It's been a bounteous, busy, beauteous Juneuary!
It's been a whirlwind month. We started off the month with a series of service days. First, on the last Saturday of May, 26 students from Bastyr University in Seattle came out and put in two solid hours of work for us. Then, on Wednesday, June 4th, about 20 9th grade students from the Seattle Waldorf school came out for the first half of our work day, and about 10 middle schoolers from Billings Middle School in Seattle came out for the second half. When you do the math, that's about an extra 130 volunteer hours of work put into the garden. A huge heartfelt THANK YOU to the groups who traveled out to see our program, and help us out in the garden.
Also, at the beginning of the month we welcomed Kaitlin Greene to the Community Gardening Leadership Training Program, and in the middle of the month we welcomed Kevin Dunham. Both will be focusing their time at the school gardens, but can be seen tromping around the Good Cheer and Whidbey Institute Gardens as well. To read more about the two newest members of our team, visit their biographies on the South Whidbey School Garden website. 
With their arrival, all four of this year's apprentices are here and doing great work at Good Cheer and our partner gardens!
At the Go
od Cheer garden we've had our first big harvest of beets and carrots, tomatoes in the hoop house are starting to ripen, we're putting zucchinis in the food bank, and we still seem to have leafy greens coming out of our ears. And it's not just at our garden! Last week, a food bank client donated four giant bok choys that they had grown from starts we gave away to them earlier in the season. This is a wonderful example of one of the many ways that we are attempting to develop a holistic food system in our community, and one of the many reasons we're grateful for the people who live here.
Also, at the beginning of the month we welcomed Kaitlin Greene to the Community Gardening Leadership Training Program, and in the middle of the month we welcomed Kevin Dunham. Both will be focusing their time at the school gardens, but can be seen tromping around the Good Cheer and Whidbey Institute Gardens as well. To read more about the two newest members of our team, visit their biographies on the South Whidbey School Garden website. With their arrival, all four of this year's apprentices are here and doing great work at Good Cheer and our partner gardens!At the Good Cheer garden we've had our first big harvest of beets and carrots, tomatoes in the hoop house are starting to ripen, we're putting zucchinis in the food bank, and we still seem to have leafy greens coming out of our ears. And it's not just at our garden! Last week, a food bank client donated four giant bok choys that they had grown from starts we gave away to them earlier in the season. This is a wonderful example of one of the many ways that we are attempting to develop a holistic food system in our community, and one of the many reasons we're grateful for the people who live here.
