Sunflowers...

sept 19

All's well after Hurricane Irene.....

HUGE cucumber

AITE, me, and garden

me and garden

water bottles to water the garden

caterpillar

do you see the caterpillar? XD

staking and tying up the plants after the 

storm

more tying

beginning of sunflowers

more sun please! :)

happy tomatoes now that they are staked

me watering

empty bottles after watering the plants

looking at a cucumber

beans and tomatoes

peppers

onion

onions

Overall, the garden has prospered very well over the summer...
My expectations ended up being less then what I thought we were going to get.
The cucumber plant has spread nicely over the box along with the beans.
The lettuce and peppers did not grow as well.
Looking forward to how the tomatoes and sunflowers turn out!! :)

At summer's end....

Really growing nicely.  Hope to have a few more tomatoes soon.  Learned a lot about gardening this year.  I will be ready with more fertilizer next time!

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Mid summer in the AITE garden...

Here's an update of how the AITE Garden is coming along so far...

Kelly by the garden

Tomatoes, beans, peppers, onions and lettuce all growing nicely

Our presentation at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center Garden Show on 5/20-21

How to find the garden...

Click here for directions.  We are located behind the school, near the patio.

Onions were the first planted...lettuce is on deck....

Planting to begin this month...

Garden bed ready...

In the beginning....

This is what the space looks like now.  In a few weeks, it will be a community garden.  With the help of Emilo F. (who will be building the beds) and some weeding by Kelly  and some donated seeds from Designs by Lee, we will start our garden.  Projected start date is May 2011.  Stay tuned....

AITE Community Garden

Dolan Garden Club, pictured here 2009, inspired us

Welcome to the AITE Community Garden Blog.  Stay tuned for pictures and stories as we begin the process of creating a community garden at AITE High School.  If you would like to join the AITE Community Garden Club, please email aitegardenclub@gmail.com.  You must be a student or Stamford community member to join.