Community Garden Plot Work

I am shoveling horse manure/compost into a bucket for our community garden plot.




I helped build and place the trellises in the ground for our green beans and gourds.


I am watering our newly-planted seeds.

Planting Vegetable Seedlings

On Easter Sunday, April 24, in our community garden plot, I planted the seedlings I grew and the seedlings I bought.

The seedlings I planted were:

2 Sugar Pie pumpkins (I grew from seed)
2 Dew-licious melons (I grew from seed)
2 Katanya watermelons (I grew from seed)

2 Beefsteak tomatoes (I bought at Lowe's)
1 Early Girl tomato (I bought at Lowe's)
1 Supersweet 100 (I bought at Lowe's)
2 Better Belle peppers (I bought at Lowe's)
4 Iceberg lettuces (I bought at Lowe's)

A pumpkin seedling in a paper pot, with two earthworms.


Planting a Katanya watermelon.


Planting a Dew-licious melon.


Tomato seedlings in their cages.


Watering the garden after planting.

Seeds Have Sprouted

The pumpkin, melon, and watermelon seeds have sprouted and are growing.

Pest Management Strategy

Egg case in paper bag (with viewing window), waiting to hatch.

Community Service Project: Clean-Up Day at Trojan Park

Starting Flowers from Plants

On April 11, 2011 I started three kinds of flowers from plants:

1. Fushia
2. Pansies
3. Marigolds

The fushia is in a pot on our back patio. The pansies and marigolds are in our garden plot.

Starting Vegetables from Seedlings

Vegetable seedlings bought at Lowe's on Thursday, April 21, 2011.

2 Beefsteak tomatoes
1 Early Girl tomato
1 Supersweet 100
2 Better Belle peppers
4 Iceberg lettuces

Starting Flowers from Seed

On April 9, 2011 I started sunflowers from seed.
On April 12, 2011 I started Bachelor Buttons and Nasturtiums from seed.

These seeds were sown directly in the ground of our garden plot.

Starting Vegetables from Seed

On April 6, 2011 I started three kinds of vegetables from seed:

1. Katanya Watermelon
2. Sugar Pie Pumpkin
3. Dew-licious Melon

These seeds were sown into paper pots. The pots are in the house, on a table, with a light over them.