Garden Harvests
The previous garden post focused on the garden plants and layout, in pictures, but intentionally omitted an important part of the garden - the harvesters! As mentioned in that post, the garden workers are a crucial part of the gardening operation. Tending plants and harvesting vegetables takes no small amount of work - here is a series of photos of garden workers around the Outdoor Center this summer. And a few photos of particularly nice flowers too!
Skier Liz Guiney with a beautiful bin of tomatoes
Pam, Amy and Liz survey the tomatoes earlier in the summer. By now the vines reach the roof.
Liz in the tomato jungle
Weeding and pulling out old scallions. From left: Mary (SBTC rower), Pam (garden guru), Maggie (GRP rower)
Kaitlynn (GRP skier) and Mary (SBTC rower) weed beyond the onion patch
Rowers Mary and Maggie clean vegetables at the sink
Picking kale
Onions!
Beautiful colors of swiss chard
Green and yellow zucchini and summer squash, boxed and heading towards the kitchen
GRP skier Ida with a big bunch of parsley and garlic scapes
We have a large patch of flowers for making arrangements and decorations
Brilliant red flowers
Foxgloves
Echinacea flowers
Posing with our flowers. GRP skier Caitlin (author), on left, GRP rower Jamie on the right, on a particularly hot and humid day in the garden
Flower arrangements! Pam and Amy gave most of us gardening girls lessons in flower arranging, which is a fun way to keep the COC looking great!