The Orchard

....thanks to WSU's Alternative Workforce and Phillip from Detroit Lives!

...and Cub and Mama Cub, of course

Awww..isn't baby broccoli cute?

These strawberries are sooooo sweet!

Collards--not yet ready for pickin'

Kale & Lettuce - pickin' lettuce  tomorrow

Blackberries are bloomin'- be patient

Bush beans by the bushel!

Garlic harvested on the 4th of July. Some of these cloves will be used to plant a full raised bed next season.

Below: Store bought on left. Grown in the garden on the right.

The Garden Gets a Makeover - July 18, 2009

Mark made these signs himself to match the GSCC Logo - Great job!

The raised bed boxes got painted and each one has a new sign showing what is planted there.

All the wood furniture got a coat of paint.

All the flower beds were weeded and cleaned.

A very heartful THANK YOU goes out to everyone who helped us clean up the Garden.  It was a great day and we had lots of fun working together.

And Thank You to Joe for donating a very healthy pear tree for our orchard...and for his efforts in cleaning up the sidewalk around the Garden!

PICTURES OF THE GARDEN ON THE DAY OF THE BACKPACK GIVEAWAY....thank you Angela Lugo-Thomas!!!

New "lasagne" beds in the Garden.  Some volunteers from the Deloit Accounting Firm helped us get these beds in place before winter.  They are called "lasagne" beds because they are layered with compost, cardboard, grass clippings and leaves.  The layers will turn into nutrient-rich soil over the winter and make great planting beds in the spring.

Thank you to our hard-working volunteers from Deloit Accounting!!