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Planting with Houston Elementary School Students
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What a fabulous day at the garden! A chilly morning brought sunny skies and a fantastic opportunity to spend some time outside. Matt Schutte and Heather Martin walked over from the elementary school with their second graders and we.....planted! Everything (almost!)
thanks much to Matt and Heather, as well as Joan Redig, Irish Britson, and
Deb Stilin who helped wrangle the kids as they planted boxes. Also thanks to
Featherstone Farms who donated about 70 lettuce plugs as well as some basil and
peppers, eggplant and a few other assorted veggie starters for our planting
today. Those combined with our amazing plants grown by the 2nd grade and we were
SET!
Highlights of the day included a bald eagle soaring overhead, threatening a
nest of some red-winged black birds who were convinced they were going to be
able to get the best of that eagle, mid-air! And a late discovery of a Killdeer
nest on the ground next to the gourd rack explained why that bird was SO upset
at our activities all over the garden today! We left the eggs where they were,
as they are not in any major traffic area. The birds will hatch soon and be on
their way, I am sure. If you go in, just be prepared for a shrieking killdeer
to greet you. 
Thanks also, to Cardy Lewison, who lent me her push mower yesterday so I
could mow the garden entrance area. Ugh. Rain grows dandelions VERY well.
Hopefully, our mower will be repaired by next week. If not, please keep your
eyes open for a cheap cheap cheap but working push mower we can use at the
garden.
It's fun to see all the good stuff popping up in everyone's garden bed,
too. I just love having so many folks part of the garden this year!
With planting done, we just water and love it up for a while until things
are ready to harvest. I would expect lettuce to be ready within a week or two,
so Thursday food shelf runs may begin within a couple of weeks.
Also, as long as we get rain every couple of days, I'm not too concerned
about watering. Once we go more than two days without rain, watering will be
needed.
have a great weekend! Mine will be filled with Baseball, soccer, soccer,
soccer...and yardwork! Imagine that!
Audrey
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