The garden is a Memorial Garden, a garden of benevolence, a garden of love. It is a gift to our community from the God of Love, Jesus the Christ. The first “seeds” for our garden have come from members of the congregation and a designation from the congregation’s memorial funds. These seeds have brought us to the beginning of a journey that will last for many years. Guided by the Holy Spirit we will plow forth until row upon row of our work is accomplished and our community is better nourished. The Lord invites you all to be part of His work on earth strengthening and feeding His children. The garden is made possible by generous donations from the community, and grants from the ELCA Domestic Hunger Grants, the Alaska Food Policy Council through the Municipality of Anchorage, the Alaska Women's Giving Circle, The Alaska Master Gardeners of Anchorage, the generous support by the congregation of Lutheran Church of Hope, and support from the Alaska Synod of the ELCA.

Food from the garden in 2019 was sent to Lutheran Social Services Food Pantry, the Tudor Road Gospel Rescue Mission, and to Bean's Cafe.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Beginning 2020

Winter in the Garden
On February 1, 2020 the garden planting has begun. I would normally wait until the middle of the month to start the peppers but I will be gone until the end of March so must get things going now. We also planted leeks on the first. I was planning on putting leeks in the ground the first of March but again I won't be here. The peppers this year will be jalapeño and Hungarian yellow wax. Both have been successful in the past and will be planted again this year. I started the leeks in April last year and that was too late. So will see if we can do better in 2020. We did run out of seeds so Bonnie and I went to Alaska Mill & Feed and bought more yellow peppers and more leeks. Different seed brands but should work just fine.
Washing the Containers

Planting
While I am playing in South America two ladies and a gentleman from church will be taking care of the plants in my absence. I profusely thank Jennifer Wardell, Donna York, and Dan Bollerud for taking time for the plants.

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