Santa Ana People's Garden

Here is a little handy chart:  check it out!

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http://www.cfaitc.org/seasonal/

MULCH! MULCH! MULCH! I sing out its melody ~ Mulch ~ The word mulch is a very popular word in gardening. Spending countless hours plucking out the ‘weeds’ and less energy and time on the fun stuff ~ like planting and harvesting, I have realized there’s gotta be a better way to maximize time spent toiling over the avoidable. MULCH! MULCH! MULCH! I love saying MULCH! It’s one of the gardener’s secrets to fruitful results.

Not only is mulch great for amending the soil, blocking stuff you didn’t plant > it saves water! When there isn’t mulch, your plants and the soil around them are exposed to drying out faster.

Two of my favorites items you can use as mulch (because they seem to be readily available) are leaves and grass clippings. Older brown grass clippings work and fresh green grass clippings also add nitrogen to the soil.

Do you have any great mulching stories. Please share what you have done, us Santa Ana People Gardeners would love to hear your story.

Happy Mulching ~ Ria xo

A special thanks to everyone for painting a beautiful mural at the Santa Ana People’s Garden. And of course a special thanks to artist Roberto del Hoyo.

We are gathering to help Mural Artist Roberto Del Hoyo continue his legacy of beautifying our community. His work can be found in several locations of Santa Ana; Memorial Park, El Salvador Park, Santiago Creek and now Santa Ana People’s Garden. Join us as we continue the flow of WALL ART in our community garden. Food, music, raffles, tour of the garden & opportunity to paint with Roberto Del Hoyo of www.idealwallarts.com

We will have the American Heart Association there to promote healthy hearts. Step up to get a free blood pressure test. Also, we will have a few booths set up to educate the public on the purpose of growing your own food and learning about the local wildlife/native plants.

If you would like to participate in painting the mural the first session is from 9-12pm, lunch break 12-1pm, second session is from 1-4pm. Join us!

See ya then!

Today I was fortunate enough to attend the Green Festival event in Long Beach. There is so much going on in this city. I saw a lot of cyclists on the streets, safely enjoying their ride. There is a location where you can actually lock your bike securely for the day. The efforts that are being made in LB shouldn’t go unnoticed or untold. Great job LB