cash kitty so we may need some creative fund-raising events in order to get some more projects started. (Think neighbourhood parkette, fence on the parking side, gazebo, storage shed, etc. etc.) But we've certainly come a long way people!

Monday, May 17, 2010

Moving along...

Lots of progress lately. Plots are divided up as follows so far:

first row- Viktoria,TBA,Carmen
second row- Jay, Tim,Patrick
third row- Hank,Jamie,TBA
fourth row- Sion/Kelly,Gavin,TBA... with only the final two plots to be confirmed, the garden is looking full for the upcoming season!

Looking forward to seeing all of you out there in the dirt! There will be people gathering on Wednesday to put together the water collection system and plan for a communal planting in the near future. A subtle reminder: 2010 FEES ARE NOW DUE!!!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Rototilling and Compost Containers

Great day for the Pingo Pongo Patch on Friday. Jay, Alex, Hank and Sion all chipped in to cut the grass, pull some nuisance plants, till the communal plot and build some compost containers. Many thanks are owed to Paula at Greenup for the use of her rototiller and transporting it to the site. We need access to a pickup truck or car and trailer in the next while to round up barrels, lumber, benches, and other supplies. Viktoria joined the ranks of paid Pingo Pongoites, thanks! If everyone else could step up with funds we could get some needed materials soon.
The individual plots will be divided up shortly so let us know a.s.a.p. your plans and desired location.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Action Week!

Calling all Pingo Pongo People! Looks like this week we'll finally start to see some progress. With any luck we'll have one, maybe two rototillers working the land. There's plenty of work to go around, with the collection of materials, tilling the soil, building a rain barrel support, moving rocks and other obstacles, etc, etc. There will be a group meeting shortly where we can organize ourselves and channel our energies. Everyone needs to tap into their connections/resources and see about scraping together some materials. Need an assignment? Call Sion at 876-1972 and we'll definitely put your energy to use. On Friday Sion and Alex went scouting for supplies and may have found twelve 50 gallon rain barrels and some decent lumber, plus possible sources for cheap (free?) eavestroughs and plumbing fixtures. Ideas, plans and materials are needed for the park space in the front and help is also needed to plan the communal garden. Let's show Peterborough the Pingo Pongo Power!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Donations, keep 'em coming!

We've been generously offered two decorative wood and iron park benches from Brenda Adams who read about the garden in The Examiner. That's awesome! Moving forward, hoping to resolve the water issue and get growing!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Water: This just in...

PUC just called back and they won't reconnect the service at the moment. They spoke of costs, maintenance issues, security issues, etc. They did however, mention that the Ashburnham Garden was allowed access to water through pressure from the mayor himself. Looks like we need to get some political power on our side. Hmmm, don't the people put the politicians in office? Power to the people!