Susan, those photos are beautiful!! What a perfect week it's been in the garden. Reuel's zucchini bread is being consumed in record amounts. And when the squash is no longer producing, he'll start baking pumpkin bread. Should be delicious!
tilling, composting, seeding, planting, growing, harvesting ~ what's new in the garden...
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Sunday morning
A perfect sunny day...
Fertilizing the fruit trees with our own compost
LOTS of bean picking
Fertilizing the fruit trees with our own compost
Cora bringing the hose up the hill for her dad
The corn will be ready to harvest soon
and the pumpkins, too
Sunday, July 31, 2011
End of July update
Here is an email that Ellen sent to garden folks last week:
The beauty of the garden is overwhelming! So many birds, butterflies and bees all hovering around the lovely squash blossoms and other flowers! lots of wildlife, including (unfortunately) the inevitable gophers. think "go away" thoughts. We are trying many things to discourage their continued residency. Fortunately, the resilience of our plants will win out.
We have had many new snack options for the children including zucchini bread, stuffed squash, squash pancakes, squash chips, and squash quesadillas. We've also served cucumber, lettuce, and carrots! Reuel has been baking and selling fabulous zucchini bread, which is sold by the time it gets out of the oven! We have also been able to begin supplying the preschool snack program with fresh yellow squash.
Our pumpkins are impressive!! Carol has the children search for them since they can be hidden beneath the enormous leaves.
The corn has silks...how beautiful it's been to watch it grow and develop. Our many, many beans are flowering and we are looking forward to that harvest.
And here are a few photos taken by Susan this morning:
The beauty of the garden is overwhelming! So many birds, butterflies and bees all hovering around the lovely squash blossoms and other flowers! lots of wildlife, including (unfortunately) the inevitable gophers. think "go away" thoughts. We are trying many things to discourage their continued residency. Fortunately, the resilience of our plants will win out.
We have had many new snack options for the children including zucchini bread, stuffed squash, squash pancakes, squash chips, and squash quesadillas. We've also served cucumber, lettuce, and carrots! Reuel has been baking and selling fabulous zucchini bread, which is sold by the time it gets out of the oven! We have also been able to begin supplying the preschool snack program with fresh yellow squash.
Our pumpkins are impressive!! Carol has the children search for them since they can be hidden beneath the enormous leaves.
The corn has silks...how beautiful it's been to watch it grow and develop. Our many, many beans are flowering and we are looking forward to that harvest.
And here are a few photos taken by Susan this morning:
beans, beans, beans
and pumpkins
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Reuel has been baking zucchini bread....excellent! using for aftercare snack and parents are buying loaves. Yesterday I brought a basket of plums just picked from our plum tree and I was delighted to see the children enthusiastically ask if they could have some! It's very satisfying to witness their changing nutritional choices.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
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