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Ecoculture Garden: Tomatoes
Tomatoes on the vine.
Ecoculture Garden: Cucumber Harvest
Cucumber harvest.
Ecoculture Garden: Beans
Beans were planted all over both garden plots.
Ecoculture Garden: Snapdragon
Snapdragon flower.
Ecoculture Garden: Green Bean Rows
Baby beans in rows.
Ecoculture Garden: Figs
First fig fruits on our fig tree.
Ecoculture Garden: Carrots and Green Onion Harvest
Summer harvest of carrots and green onion.
Ecoculture Garden: Fall Harvest
Harvest of tomatoes, carrots, beets and black beans
Ecoculture Garden: Shelling Black Beans
Shelling black beans.
Eco-Culture Garden: The First Raíces Beans
The first Raíces beans poking up out of the ground. In the following year we would plant two kinds of red kidney beans, green beans, black beans and white beans.
Eco-Culture Garden: Tomato Harvest
End of summer tomato harvest ripening on the windowsill.
Tomatoes originated in the Andes, where they grew wild with very small fruits, most likely yellow in color. There are species of tomatoes that still grow wild there today. Tomatoes were…
Tomatoes originated in the Andes, where they grew wild with very small fruits, most likely yellow in color. There are species of tomatoes that still grow wild there today. Tomatoes were…
Biodiversity in the Garden: Three Types of Beans
Three kinds of string beans grown in the Raíces EcoCulture garden in 2016 for biodiversity and a mix of color.
Seed Harvest 2016
Seeds harvested for seed saving from the Raíces EcoCulture garden.
Seed Harvest: Marigold Seeds
Marigold seeds collected from a variety of marigolds grown specifically for the Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos celebration. Raíces has been growing and saving seed for this variety of marigold seed for six growing seasons.
Figs
Figs growing on a fig tree in the Raíces EcoCulture garden.
Tomato and Bean Harvest
A small harvest from the Raíces EcoCulture garden gathered at the end of the 2016 growing season.
Cherry Tomato Harvest
Bowl of cherry tomatoes harvested from the Raíces EcoCulture garden.
Stoltzfus String Bean
The Stoltzfus String Bean was thought to be extinct until some dry beans were found in the 2000's in a jar of mix beans by the head farmer of Happy Cat Farms, which had been saved by his grandfather David Haas. The seeds pictured here were grown out…
Harvest: Hot Peppers and Herbs
Hot peppers and herbs harvested from the Raíces EcoCulture garden the day before the first frost of the fall season, which marks the end of the growing season for tender annuals and some perennials.
Green Tomatoes
Green tomatoes harvested before the first frost of the Fall 2016 season.
Last Tomato Harvest of 2016
Last tomato harvest of 2016, picked the night before the first frost of the season.
Dill
Fresh harvested dill from the Raíces EcoCulture herb garden laying out to dry.
Saving Seeds, Sharing Culture
Seeds harvested from the Raíces EcoCulture garden. Some will be added to the Raíces Seed Library and some will be grown out again in the Raíces EcoCulture garden the following year.
Strawberry Flowers in Bloom
Strawberry flowers in bloom in a strawberry patch. Each flower will develop into one strawberry.
Cío Herzog - Volunteering in the Raíces Gardens
Raíces EcoCulture volunteer Cío Herzog working in one of the Raíces EcoCulture garden plots.