Planting Day - April 30 2011

It was planting day for the McGatha Garden Co Op!!

Sue and Edd had the old Barn foundation cleared so we

could make another big bed and possibly get a Greenhouse??!!??

We got a yard and a half of good top soil / compost mix

to top off all the beds

Matt used a tiller to work the big beds

Eric supervised.

Lookin' good Eric, Welcome to the Blog!

Let the planting begin!!



Potatoes.

All volunteer and transplanted from one of the big beds.

Peas

Partially Planted.

We got a few more items to get and

we are waiting to plant a few items in a couple weeks.

The Trellis' in the middle will be used for Melons

We are going vertical this year!



The new bed area by the old Barn Foundation.

We plan on planting Sunflowers, Watermelon, Pumpkins and Squash in this Bed

We also planted 3 Trees, a Blackberry Bush and some Strawberries today.

Ollie came to visit too!

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Garden Co Op- Day 70

***I am just getting around to posting pics from our visit on August 10th.

Garden Co Op- Day 70

Weird Vegetable of the Week:

This Week's Harvest:

Matt used most of the Tomatoes to make Salsa.

Which he made pretty much unassisted by me.

I just followed him around cleaning up after him!

We like to share our bounty so the rest went

to The Anderson Family next door.

Garden Co Op- Day 62

Day 62

This week's Harvest

Refrigerator Pickles

Refrigerator Pickles

4 Kirby Cucumbers. 1 lb. quartered
3/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup small sweet onion, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, smashed
2 tablespoon sugar
1 tsp dill seed
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 bay leaf
Kosher Salt


--Place cucumbers, in 1 quart jar

--In a bowl, combine vinegar, onion, garlic, dill seed, sugar, peppercorns, bay leaf, 2 tsp salt and 3/4 cup hot water. Stir until sugar dissolves.

--Pour vinegar mixture into the jar with cucumbers. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 day before serving

Garden Co Op- Day 55

Day 55

This week's harvest:

Garden Co Op- Day 48

Day 48

Tomatoes

Pumpkins

Peppers and Cucumbers

This weeks Harvest: