Sunday, October 11, 2009
Volunteers from U of M Dearborn came today.

It is amazing what we can get done with so much help

Students from Lawrence Tech get in some Community Service hours

Sunday, October 4, 2009
A group from U of M Dearborn have come to help
From the top, Phyllis, then Ashley and Rachel. then Graham and Gabriel.



Saturday, September 26, 2009
A group joining for the Mother Theresa Community Service Day came to help.

The raw materials for putting the beds to sleep for the winter

It takes alot of help to spread topsoil

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Corey is asking Sharon about the turnips

We thought for a time that these were going to be watermelons!

Sunday, September 6, 2009
Linda is weeding the potato bed so that we can
prepare it for winter (corn will go here next year)

Odette plants fall radish seeds while Jan weeds in Bed 1

The eggplant and sweet peppers are looking good!

Fall spinach that Sarah seeded on Tuesday is germinating

Tuesday Sept. 1
Sarah, Erin, Paul, and Mathew from Carlisle and Company

Mathew, Erin, and Paul taking a break from weed pulling.

Tuesday Aug. 25
Lorene is fertilizing and Shaina is planting late-season radishes

We don't have a name for him (or her?) yet

Open House Aug 23.
Rev. Maddox looks over the Farm
Lots of help today

How are we going to do this???

Jerry and Janice picking bush green beans

Maybe if we stick some straw in like this??? (Connie, Maisie, Ondrea,
Cortez and Millie of the scarecrow construction team)

These pictures were taken Tuesday, August 18.




Sharon, Linda, Natalie,Connie, Annie, and Maizie on 6/28

The pole beans didn't do well coming through the newspaper.

Janice demonstrates multitasking.
The west beds, new this year.

We're a bit ahead of last year, but not by much. 6/7/09.

Linda tying up slicing tomatoes in Section A1.

Joshua and Janice replacing warm season crops
killed by last weekend's frosts. 5/21.

Kelsey and Heather augment the bean
seed plantings while Jerry installs irrigation
feeder lines to the new beds on May 12.
Rachel plants cucumbers while Chris puts in eggplant in Section B3.
Valerie and Janice planting corn in Section E9
on Thursday Apr. 23.
Basking in the sun - lettuces in the coldframe.
Ethan, Chelsea, India, Andrew,
Joe G., and Chris plant peas and beans on a rainy afternoon
as part of a project for their communications class (4/14/09).
Mary and Odette in the forground, with Jeannie, Connie, Maisie, Sharon, and Chris,
preparing rows for bean and pea seeds (4/9/09).
Sharon and Elaine plant everbearing strawberry crowns on
a cold, rainy day -- we all got soaked! (3/29/09)

Here we have shots of seed starting and a coldframe
ready for flats in mid-March at Jon's house.