Sunday, August 28, 2011

The Harvest!!!

August has been quite rewarding for our garden.  As we are in our first year, we keep reminding ourselves that this is a trial year and ANY produce would be fabulous.  The hard work is paying off.  We have been able to harvest and donate buckets and bags of produce to the Cumberland Food Pantry, Freeport Community Services and Preble Street Resource Center.  Tomatoes, summer squash, beans, potatoes, greens, etc. have been delivered to the appreciative folks working to help neighbors who, for whatever reason, would not have the resources to obtain fresh, healthy produce.

As Hurricane Irene swirls around us, and hopefully passes Maine without too much damage, it's a good time to catch up on the blog.  I was looking at some photos I snapped about a month ago and then another group yesterday, and it's amazing to see the changes that have taken place in this short time.

Not only is the field full of produce, but it is surrounded by a very happy looking perimeter of sunflowers!  For weeks, it seemed like those sunflowers were going to remain about 6 inches tall and never flower, but they have really taken off.  I only hope that their sturdy stems will hold up.

This past Friday, some local girl scouts with their leader helped with the harvest--picture to arrive shortly.  On Saturday, we picked up anything that could become a projectile in the storm -- our sign, buckets, row covers, etc. Fingers crossed that all will be well when we get back to the garden tomorrow.

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