This is one big pickle!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The Garden is GROWING
We are happy to announce that the garden looks fantastic! The other students in the facility want to join us so we will be expanding next year! Who knew so much could grow in an old metal bucket!
The tomatoes are growing like WEEDS!
The cucumbers are amazing. We are going to make some HUGE pickles. Everyone loves the pickles.
Pool number 2 is pulling through. We finally got some mulch so that should help us keep the soil moist.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Pool Number 2 is FULL
The garden is really coming along nicely. We had a bit of drying out and a few losses, but that's to be expected in any garden...
The sunflowers are already blooming!
The growth in the first pool is quite encouraging. We even have some cayenne peppers already!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Pool Number 2
After some close calls, near misses, and almost nots we finally acquired a second pool to be our pumpkin patch.
Which means we had to fill another with dirt.
We had high aspirations of planting the new plants, but considering the pool was bigger than the first, we spent most of the time transfering dirt.
But the sun decided to take on a hint of summer and, with a larger pool and further distance to travel, it took a lot longer then 17 minutes.

Tuesday we plant, and, since Cara is out of town, there has been talk of White Castle and root beer.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
First Work Day
Welcome to the JCD Garden
The JDC is a facility in St. Louis, Missouri which houses juveniles coming within jurisdiction of the Court for alleged law violations. You can read more about that here. The youth of the JDC are planting its first garden this year. Please follow our progress here. If you have garden supplies you would like to donate (small tools, a bench, pots, etc) please contact Cara at caramarie@gmail.com
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