First Harvests!

Big week this week! We harvested a bunch of kale, lettuces, spinach and spinach mustard. We tasted everything fresh out of the garden and it was delicious! The chefs were psyched about our goodies when we brought them to dining hall and one of the managers even ate the kale straight from our bags, dirt and all. 




We also did a whole lot of dirt moving this week. We leveled a pile of rocks, compost, dirt and who knows what else. We found a snake AND a mouse in this process. I guess its good to know that wildlife enjoys the garden...We leveled out this area to create a space at the garden where members of the skidmore community can hang out with our community of snakes, birds, worms and plants. We planted blueberries and raspberries there today for people (and probably birds) to much on. And hopefully we'll have a picnic table in that spot soon! Exciting stuff, come check it out!








Here are pictures:

The snake we found! Still haven't identified him but hes keeping the rodents out so we hope we stays.

A huge bed of zucchini (right side) and cucumber (left side).  Can't wait to see them grow up!

From the wind chime to the edge of our growing space (marked w/ bricks) is for the sole purpose of hanging out :)

In full bloom...

The beautiful weather has brought lots of growth to the garden! Almost all of the beds are now planted and we have begun the process of thinning, weeding, adding nutrients (organically of course) and harvesting! There is also a lot of maintenance work to do around the garden so that we can create a community space for people to enjoy.

Come Wednesdays anytime from 2-6pm to help out! The garden needs love and we can always use an extra pair of hands even if you can only come for a few minutes.

Here are some photos of what is currently blossoming...

Our very first apples! The trees have some cedar rust that needs to be taken care of but the fruits look tasty already!

Senior Melissa Green returns to see our brand new strawberries.

          Garlic Plants getting tall and curly. 

Melissa found a dragonfly!

Eggplant transplants. Hopefully we will be eating them soon!

Marigolds protect onions and the rest of the garden from pest and disease. And they look pretty!

The Doctrine of Signatures: Things that taste good together, grow well together. Newly planted tomatoes and basil. Yum!

Our bed of mixed greens is growing out of control! Salad anyone?

Our huge thyme plant (perennial from last year). Rosemary, sage, chives, lavendar, chamomile, lemon balm and columbine flower (to attract butterflies) are also growing in the herb spiral!

We are krazy for kale!!

Have these photos convinced you to come to the garden yet?!! It's beautiful and it's summer! Come hang out!