As I was driving back to Olin yesterday after being away for the last month, I received a text from Mary describing the abundance of the garden. It was the best news to receive! Naturally, the first place I went after arriving on campus was the garden.
We are both happy to report that the garden is thriving! We were able to harvest over a pound of beans yesterday, as well as our first few kale leaves and basil sprigs. The corn ears are developing nicely, which is lucky given how few plants we have and their pollination needs. It seems we got some help from the bees (thanks, Ben Linder)!
An equal success were the relatively few weeds that we had in the garden. Our cardboard mulch was a huge success! After a month of no tending, Mary and I were able to fully weed the garden in about 3 minutes.
We are looking forward to harvesting more of everything and planting spinach in the garden once the beans are done. We have also discussed doubling the size of the garden this fall and adding a bench to the area. Most of all, we are excited to share the Secret Garden with the Olin community and really build a core group of people dedicated to maintaining and growing it. We have already heard from a few interested folks and we will hopefully connect with them soon when we get organized.
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| Finding Bean Plants! |
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| BEANSSSS |
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| Corn ears, getting bigger! |
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| Cabbage and Kale! |
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| Mary with our harvest! |
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