First Season Wrap-up

Here's a brief recap of the 2009 inaugural season of the Wescosville Outdoor Classroom vegetable garden.

The last vegetables - lettuce, peppers, broccoli, carrots, and some other cold-hardy plants were harvested as late as November, just before the first hard frost. Mr. Moyer and some students harvested the last vegetables together. After a rinse they were enjoyed in the school cafeteria.

Following the growth of the garden has been a fun way to track the passage of time. Here is a photo from the first day of planting on Earth Day, April 22, 2009.

Here we are a month later. The sunflower plants are lining the left side of the bed, broccoli and cauliflower plants are in the middle with zinnia companion plants sprinkled in-between.

Just two months later in July.

Some fruits of our labor . . .

Now is a good time to give some thanks:

Thank you to Mr. Barry George, who kindly donated his time and expertise to build our beautiful raised beds.

Thank you to the 16 families who each gave a week during the summer to water and tend the garden.

Thank you to the wonderful team of Penn State Master Gardeners led by Linda Sheftel, who helped plan the garden and donated plants, materials and hours of their their time helping with the garden, even making themselves available during the summer months for advice and assistance. We are fortunate to benefit from this great volunteer program.

Last but not least, a sincere thank you to those of you who have helped support the garden by purchasing Jose Madrid salsa, Christmas wreaths and participating in other fundraising activities.

Speaking of which, our next fundraiser is a Spaghetti Dinner on Friday, March 5th. We'll have Bingo for the kids and a basket raffle. Tickets are just $6/adult and $3/child with pre-school and under free.