Adventures in Community Gardening: Hay Day!

Perfect lemonade chairs!

*Chairs courtesy of kind homeowner in Housatonic that so graciously put these chairs on their lawn this morning with a gigantic "FREE" sign.

So much is happening these days in the garden. Harvesting! Arugula and tat soi salads galore. Toscano kale pizzas! And unfortunately the rather traumatic harvest of two cauliflower plants that were fed to the community compost pile. Apparently the plants suffered some damage somewhere along the line and the tiny florets they produced were inedible - cute, but not tasty.

Task accomplished this week include, but are not limited to;

Hand weeding the food bank plot
Planting the heirloom tomatoes in pots and the sungold's in between rows of carrots in the plot at the house
Plant peppers, collards and more kale!
Direct seeding spinach, arugula, mustard greens, and more radish
Seeding in trays beets, collards, basil, and scallions
Top feeding the house plot with compost
Mulching the community garden plot with straw

It feels like I am in the garden every afternoon after work and I freakin' love it! I love being in my yard in the late sun and coming in to make dinner with whatever I can I piece together with what has been harvested. I am kind of becoming a stay at home dork.

My best side

Well.....that's not entirely true - there have been contra dances and community concerts and trips to Dover and time with special friend visits and work and.....

I have to say, I love my life. I love my garden and I love having an opportunity to share it's progress via the blog and some photos. So, enjoy....