Gardeners' notes compiled July 19:
July 13 - Tied up tomatoes; harvested squash with two campers Lauren and Bella.
July 14 - Cut back basil.
July 15 - Harvested carrots (woody/starchy) with grades campers. Delivered squash order to The Merc.
July 19 - What amazing weather! Enjoying the temperatures, although they do make one a little unsettled...low 50's in July in Kansas...what's next?!
Okanis Garden Groundbreaking
Students, teachers and a volunteer on the site of the Okanis Garden, a project funded, in part, by a grant from the Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund of the Douglas County Community Foundation
Okanis Garden Plan
Rich Bireta, Grant Township trustee and member of Citizens for Responsible Planning, holds the Okanis Garden plan while measuring out the locations of the planned garden beds
Locating the Okanis Garden
Rich Bireta helps determine the location of Okanis Garden beds on January 7, 2009.
Measuring Okanis Garden
Okanis Garden mentor, Barbara Clark, measures the length and width of the planned garden beds
Okanis Garden Celebration
Happily celebrating the end of the first day of work in the garden, March 7 2009. Pictured David Werdin-Kennicott, Laurie Ward, Julie Fernandes-Ferreira, Barbara Clark and Melissa Watson
Okanis Garden First Tilling
Melissa Watson operates the tiller on the first day of work in the garden on March 7, 2009
Staking the Okanis Garden
Julie Fernandes-Ferreira drives a stake while laying out the garden plot.
