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Picture showing the whole garden...

We are alive and well!

Hey everyone!  I am so sorry that I have not updated this in so long.  Over the weekend, former student Brad Stram (and his family) built raised beds for the garden.  This was his Eagle Scout project.  I can hardly wait to get my fingers in the dirt!  :)  I hope to keep pictures more up-to-date, but don't hold me to it!  Take care, Kim

June 18, 2012

I am so embarrassed to even post here.  It has been almost a whole year.  Here is just a very short run-down on what's up...

5th grade "took" over the garden this year.  I was very impressed with their dedication!!!  I will try and get some of their pics up some time.  They have kept a notebook with lots of info.  Feel free to stop in the storage bucket and check it all out.

Family calendar dates:
Stram Family: June 24-July 1
Rozwadowski Family: July 1-July 8
Pritchard / Rotter Families: July 8-July 15
Reott Family: July 15-July 22
Bauer Family: July 22-July 29
Elder Family: July 29-Aug 5
Masters Family: Aug 5-Aug 12
Murphy Family: periodically stopping through the summer evenings

Saturday, July 16th

Tomato plants (little puny, but hopefully will come around if we keep them watered)


Carrots


Cucumbers and green peppers





New flowers (in the prior pea bed) and radish row in the bottom right corner



Caden's corner with some new flowers


New flowers

Lettuce and green beans


I went to Jung's this morning and bought some of their discounted annuals with my Jung's dollars. Nothing looked very good, but hopefully with some TLC these flowers will go crazy and look beautiful for the festival. :) (Can't hurt to hope.)

You may have noticed that we have many potted plants in the garden. One of our former students started all these plants on his apartment patio and ran out of room. He asked both Fr. Schmitt and I if he could add them into our garden. Please don't weed anything in these pots. Thank you!

PLEASE feel free to stop in and snip some lettuce (plenty!), and pull some green beans and carrots. Between Diane Neal and her son, Payton, and I we reseeded more spinach, beets and radishes. There will be plenty of cucumbers and tomatoes soon! :)

Been a month....

A huge thanks goes out to those of you who have kept the garden weeded and watered. I drove by tonight (couldn't wait until tomorrow to see it). I added a second level to the cucumber "ladder". As I wandered around I found that all of the spinach had gone to seed and the radishes where the size of beets. The peas are well past harvest, too. I pulled all the radishes and spinach plants and I will harvest all the peas and take them all out of their pods. I hope to get those put in the freezer for the cafeteria to use in the fall. The carrots are looking great.

Thanks again to all those who kept an eye on the garden! :) Kim

ps. Pictures to come...

Lots of radishes! :)

Hello! Hope that this heat hasn't caused anyone to be sick. It is amazing how quickly the weather went from cold to literally boiling...

Above is the diagram of the garden. Thanks go out to our volunteer families! :)

Garden update June 3, 2011

Lots and lots of radishes!!!! (They are kind of buried in the bucket.) There is also lettuce and spinach. :)
The chives are adding some pretty purple color to the very GREEN garden. I didn't have a chance to take any other pictures, but there will be more soon!