Giving Garden

We got a donation of more compost, and I remembered my camera this time. The garden is looking so great and it is totally ready to plant now, which...drum roll please...we are planting tomorrow!! I am so excited and I know all of our little seedlings will be so thrilled to spread their roots in solid ground. More pictures to come from the planting of the Giving Garden, so stay tuned! Until then, enjoy overall pics of the garden and of us working, as well as Lauren's van full of hay which we used to make pathways between the buddy plots and the learning garden!

The Giving Garden

I learned about a community garden from an awesome girl in one of my classes. A group of interested and like minded students are going to start a community, sustainable garden this summer on Eastern's campus and I am going to help out and learn a lot in the process. The first meeting I attended was in EMU's greenhouse where we planted some of our seeds so that we can eventually transplant them onto the plot when they are ready in a couple of weeks. I think this is going to be a great experience, and it will be one of my outdoor volunteering activities this summer which I am really looking forward to. The meeting only lasted about an hour and a half but I really needed the break since I was in the middle of writing a 20 page paper...ugh! I am finally finished with my paper, only to start reading through all of the research I have on another one, but as soon as I am finished with that paper I am done for the semester. My summer is looking pretty great so far, I am enrolled in one class in May/June and then one class that is a couple days in July but will require a lot of reading leading up to our classes. I am also seeking out a couple more volunteering opportunities and making plans to get a photo business going on the side with some awesome clients lined up already!