More 6th St. and mural pics

(3 panels of the mural)

(1st panel)

(Mural from far away)

(Tara resting during a hard days work)

(Another far away view)

Work on the 6th St. mural

(Growing hosta and hydrangea in front of the mural)

(Hosta planted last year [perennial])

(Another hosta planted last year [perennial])

(4 panels of the mural)

(Tara standing in front of our work of art)

Today Stacey and Tara worked on the mural and finished most of the mural. We may work on it next week and add some finishing touches to it. Hope you enjoy it. Here are some pics.

More pics from E. 111 St.

(Our Horticulture team)[Tara, Joyce, Natalie, Stacey, Carolin and Roberto]

(Stacey and Roberto)

(Green Onion[scallion] seeds)

(Lady Tara)

More pics from E. 111 St.

(Growing bed # 1)

(Growing Kale and Rhubarb Chard)

(Growing tomato plant)

(Growing tomato, eggplant & basil)

(Growing broccoli)

Here are more pics.

Friday at E. 111 St.

(Joyce hard at work)

(A rose bud trying to bloom)

(A grape vine)

(A peach tree)

(Tara watering)

Today Pat Callahan came to see the progress made at E. 111 St. We watered there and planted the 3 sisters(Corn, Squash and Beans) in adjacent beds. We also planted basil, thyme, pumpkin, swiss chard, snap peas and scallions as direct seed. We planted muskmelon, pumpkin on a stick, cucumber, sweet pepper, cherry tomato, tomatillo, chile, eggplant and leek seeds in pots and planter boxes. Finally, we thinned out plants that were growing too near each other and transplanted them to other areas of the garden. So far everything that we have either direct seeded or started as seedlings has shown life and grown so it looks like another productive season in the garden. MAN lives, beast lives and the plant lives. Pat C. also gave me the funds to purchase the paint to paint the 6th St. mural so in a week or 2 the mural will be completed.

More Pics from Morris Ave.

(Worms from the wormbin)

(The view inside the wormbin)

(The 3 compartment compost bin John C. built)

(Bolted Kale that we are saving for seed)

(Lettuce from last season that survived the snow of winter and the rains of March)

Here are more pics from Morris Ave.

The Sun is shining

(Strawberry plant)

(Lady Natalie)

(Roberto)

(Carolin)

(Stacey)

At our two main sites we planted giant 12 foot sunflowers, lettuce, mesclun lettuce, snap peas, snapdragons, yellow tomato, cucumber, broccoli, eggplant, radishes, 2 concord grape vines, a peach tree, watermelon, calendula, Italian parsley, bell pepper, cherry tomato, Early girl tomato, Red Chadwick cherry tomato, Jet star tomato, basil, kale, carrots, beets ,mustard greens, tatsoi, rhubarb chard, chamomile, alyssum & daisies. We continue to seed start indoors and await the delivery of 20 flats of seedlings(800 plants). We began work on the mural for E. 6th St. by first applying primer to the cinder block wall and drawing the outline for 4 of the 6 panels. On Monday we will buy the paint and will finish drawing and painting in 1 or 2 weeks. Cynthia, Tara and Stacey worked on the mural project. It looks nice so far and will look even better when painted. We planted tulip narcissus bulbs at Iyana House so hopefully their back yard will look nicer in the future as these are perennials. We also harvested the work wormbin for the 5th time and I harvested my home wormbin for he 4th time and have added the worm compost to the soil around the blooming plants. With the shining power of the sun increasing day by day we water both on work days and various members of our team come on our off days to both sites to water to make sure the plants receive sufficient water. Goodbye.