Garden Photo Album 2011

The Big Year of Gardening: 2011

With last year's late start, 2011 is the first year of true gardening abundance for Pine Valley Community Gardens. Enjoy this photo album of garden growth and activities as we grow community spirit as well as delicious organic vegetables! 


Special thanks go to Renee's Garden for donating most of the seeds planted this season!!! We couldn't have grown all this bounty and built such community spirit without your help!!

The Garden "Pod" Structure protects the plants from moles, gophers, squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, birds, etc. Planters outside the structure allow for physically-challenged gardeners to take part in the gardening experience. (July 2011)

The raised beds outside the garden structure (July 2011)

Pine Valley Community Gardens (July 2011)

Heirloom Green Pumpkin blooms promise a bountiful crop this autumn (July 2011)

Expert gardener Anne teaches Timothy and Benjamin about growing heirloom tomatoes (July 2011)

A bountiful tomato crop is well on its way to fruition (July 2011)

The brick garden walkways inside the Pod Structure help separate crops from one another (July 2011)

Peggy and Timothy trim back rampant pumpkin growth (July 2011) 

Peggy, Timothy, and Anne train the pumpkin vines into a tidier mess (July 2011)

Broccoli, lettuce greens, herbs, and corn grow along the back of the Pod Structure; the barrels in the back are horse manure composters which are used to fertilize the garden (July 2011)

Pumpkin vines entwine themselves in the chicken wire of the Pod Structure (July 2011)

The Pine Valley Community Gardens booth at Pine Valley Days 2011. We sold baked goods, dried herbs, fresh organic greens, and various extra plants: pumpkin, butternut squash, tomatoes, basil, sage, and mint. (July 2011)

Fresh organic greens and various plants for sale at Pine Valley Days 2011

Peggy chats with members of the community interested in joining Pine Valley Community Gardens (July 2011)