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Posted By Sheri Holm,
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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A tableful of produce |
Posted By Sheri Holm,
Monday, August 09, 2010
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Lately our garden has been growing with cukes, zucchini, carrots and bell peppers--oh, and a few beans. The tomatoes are coming along splendidly and we're looking forward to the fruits of that harvest.
Someplace Safe is this week's recipient. In fact, we've decided they're the perfect recipient for our small harvests.
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Second harvest |
Posted By Sheri Holm,
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Updated: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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Small, but salad-rific! This small crop of veggies went to Someplace Safe just in time for lunch.

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New to the garden |
Posted By Sheri Holm,
Friday, July 23, 2010
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More veggies are making their presence known in our garden! Two tomatoes are hiding way down within the plant.

Our first cucumber!

Our broccoli is looking quite handsome.

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More veggie sightings |
Posted By Sheri Holm,
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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Last week the zucchini blossoms weren't open yet. This week, full-blown blossoms AND sizeable zucchini!

And a look in the tangled tendrils unveils peapods.

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Signs of veggies yet to come! |
Posted By Sheri Holm,
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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After that first harvest, it seems like things are slowing down in the garden, but upon closer inspection, we see the broccoli is flowering ...

... as are the peas ...

and--hey!--what's that under that leaf? A tiny pepper!

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First harvest |
Posted By Sheri Holm,
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Updated: Wednesday, July 07, 2010
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Even though the rabbits beat us to the first harvesting, WCI staff (here Marsha Erickson and Greg Wagner) were still able to pick a nice bunch of lettuce, spinach and radishes from our raised beds.

We washed the produced, packaged it up and delivered it to Someplace Safe for the families staying there to enjoy.

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Seeing green |
Posted By Sheri Holm,
Thursday, June 24, 2010
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What with, well, WORK and all, the garden wasn't planted until June. Once it was, it really took off! In just a couple weeks the boxes were covered in a blanket of green. There's beans, peas, tomatoes, radishes, zucchini, lettuce, Swiss chard, spinach, carrots, cucumbers, peppers, beets and broccoli! Below you can see what the bag plots look like.


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Getting our hands dirty |
Posted By Sheri Holm,
Thursday, June 24, 2010
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It took a couple weeks before soil actually made it into the boxes. The plan was to experiment and create a different mixture for each box. Kim, Greg and WCI Receptionist Donna Ellsworth measured out just the right amount of soil, compost and perlite and mixed it up in a tarp. In one box, however, they just cut the side out of two bags of potting soil. The plan was to plant right in the soil in the bags--as suggested by an article in Mother Jones magazine.

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