Working up a Storm…

Salish Coast Work Party Is blessed with a downpour of help and rain.

(above left) Eric, Milly, and Candice freshen up the beds with new top soil. (above) Milly, Candice, Leta, Lee, Brad, Neil, Calder, and Eric grab a nosh out of the rain.

8/29/23

Thank you. Thank You. THANK YOU!

Kevin, Lindsay, Hilary, Eve, Lynn, Milly, Keith, Eric, Lee, Brad, Mike, Bonnie, Mary, and Candice put in overtime on Tuesday to shine up the Salish Coast Elementary Production and Classroom gardens with managers Neil and Leta... Then the sky opened up and POURED everything it's been holding back for three months.

The next day Mike, Keith, and Neil assembled a Root Washer to make pounds of carrots, beets, and potatoes kitchen ready. Arriving soon is a cardboard perforating machine to turn the school's deluge of boxes into "brown" compost to balance off the "green" compost coming from the garden.

Parents and students can walk through the results at the August 31 Back-to-School open house. The gardens will also be open to the public during the Farm Tour on September 16 and 17.

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Lindsay weeds out the strawberries

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Leta and Eve in the Classroom Garden

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Kevin uncovers the overgrown raspberries.

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Neil and Francisco unloading Bio-Char for the compost mix.

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MIlly and Brad preparing the front of the greenhouse for weed cloth.

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Lee tidies up the greenhouse.

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Hilary cleans out Greenhouse garden paths.

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Lynn is on Greenhouse duty as well.

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Mary tosses kale into its next life as compost.

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Mike and Keith wonder what they volunteered to do...

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Mike and Keith opt for a dry garage the next day to finish the root washer.

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