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| harvesting tomatoes for the Zilkha Center weekly lunch |
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| watermelon |
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| cauliflower!! |
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| beautiful new picnic table handmade by Skip Clark, a local carpenter wood from Vermont lumber mill |
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| after allowing the garlic to cure for a few weeks, the next step is to cut off the tall (now fully dried) stalks, trim the roots, and brush off the remaining chunks of dirt. next step: somewhere to store it?! |
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| herb barrels outside the faculty house: mint and purple basil! |
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| outside Paresky, by Park St. |
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| one of the first nearly ripe tomatoes late July 2011 |
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| okra! best to harvest when about 3 inches long late July 2011 |
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| preparing a bed for planting late July 2011 |
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| planting late July 2011 |
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| delightful yellow tomato volunteers 8 August 2011 |
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| "Fourth of July Tomato" a hybrid purchased from the nursery in Cheshire in early June, this particular variety of tomato is ready to harvest much quicker than most tomato varieties (roughly 55-68 days). because it's a hybrid, seeds cannot be saved, but it does taste delicious, and is the first tomato in the garden ready to enjoy! 8 August 2011 |
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| the melon bed, taking over the lawn 8 August 2011 |
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| yellow squash, started from seed in mid June 8 August 2011 |
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| okra, traditionally a southern vegetable, okra actually grows quite well even in more northern climates 8 August 2011 |
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| the "three sisters": corn, beans, and squash in the presidential garden 8 August 2011 |
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| corn, ready to harvest when it feels fully grown 8 August 2011 |
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| purple pole beans! 8 August 2011 |
