Dear Gardeners,

It is now time to start the registration process for 2024 gardening at the Morgan Hill Community Garden. The gardening year starts on February 1, 2024.

Here are some notes for next year’s gardening:

1. 1. Our main method of communicating with gardeners is by email. Please make sure the garden email address is in your safe senders list and that you check it regularly (perhaps weekly) for garden information. Some info will be for all gardeners, and some may be when we need to reach you directly.
   2. The gardening fee for 2024 gardening will be $125 per plot to make sure that our income matches our expenditures. You have received the 2024 Garden Bylaws and the 2024 Garden Policies to read and acknowledge that you have read them on the registration form. There have been some changes since 2023, so please read the documents. Mail in your items as soon as you can, but FYI- checks will be held and cashed after January 1, in the new fiscal year. We are trying out accepting Zelle payments if that is of interest to you, but the registration form still needs to be mailed to the post office box.
   3. Six hours of whole-garden work are required each year and can be completed on scheduled work days and/or with work that is arranged with the work day coordinator. The work day hours need to be completed by the last scheduled work day of the year, which is usually in September in order to register for the next gardening year.
   4. Make sure to include all people who might garden with you or water for you when you are on vacation. Anyone who is given code information and works in our garden has to be on the form for insurance purposes. Giving code information to anyone not authorized to be at the garden in ground for eviction from the garden.
   5. Registration is due at the post office by January 31, 2024. Late registrations are not accepted. Please note that mail dropped off at the post office might actually go to San Jose and then come back to Morgan Hill, so be sure to drop off your completely filled out registration packet a few days in advance.
   6. Please remember that year-round gardening is required at the Morgan Hill Community Garden. Be sure to go to the garden regularly, even in the winter, to make sure your plot is well-maintained with old plants removed and that you have fall/winter plants in and/or cover crop. Pathways around your plot are to be clear and weeded with added cardboard and mulch if needed. All personal items need to be stored inside your plot or taken home for storage and not left outside of wooden plot boundaries.

We look forward to receiving your registration items soon. Please notify us immediately if you do not intend to continue gardening at the Morgan Hill Community Garden and we will know if we have more plots for wait list people.

Thank you,
MHCG