November Workday: "Put the Garden to Bed"

                                                                                 

                                   Stalks (to be pulled) from harvested 'Broccoli Rabe'

        

                                Pulling spent vegetable crops (and weeds) 

                              

     

 Collecting leaves for vegetable beds winter cover 

 

Still a few more peppers soon                               

And a carrot

Lots of Marigolds in the South raised bed                                  See if you can spot the Bumblebee

Workday done!

A tiny bit of harvest from today's workday at the 'potluck' dinner later in the day

Flowers on the Outside

                                                         

September Weekday

Chief Planner, Provider, and Director     

   

                       Checking cool weather Greens

  

Lots of weeding of outside Flower Beds   

And the 'inside' Vegetable Beds 

Weeding and edging on the outside

                          Some Lettuce, Swiss Chard, Cherry Tomatoes, and small Peppers

Our first Radish of the Fall and our final Cucumber of the year              

A few veggies to add to our next ACTC dropoff

One Pollinator visitor and lots of Pest visitors to our Flower Garden     

   

End of the Workday    

August Workday

 

                Yard Waste to the Dump                            Pulled Veggies go into the Compost Bin

                                  Seeds for Lettuce and Spinach in the South Raised Bed

          (and Radish, Broccoli 'Rabe', and Carrot seeds planted in the Middle North Raised Bed)

                                                              Seeds for Snap Peas

Last step: water all the vegetables

                              A few Cherries                                                                                                                   and a Yellow Squash almost ready

Lots of Flowers on the 'Outside'

           including a visitor collecting nectar

June Workday

                           

                                       Soil prep for more Cucumber plants 

In the ground with new A-frame to climb

Weed around broccoli and add straw covering

Eggplants in the ground

                                                           1st Tomato ready to ripen

                                                                Red pepper soon

(2) Phlox plants added on the 'outside'

and (4) Zinnias

End of the Work Day

Happy Hour! Time to relax!