Lupe’s Community Garden work
Scouts work on putting down wood chips. (Photo provided by Mark McGuire)

Lupe’s Community Garden is getting ready for the growing season.

This past Saturday, 11 volunteers got together for a garden party with program managers Sandy Heath and Lindy Young. In roughly two hours — a little rainfall didn’t slow them down — the volunteers attached cattle panels, repaired a gate, spread wood chips and tamped down fence posts.

At harvest time, produce is often given to the Food Bank and Gleaners programs at Philomath Community Services.

“We did get a lot done and enjoyed ourselves at the same time,” Heath said. “I truly thank everyone that came out on a bit of a rainy Saturday to help us prepare for the new season. I’m very excited to get the garden growing again and look forward to seeing some of you there.”

PCS is grateful to Scouts, PCS volunteers, board members and program managers for helping “spread” some goodwill.

Thanks to Mark McGuire for sending me this information along with several photos.

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Brad Fuqua has covered the Philomath area since 2014 as the editor of the now-closed Philomath Express and currently as publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1988 at daily and weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.