RAIN BARRELS!!

a HUGE thanks to Mike Musser of The Village Green, Fritz Schroeder of LIVE Green and Drew Mitstifer and Doug Smith of Eastern Market for their dedicated help in repairing some roofing, installing new gutter and downspout and connecting the two rain barrels courtesy of LIVE Green. How cool is this??

Harvest

Some crazy carrots and an amazing mystery melon (look at doug's expression as he discovers the color) - among lots of other good stuff coming from the garden.

Visitors

Over the past few weeks we've had several groups visit the garden. Esme and I were on the deck after church one Sunday and a group of kids about her age came walking down the alley wearing crowns - and walked into the garden. Turns out it was a Sunday School class from In the Light up the street. 4 & 5 year olds who were learning about King Solomon's garden and came to check out ours.

And this week my friend Nate brought his summer class of middle school students from the Boys & Girls Club over for a tour. They harvested the carrots, planted some seeds and made prayer flags (more on that later.