Gillian’s weekly log from Sept. 28.-Oct. 3, 2009:
Good morning everyone! This week was very eventful!
Tuesday:
harvested green tomatoes
harvested cherry tomatoes
harvested bell peppers
Wednesday:
harvested leeks
more gourds
finished mulching the kale
weeded spinach
Thursday: harvested sage for the Merc
field trip to the Merc
harvested yard long beans
harvested mixed greens
harvested basil and sage
picked flowers
prepared for the CSA
Saturday:
Kaw Valley Farm Tour
cleaned garden signs
Sunday:
Kaw Valley Farm Tour
planted garlic!!
This past week’s weather:
High 71, low 36, precipitation: 0.7 in
I'm off to the garden now to strip most the edibles off before the freeze!
In the Okanis CSA bag this week:
Yard Long Pole Beans, green heirloom tomatoes (Japanese Black Trifele, Valencia), Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes, two bell peppers, mixed greens (spinach, arugula, and kale), three leeks, basil and sage, and e-recipe (Baked Herb Green Tomatoes).
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.
