So far so good

We are now in our fourth week of successfully tending the PW Garden after the school year ended. This process includes the watering, harvesting, thinning and planting seeds/plants by a number of student volunteers. As a proud member of the group, I'm glad to say that our garden looks more alive and thriving than ever. Shout outs to all the enthusiastic and committed members who are making this project run smoothly. Jordan Chiu, Allie Peloquin, Michelle Chan, Sheida Naderi, Emma Gosselin, Swetha Yatham, Claire He, Mike Zhai, Kavya Yatham, Danielle Mayo and Heather Ross, thank you for doing your shifts for the past three weeks. Here's the current look of the garden:

On of the ways in which the garden has progressed since June, is the work that has been done on the further development of its layout. Initially, the PW garden consisted of four adjacent beds, a compost bin and a water tank (temporary irrigation system). As of June 25, a box for storing the garden equipment has been built and installed; thanks to the work of Ms. Palejko, Ms. Chung, Sheida Naderi-Azad and Sasha Mills. (The wheelbarrows are kept beside the box and locked to the fence). Also, the extra amount of soil which was leftover after the filling of the four beds was moved to three future bed locations and the rest was covered and stored in the former place until future use. This time-consuming task was completed with the help of Ms. Phillips, Ms. Chung, Michelle Chan, Emma Gosselin, Swetha Yatham, Sheida Naderi-Azad, myself, and a number of other students. In addition, signs where put up to inform the passers-by of the context of our community garden.