Not only do we have our first few watermelons (play "Where's Waldo" with the watermelon below), but the generous volunteers led by second year med student, Jose Pena, performed outstanding work to cut beds, mulch, weed and maintain the lot, which was looking pretty raggedy late into the summer. Here are a few before pictures:
Half finished bed cutting and planting needed to be tidied up (above), and the beds needed to be weeded a bit before plating a fall garden (great idea, Jack Graves!). And the transformation continues with enlarged perennial beds (below):
The cantaloupe and watermelon bed (below) looks fantastic for having been planted fairly late in the season. Behind this is the strawberry bed with a few starts getting their roots on.
Four unused garden beds are clean from weeds and ready to become something great (below). Fall planting might include arugula, spinach, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, and butternut squash. What a bountiful harvest THAT would become!
The IU volunteer team even built a large sandbox frame for the park area in the back of the lot (above). We just need to find some sand! That shouldn't be hard with all the gravel and sand pits on the SW side of town! And to top off the day, the team mulched our back fence line (below). This multi-purpose public space is really beginning to shape up!
Thanks again to the IUMS Team from the Neighbors of 1401 Olive. We look forward to building this relationship moving forward.
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