Despite the risk of rain and the fact that there were only 3 of us, progress continues! We convened at the #redbarnfoodforest for some heavy work. I should come clean and mention that Philippe and Ryan did most of the big ticket items, moving a lot of rocks, creating raised beds for the grapevines under the (not-quite-completed) arbour, planting and mulching grapes.
Additionally, we planted some perennial herbs for the pollinators (lemon monarda, a.k.a. bee balm, wild thyme and wormwood), along with a bed of horseradish!
We also planted out a wonderful donation of some super hot peppers from another supporter of the community food forest (thanks Christopher!), and some mustard and chard seeds to see how they’d do.
Ottawa Food Forests 