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 Bearden UMC Community Garden - Raking and new bed - 9/08/25.  Yesterday, I received some compostable leftovers fro Charles and Ann, which I used as the basis for a new bed. At the Fish Panry, Jordon and Avery collected cardboard and stripped it of tape for the base of the new garden bed.  This morning, Mike and I raked up more rubber mulch and set up a new garden in the playground.  New garden bed.  The cardboard, which Jordan and Avery stripped, was used as one of the base layer for the new bed.  Weeds and donated leftover veggies were used as the base layer to bring in the worms, who will till the soil for us. Mike helped me rake up the remaining rubber mulch so we could set up a new garden bed.  Jordan made this cute animated picture of me in the garden.  Mike and I plan to set up another bed on Thursday morning at 9 am. You are welcome to join us in the garden.  Thanks, Leigh 

 Bearden UMC Community Garden - Cardboard and Chipdrop 8/25/25.  Today, I am very thankful for Jordan and Olie, who help remove tape from cardboard. We completed putting down cardboard on the shed side of the lawn and added wood chips to the paths. This morning, we received our 2nd chipdrop and it was a mountain of wood chips. I need help getting the wood chips all moved/spread to prepare for the compost delivery on Thursday.  Thanks, Leigh Cheek

 Bearden UMC Community Garden - Cardboard and manure set up  8/23/25.  This morning Aaron, Luke, Chricinda, and I laid cardboard on half of the lawn. We then put down wood chips for pathways and manure for the garden beds. I brought some compost, grass clippings, and  mulched leaves to set up one bed with sheet composting (lasagne gardening). We accomplished alot in a couple of hours.  Two beds cover in manure.  One bed still need manure.  One bed set up with manure, compost, grass clippings, and leave. It will need a few more leave. We watered each layer.  My youngest volunteer at work picking up rubber mulch and putting wood chips in his wheelbarrow.  Chricinda helped me lay out cardboard.  I am glad the temperature will be cooling off. Next week, we will start needing donations of cardboard, compost, grass clipping, and leaves.  Thanks, Leigh 

 Bearden United Methodist Church Community Garden - mulch and cardboard. This morning, 8/19/25, Chase and I finished raking up most of the mulch. We put barriers by the shade shelter to keep the mulch out of the garden. We moved cardboard out in the garden to be ready for Saturday morning, when we start laying cardboard and spreading manure.