9/6 Harvesting
Odette cutting collard greens.

Fred picking beans that he seeded back in May.

The Back-eyed Susans cheer us up and encourage bees to stick around.

Cheery Sunflowers beetween Okra(left) and Eggplant(right).

Here are a lot of shots from 7/25 - things are starting
to really grow and we have started harvesting - we are past 60 pounds
given to the hungry, counting today's pickings.
The lettuce has its first direct view of the sun;
we have kept it under a shade fabric since it was planted,
This idea is a keeper!
Our insect-attractant plants are blooming, and the cucumbers seem to like the teepee trellis idea
Our rain gauge has been regularly overflowing. Eggplant, PatyPan Squash, Tomatoes
Bush green beans that Fred planted in early June
A 60 foot row of tomatoes Our best eggplant yet

Corn is growing well, and our apple trees may bear fruit next year
Jerry picking leaf lettuce
Our day's harvest - cucumbers, beans, peas, strawberries,
tomatoes, lettuce, and summer squash;
we'll weigh it and take it
to Forgotten Harvest in the morning
These young ladies from the Global Hue company
helped on 6/25. Others had helped on two prior Fridays.
Tomatoes
Sharon, Marquisha, and Damien
do some weeding 6/1
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Anne is planting insect-attractant perennials while Jim
and Jerry turn the compost bed.