It was a glorious, sunny day for St. Mark’s celebration of Earth Day. Approximately a dozen Sunday School children and adults gathered in the St. Mark Community Garden on Sunday, April 22, to plant a herb garden. The children enjoyed smelling the fragrant herb leaves and then digging holes to plant them. Without question, the most excitement was generated when a host of earthworms of various sizes were discovered when digging in the rich, warm soil. Each one was shown off, nurtured and then returned to the soil to do their job of aerating the soil and adding nutrients. The center piece of this new herb garden is a 3/4 size old wine barrel planted with various ornamental plants and creeping rosemary. The herbs will prosper in the full sun and automatic irrigation provided by low-volume, water efficient drip tubing. The herbs will be harvested throughout the summer, fall and winter and taken to the Thurston County Food Bank. The director of the food bank is excited to be able to offer these herbs, which will greatly increase the diversity of products available to food bank clients. Thanks to the Sunday School teachers, assistants, parents and Jim S (photographer) for a fun event to honor our Mother/Father Earth.
