Recent garden photos

I started my warm weather crop plantings last week.  I am busy figuring out irrigation, pest management, and more generally how to care for a garden on my own!  (Thanks to the parents for helping out and also to the chickens for not eating everything up.) 

I hope you enjoy the photos.

I successfully grew my own tomato starts for the first time ever, which felt pretty good:

 

The crops I planted earlier this spring have grown up quite nicely:

Lastly, I would like to mention that I harvested my first lettuce head while thinning the other day and was very happy about it:

I have a few more things to transplant or direct seed, which will hopefully happen in the next week!  

In the coming weeks and growing season, I will be featuring posts about my work (both volunteer & staff positions) with the following organizations:

• Oregon Food Bank, as a Seed to Supper Volunteer Educator
• Mercy Corps Northwest Refuge Gardens, as Garden Field Assistant
• Portland Farmers Market, as a Crew Member
• Montavilla Farmers Market, as a Board Member

Thanks for stopping by,
ET