La Casa Grande Colectiva

Tag: squash

  • volunteer on student farm: get tons of free veggies

    I went this morning to help on the new student farm located south of campus. The farm’s manager, Zack, showed me and a group of volunteers around as we helped out harvesting.
    packing squash
    The produce from the farm is sold to University Dining Services and goes to feed kids living in the dorms. The student farm is part sponsored by the dining halls and part by the College of ACES.  This is the FIRST year planting crops and they’re supplying a lot of food to the dorms.
    squash

    basil harvest
    We picked mostly squashes but some basil and parsley too.
    zack on the van
    That’s Zack on the back of the van that Dining Services gave to the project.
    take away from volunteering at the student farm
    The best part is that after a few hours of work, they let you take home as many veggies as you can carry! My roommates will be happy when they get home.

  • seedling update

    Our seedlings are going on five weeks old now, so it’s about time for an update.  They all looked the same at first, but now they’re each developing their own characteristics.

    update on the seed starts, march 16
    garden sage

    cuke, squash, and squash

    The biggest bummer so far is our tray of hot peppers.  We planted jalapeno, habanero, cayenne and several other varieties, but so far there is little action from the seeds.  I’ve been told that peppers take awhile to sprout.
    not much action with the hot peppers yet