"Many hands make light work."

Summer officially began this week, and our school garden is looking good right now. Katherine and I were the only two gardeners this morning since so many people were away. That is the way it will be from now until we return to school in mid-August. We decided that what the garden mainly needed today was a good watering since rain has been scarce. A bit of light weeding, pulling out a few spent cabbages, checking for hornworms (again, we think someone else removed them), trimming here and there. One of the school maintenance crew, Joe, stopped by and mentioned that he had pulled out some pokeweed. This was good because that was on our "to do" list. It's nice to know that others love this garden and stop by now and then to enjoy it or help it along. I wish I knew all the stories this garden could tell.

Katherine and I made an executive decision that our group won't work weekly--we don't need that much done as the summer gets hotter. Watering weekly is a must but different ones of us can pop out and water now and then. We will schedule the next "Gardening & Iced-Tea" morning for two weeks from now: July 8 (Friday) at 8:30 a.m.