Gaynor Garden - June 6

It is a beautiful day for gardening, and the Green School students turned out for garden club this afternoon.  We harvested lettuce to take home and basil for the pizza Ms. Baka brought.  We scheduled our student interns for the rest of June and July, so that the garden will be visited once per day for watering and general maintenance.  We also discussed our end of school year Garden Harvest Party, which is planned for June 27.  At the party we'd like to paint an informative mural on the wall behind the soil restoration bed, construct and plant in the sub-irrigated planter, and sign up new garden members.  We also discussed bringing basil starts to nearby restaurants as a form of community outreach, another great suggestion from Nathan.  

Please enjoy the photos from this afternoon which display our progress:

Sugar snap pea flowers

Zucchini blossoms

Basil, nibbled by an unidentified critter

Cherry tomato plant in bed 2

Bed 4 -- greens, lettuces, and scallions

Bed 5 acquired a cross, maybe from a friendly neighbor...? 

Calendula bud

Bed 6 received even more thinning today.  Carrots and broccoli now have enough space to grow.

Bed 7's tomatoes were staked by Lyons students on Monday 

Arugula flowers in bed 9

Nathan and Unique S. staked leggy sunflower seedlings -- another experiment!

Kale and Beans in bed 13

Baby Carrot

Future Blackberries

Trellis constructed today by Heather and Kai Kee

We're looking forward to the last few weeks of school and getting more students into the garden as it becomes increasingly productive.  Thanks to all the students (and Ms. Baka) for their hard work this afternoon.