Imagining Fields of Color

Life is happening in the greenhouse! Our first set of seeds are growing, growing, growing! In addition to those first cabbage family plants, we've planted herbs, edible flowers, tomatoes, peppers, okra, and eggplants! It is tremendously exciting to see new life springing forth from tiny seeds. And, it's additionally exciting to imagine our gardens full of colorful plants soon!

Last week, the staff (and family members!) of Communities In Schools pitched in for a clean-up morning in the garden behind our office. Leaves were raked. Briars were pruned. Fences were cleared. Soil was turned. Compost was flipped. And all of our spirits seemed uplifted by our time in the garden. We were reminded the joy of being outside, getting exercise, and accomplishing something good, together as a team.

In the coming weeks, we are looking forward to those Springtime miracles in our little gardens, as we plant more seeds, wait, and watch, as nature turns brown to green and green to rainbows.