Intern Mathew got a free tie-dye harvesting mulberries
Collard City Growers welcomed visitors during the 2020 season, even though the main building was closed due to the pandemic.
Starting some seeds in soil blocks
The beds look lifeless in early spring but an abundance of growth waits just below the surface
Amending the spring beds with compost
Spencer prepping some beds for spring planting
The watermelon’s first leaves are distinct
Welcome watermelon seedlings
The first tomato seedling
Melons and tomatoes germinate only in warm soil, so we used a heating mat to get a head start in the high tunnel.
An anonymous florist donated flowers for the community
A watermelon seedling
A baby tomato
Seedlings growing in the high tunnel were protected from frost and weather
The seeds grown at CCG were donated or saved from prior seasons
Transplanting a raspberry plant
CCG coordinator Alexis found a wormy worm
Red Russian kale seedlings
A tray of seedlings in soil blocks
Tomato seedlings
Tomatillo seedlings coming along
Parsley
We experimented with soil blocks in the spring
Watermelon seedling
A watermelon seed snuck in with a tomato
Blossoms on strawberry plants
In 2020 we had soil delivered to fill the new raised beds in the high tunnel
Fresh garlic scapes
Intern Mathew got a free tie-dye harvesting mulberries
The interns often harvested and dried CCG herbs
Fresh dill harvested to freeze
The interns preserved the spring flavor of dill by making dill vinegar
Saving seeds from over-wintered collard greens grown in their namesake, Collard City Growers.
Alfonso holds some produce harvested from CCG.
In the sunny hoop house at Collard City Growers during Uptown Summer 2020.
Uptown Summer participants harvest peaches at CCG.
Is it true that you are what you eat, Jamel?
Uptown Summer participant Ciara found a bunch of green grapes while gardening at CCG.
The watermelon patch
A baby blacktail mountain watermelon, growing up
The squash patch
Fresh kohlrabi
CCG coordinator Alexis’s pet rabbit hopped in a basket of kohlrabi from CCG
A praying mantis
A praying mantis hunting amongst tomatillo plants in the high tunnel
Fall produce at CCG
Wild violet seed pods at CCG
Uptown Summer assistant Alfonso and intern Peter helped fix the high tunnel door
The high tunnel door came off its hinge
Wild violet seeds
Wild violet seed pods at CCG
Using a tarp and a ladder, interns collected a huge basket of mulberries from the trees on the Sanctuary’s campus.
A patch of echinacea flowers.
Produce from Collard City Growers harvested by Uptown Summer youth includes summer squash, delicata, sugar pie pumpkin, lemon cucumber, greens, eggs, onion, grapes, and a basket of peaches
Uptown Summer participant Ciara loves the golden cherry tomatoes grown at Collard City Growers.
