Plant seedling 4/23/26

 Bearden UMC Community Garden - Planting seedlings 4/23/26. 

One of the big benefit to volunteering at the UT Kitchen gardens is they give use lots of extra seedlings.  During our Thursday workday, Dan and I planted the UT seedings of cauliflower, kale, cabbage, marigolds, calendula, petunias, and tomato. 


Our collections of seedling before we planted them today. 


Planted a six pack of Cauliflower seedlings in bed #6. 


Planted a six pack of Cabbage seedings in bed #2.

Planted a six pack of Kale seedling in bed #9.



Repotted a tomato seeding into a bigger pot. 


We planted the marigold seedlings amoung the sprouted potatoes in bed #1. We planted the white petunias seedings at the front of the potatoes and beans in beds #10 and 11. 

We also watered and weeded and added coffee grounds and leaves to the compost bins. 

I appreciated Dan's help today. I plan to purchase livestock fencing panels and metal poles to use a trellis similar to what Concord UMC Community Garden uses for tomatoes, green beans, tromboncino squash, etc.

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Thanks, Leigh


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Location: 4407 Knoxville City Greenways, Knoxville, TN 37919, USA

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