Garden Harvests

The previous garden post focused on the garden plants and layout, in pictures, but intentionally omitted an important part of the garden - the harvesters!  As mentioned in that post, the garden workers are a crucial part of the gardening operation.  Tending plants and harvesting vegetables takes no small amount of work - here is a series of photos of garden workers around the Outdoor Center this summer. And a few photos of particularly nice flowers too!

Skier Liz Guiney with a beautiful bin of tomatoes

Skier Liz Guiney with a beautiful bin of tomatoes

Pam, Amy and Liz survey the tomatoes earlier in the summer. By now the vines reach the roof.

Pam, Amy and Liz survey the tomatoes earlier in the summer. By now the vines reach the roof.

Liz in the tomato jungle

Liz in the tomato jungle

Weeding and pulling out old scallions. From left: Mary (SBTC rower), Pam (garden guru), Maggie (GRP rower)

Weeding and pulling out old scallions. From left: Mary (SBTC rower), Pam (garden guru), Maggie (GRP rower)

Kaitlynn (GRP skier) and Mary (SBTC rower) weed beyond the onion patch

Kaitlynn (GRP skier) and Mary (SBTC rower) weed beyond the onion patch

Rowers Mary and Maggie clean vegetables at the sink

Rowers Mary and Maggie clean vegetables at the sink

Picking kale

Picking kale

Onions!

Onions!

Beautiful colors of swiss chard

Beautiful colors of swiss chard

Green and yellow zucchini and summer squash, boxed and heading towards the kitchen

Green and yellow zucchini and summer squash, boxed and heading towards the kitchen

GRP skier Ida with a big bunch of parsley and garlic scapes

GRP skier Ida with a big bunch of parsley and garlic scapes

We have a large patch of flowers for making arrangements and decorations

We have a large patch of flowers for making arrangements and decorations

Brilliant red flowers

Brilliant red flowers

Foxgloves

Foxgloves

Echinacea flowers

Echinacea flowers

Posing with our flowers. GRP skier Caitlin (author), on left, GRP rower Jamie on the right, on a particularly hot and humid day in the garden

Posing with our flowers. GRP skier Caitlin (author), on left, GRP rower Jamie on the right, on a particularly hot and humid day in the garden

Flower arrangements! Pam and Amy gave most of us gardening girls lessons in flower arranging, which is a fun way to keep the COC looking great!

Flower arrangements! Pam and Amy gave most of us gardening girls lessons in flower arranging, which is a fun way to keep the COC looking great!