The Scarecrows of Oz: Part Two
Avalon Park and Preserve, Stony Brook, NY
Sunday, September 25th

While we aimed to finish this project today, creating recognizable, functional Wizard of Oz scarecrows proved harder than we'd imagined! After another four hours laboring over these heartless, brainless, courageless creatures, we were much further along than we'd started, but still had many finishing touches to apply. Still, we found ourselves in stitches while sewing stitches, laughing over the absurdity of using screws to affix shoes to Dorothy's 'feet', how much the scarecrow looked like a kidnap victim while seated on a chair in the corner of the barn, and at each other as we took turns wearing the top of a child's lion costume as a hat. After a bit more rummaging for rubies, paint, and hair, I think we'll knock these guys (and girl) out of the park next week!

Arcadia: This, That, and the Other Thing
Avalon Park and Preserve Barn, Stony Brook, NY
Thursday, September 22nd

The season may be slowing down, but Arcadia is still producing plenty of goodies for us to bring home every week. This time around, we harvested the larger leeks, more tomatoes, radishes, and beans. We also collected most of the herbs with the intent of drying them at home so that we will have home-grown herbs to use in recipes all winter long. We all can't believe that it has been over half a year since we planted our first seedlings. How time flies!

Arcadia: This, That, and the Other Thing
Avalon Park and Preserve Barn, Stony Brook, NY
Tuesday, September 13th

After a long time without your loving care, Arcadia was happy to have its volunteers back! We picked the last of the purple bush beans, which have been filling our bellies for months, but finally raised their white flags. In their place, we planted a few more fall crop seeds-- likely our last of the season. Seeing as the cool weather settled in early this year, we should be putting our beds to bed sooner than later. Until then, we'll keep enjoying the copious peppers, tomatoes, beets, carrots, leeks, potatoes, and whatever else our generous plants are willing to give before calling it a year. Get ready for cover-crops, STATE-ees! But don't be sad: we'll be planning for next year's garden before you know it. A gardener never rests!