WHOA spring growth

Wow, the spring rains are making things really grow. Those Chinese greens ended up being prickly and huge and that big white guy is a Chinese radish.

COMPOST!!

The awesome folks at Wash U's kumquat garden done schooled us on how to build an awesome compost pile and now all those suckers (the tomato kind) are composting like crazy!!!!

Spring time = plants!

Last Tuesday we started getting things in the ground in time for good rains. We planted a bunch of peppers, 5 tomato plants (with large stakes), zinnia, and seeds: pumpkin, nasturtium, marigold, and a few watermelons. Sounds totally haphazard, but its going to be rad.

2009 spring start: totally awesome

we had a lot of weeds blow in over the winter, so we got started by pulling those out.
we also had some trouble with the soil drying out so we added a bunch of great potting mix from south side garden spot.
we mixed that well as the sun went down and planted some spring veggies. we got a lot done the first night because we had a great crew.

CUKES!

This is one big pickle!

We have fresh cucumbers every day.

Eggplants are growing well

Even some squash hiding in there.

Hi, Shane! Hi, Cara!

Thursday we are going to make some salsa with our tomatoes and peppers!

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.

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!

We staked the tomatoes so they will grow nice and tall.

We planted the second pool with a lot of vining plants such as watermelon, squash and morning glories which were a gift from a coffee friend. THANKS :)

The young men work as an efficent team

The growth in the first pool is quite encouraging. We even have some cayenne peppers already!