Welcome to the garden! Today was an exciting day, marking several important events and the beginning of a new era for the garden... We made our first trip to Sloat, finding new plants to fill our decrepit hanging planters. We began the task of rehabilitating the planters; hopefully the crows will stay away! We bought kale, bok choy, sugar snap peas, chamomile, sage, and broccoli. We also had a fruitful harvest, picking strawberries, green beans, corn, shallots and even a small cucumber!

Our new members have been a great asset to the garden, with our veterans showing them the ropes. It is wonderful to see the graduating class teaching the incoming sixth graders the ways of the garden; preparing for the transfer of responsibility.

It's great seeing everyone working together to keep our garden clean and flourishing!

Welcome Back!

Hey Y'all! Welcome back to another year of Garden Club!! We have expanded substantially since last year. Today our meeting included Isabell, Lane, Liberty, Lexi, Paulina, Eloise, Petal, Jillian, Nina, Katy, Tommie, Tanya, Amelia, Ivy, Emily, Henry, Sophia, Estelle, Eso and Todd. Quite a gathering, with kids from sixth, seventh, and eighth grade. 

Our garden is remarkably forest-like. The corn is over a meter tall and the strawberries are amazingly tasty! There was plenty of work to do today, and the old-timers were extremely gracious in showing the ropes to our new members. The jobs were divided up, two old-timers and one new member per job. The majority of the work was general maintenance, as the garden was in need of much sweeping and squeegeeing after the summer. 

We are all looking forward to our year in the garden, as we continue working together to help it grow and thrive.