More Hatteras Veggies

It is and has been hot and dry down this way.  Unless folks are watering and or irrigating things may start to get dicey for them in the long run.  That said some of the gardens I've seen in the local's yards are looking great.

I'm excited to get back and see ours.

Veggies on Hatteras

I saw some front porch farming on the deck of a house on Hatteras Island this morning.  A mix of tomatoes and peppers and herbs, very cool.

Their neighbor has chickens - it goes to show you that anyone can farm anywhere!

Bees and Butterflies

I saw three species of butterflies and three species of bees in the pollinator garden as I was watering and weeding today!  Speaking of weeds, everything is growing like one AND if I didn't have prolific Morning Glories I'd have no weeds to speak of...

The definition of a weed is any plant growing where you don't want it to.

Stop by and enjoy the beauty.

Rain Good!

So it rained some today.  Just enough, but not enough kinda, sorta and not enough to not be watering almost daily through the upcoming hot spell.

And summer is just a few sunrises and moonsets away.

The pumpkin has had two blooms already.  Doesn't seem to have set fruit.  So do you pluck the new, fresh bloom and stuff it with cheese and drag it through batter and fry it? Or, see if fruit comes... Mmmm?

And some poor germination

Love giant sunflowers!  We planted a lot of giant and mammoth sunflowers and germination has been poor, or something is eating the seed!?  Don't know but, it has been the same problem with different lots of seeds at the same and a couple of different sites.

So,  we will try some new seed again Monday and see what happens!

Have you ever seen unending fields of huge sunflowers?  So cool, and we are trying.

ZZZZZZZZZOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM...

Again, watering and weeding and again seeing and hearing lots of great aircraft showing off for Baltimore!!!

Have you seen all the great ships yet!?

Way too cool!  Way to go B-More!  War of 1812 or not...

Sailabration 2012

As I watered and weeded early this afternoon I was treated to watching two military jets practicing for the air shows this week-end.  They were so low and fast and loud. And it was so cool.  You could almost make out the pilots in the cockpits.

Can't wait for the ships and the planes and rainbows and all the excitement in B-more this week-end! Why B-less?

School's out for Summer...

Here it is the last day of school.  We have massive germination in the Urganic Farm, many new plants in the pollinator garden and a very exciting summer and growing season ahead of us.

We hope everyone has a fun and safe summer.  We hope you have time to visit the garden and farm over the summer to watch it grow and enjoy the creatures it attracts.

Have a great summer!

And More Germination

More beans and more edamame have germinated!  Just about all of each are up.  The corn is just starting to peek through in places and we are still waiting on the first round of sunflowers to start coming up.

We mulched the new outdoor teaching space and Urganic farm with 4 cubic yards of great, new mulch.  3rd and 5th graders moved mulch and picnic tables.  It all looks fantastic.

More flowers and sunflower seeds were planted in the perimeter beds today.  So now we are down to weeding and watering until our second plantings start later in the summer.

The kindergarteners have been hard at work outlining their pollinator and native garden with stones they collect from around Herring Run.  It looks great.  They will also be doing their annual end of year pollinator planting(s) very soon!

Did I tell you that Mrs. Buckley spotted a ruby-throated hummingbird feeding in the pollinator garden the other day!?  Well she did and shared the sighting with Mrs. Primm.  I was too slow to turn around :(

Baltimore, we have germination!

So, as of yesterday the edamame are poking their little heads out of the ground and as of today so are the snap beans! Way cool.  What is even cooler is seeing such large cotyledon and also seeing the first set of true leaves form.  Come take a peek.

I also planted more sunflowers and other surprises in the perimeter beds.  A mix of flowers and food.