First Broccoli and Radishes Harvest

The first broccoli and radishes harvest of the season.

A Quiet Moment

A quiet  moment  before  the  missionaries  and  volunteers  begin  the many  and  varied  needed  tasks.

Update on the Killdeer Eggs

The breeding pair of killdeer laid four eggs.  The first egg was dropped during an unsuccessful attempt to relocate  the  nest.  The second egg disappered and the  consensus is that it was eaten by a predator.  The third egg  hatched, but the chick disappered after two days. The fourth egg is all that remains.

Lots of Seeding and Crop Covering

Many helpful volunteers from the Salt Lake Big Cottonwood Stake and the Salt Lake Butler West Stake secured weed cloth in the field and removed the cover from the fledgling cucumbers.  The volunteers also assisted with assembly of the temporary greenhouse. The service  missionaries  and  volunteers  planted butternut  squash, several  types  of  acorn squash, spaghetti squash, delicata squash, watermelon and cantaloupe,

Many Helpful Hands

Many helpful and hardworking volunteers from the Draper Utah Stake and the Salt Lake Cottonwood Heights Stake came tonight to weed between the growboxes, paint the frames for the temporary  greenhouse and continue to level the dirt in the field for future  planting.

Scatter Sunshine

Tonight at the farm we enjoyed the good services rendered from the Salt Lake Brighton Stake and the South Jordan River Ridge Stake. These volunteers scattered their sunshine all along the farm doing a variety of tasks. They planted hundreds of seeds in the greenhouse, transplanted the cauliflower and broccoli into the grow boxes, put black nets over the cabbage, and raked the field.

Plentiful Planting

Hardworking volunteers from the Sandy Utah Granite View Stake and the Sandy Utah Midvalleý Stake continued to rake the field in  preparation  for  future crop planting. They removed the cloth from the  fledgling carrots, broccoli, cabbge, and cauliflower transplants. Service missionaries transplanted red, green, romaine and iceburg lettuce.

Spring Cleaning

Hardworking volunteers from the Granite and Alta View Stakes  helped rake the field in preparation for  crop planting, removed  the sediment  from the tank, and plant cabbage. The irrigation water was run for the first  time  this planting season.

A Rainy Day Clean Up

Dedicated volunteers from the Sandy Utah Crescent Ridge Stake helped clean up after yesterday's rain storm. Volunteers separated trash from  the  compost, sanitizing  seed trays and repositioning covers over the carrot beds.

The Cycle of Life Begins

A breeding pair of killdeer have chosen grow box # 64 to build a nest and lay four eggs. There are two eggs remaining. One egg was dropped when the nest was moved during an unsuccessful attempt to relocate it. The second egg disappeared.  Speculation is that a predidor snatched the egg.

Sunny Tuesday

The dedicated volunteers from the Sandy Utah Cottonwood Creek  Stake and the Sandy Utah Willow Creek Stake laid and secured the weed cloth for the squash, removed rocks from the field, weeded between grow boxes.