Crop Mob!

The gardens continue to evolve through our colletive efforts, and especially through nature's efforts beyond our control. With June's abundant sunshine, okra and peppers are growing. Green tomatoes are appearing. Squash are hidden treasures to be found.

A recent crop mob of 4H youth gardeners and our own Communities in Schools folks combined forces to accomplish a great deal in the garden! Areas of high weeds were covered with cardboard/newspaper and mulch. Spring plants were removed to make way for new seeds. Thirsty plants were watered. The garden is really taking shape thanks to our volunteers!

Soon, we hope to add a much anticipated art piece to our garden! So stay tuned!

Summer veggies!

Summer vegetables are gradually making their way into the ground! Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, melons... Most of which we planted this spring in the greenhouse! Its exciting to see plants grow from something so small! And, it will of course be wonderful to start harvesting fruit from these plants!We are putting our artwork to use as we label our crops with colorful signs!

And we have a little bit of several different crops ready to eat: broccoli, kohlrabi, peas, peppers, and okra!

Last week, we added a third garden to our efforts! This garden is within a neighborhood and youth join us twice a week for gardening and activities. In a short period of time, we planted cabbage, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, melons, squash... and also planted seeds for corn, sunflowers, and other flowers! Many hands can make the work go by tremendously fast! What we didn't have space for in the garden, the students enthusiastically brought home! It is very encouraging to see the youth so excited about gardening! Pictures from our new garden will be coming soon!