OUR GARDENS

A diverse planting of annual and perennial fruits and vegetables are grown throughout the property. Salad mix and seasonal produce supply the restaurant as well as our on-site Farmstand, bringing nutrient dense food to our community from their backyard. Residents of Bayside Housing work-trade for produce from our Farmstand and have enjoyed 20,000 plus meals from Spirits Bar & Grill.

Our in house built greenhouses create a perfect environment for abundant cherry tomatoes, and basil in the summer and salad mix, and seedlings in the winter.

All of our produce is grown with soil health at the forefront. Building healthy soil is foundational to a vibrant ecosystem that produces nutrient dense food. Nurtient dense food, rich in vitamins and minerals, nourishes your body better and lasts longer before spoiling. As you tour the gardens you may see evidence of our composting, mulching, biochar, and other soil building techniques. These practices also reduce our watering needs and make our gardens more drought tolarant. Photo credit: Andrew Wiese

Here at the Old Alcohol Plant Inn and Bayside Housing & Services we compost brush, unused produce and dead plants in biomass piles. These piles generate enouth heat that they break doen quickly and are used on future garden beds. We create our own potting mix for seeding vegetables with our house-made compost. Composting and our other soil health practices are part of creating a closed loop gardening system that relies less on outside inputs and fossil fuels. Photo Credit: Andrew Wiese

At the heart of everything we do here at the Old Alcohol Plant Inn is our mission to support Bayside Housing & Services, a non-profit that provides transitional housing, good meals, and assistance to members of our community who are facing the threat of homelesness or unsafe housing situations. Housing is provided here and at several other locations. Our Bayside Garden was planted with the intention of creating a space for those living in transitional housing to enjoy and participate in. The garden inclused lots of tasty plants for people to snack on and play with the like of snap peas, and raspberries. We also provide open spaces for residents to plant their own flowers and food.

We have planted more than 60 trees since acquiring this property. which will contribute to the beauty of this landscape for generations to come, and create shade for summer salad greens. You can find apples, pears, mulberries, figs, plums, cedars, weaving willows and black walnut trees. From February until October every year we plant trays of seedlings in our nursery for successions in the garden.

Photo Credit: Andrew Wiese