ComGar Potluck and a New Home for Asparagus!

Greetings!
Last Tuesday, August 11th, Celeste Dream community gardeners gathered for a potluck before our usual gardening hours. Around 20 people, including some regulars and new friends, came by to share a delicious meal. We ate watermelon, Vietnamese pork noodle salad, chips and salsa, homemade pineapple ice cream, and pesto pasta - just to name a few!
After the potluck, we went to work on our gardens. Some of us tried our hand at transplanting our year-old asparagus seedlings from the greenhouse garden to the Simple Garden. All agreed that the transplant was a success (although no one asked the asparagus how they felt). We also took out more creeping charlie and clover that continue to dominate the south end of the Simple Garden. Hopefully the asparagus will soon overpower any potential weeds!
In the back gardens we harvested cherry tomatoes (so good--they're like gum drops we decided!), kale, chard, beets... We dead-headed calendula flowers, and pulled up the peas. Broccoli and peppers were also harvested from arbor garden.
All in all, a satisfying night!
If you can, stop by our little table this Monday at Trotter's Cafe growers market beginning at 5 pm. Come early because our early season harvests tend to go fast! Trotters is located on Cleveland Ave just south of Marshall Ave in St. Paul.
Peace to all and love especially to our asparagus enjoying their new moist, compost-filled homes.
-Esther