Tuesday, October 26, 2010

October's harvest

I found some photos from committee members harvesting and watering the plants on the day that we planted the trees. Our October harvest included a large amount of beans, carrots, leeks, and delicious, red strawberries. Check out our harvesting day:

p.s. Thanks to Fan Di Gu for providing these photos.







And here are some pictures that I took last week of the strawberries (as you see they are treated specially):








Wednesday, October 20, 2010

A start to the orchard dream

The 6 apple trees that Emma Gosselin had purchased last spring and Ms. Phillips had taken care of in her garden during the summer, are finally planted in our very own garden.  The first step toward the much-anticipated future orchard was taken on Friday, October 1, when a group of members digged the holes for the apple trees on the west side of the garden (by the fence). The trees were planted the following Thursday (October 7) during the Garden Committee meeting with the help of many committee members and other student volunteers. Unfortunately, my camera died on the spot and I couldn't take pictures of this defining moment for our garden. But stay tuned because I might be able to find some photos of the day through other people who were present.

Also, big thanks to Camille Roberge's mother who gave us two more apple trees from her garden to plant in ours. They are going to be planted tomorrow during the committee meeting. Yay apple trees!



Note: The two trees that Camille donated