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- Collection: Raíces Program History - EcoCulture: Gardens
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Last Tomato Harvest of 2016
Last tomato harvest of 2016, picked the night before the first frost of the season.
Lettuce
Spotted trout lettuce.
Native Bee
Native bee pollinating a violet flower in the Raíces EcoCulture garden. When harvesting flowers for herbal medicine, only some are taken, while the remainder are left for the pollinators and to continue growing in their natural cycle.
Oregano and Thyme
Oregano and thyme growing together in the Raíces EcoCulture herbal garden.
Pepper Seedling
Pepper seedling planted directly into the ground in a high tunnel.
Pollination
Native pollinator in the Raíces EcoCulture garden.
Pollinator on Elcampane
Elecampane patches around the edge of the garden help to attract native pollinators like bumblebees which are needed for pollination of certain vegetables like tomatoes, peppers and eggplants.
Radish Harvest
Radish harvest in the Raíces EcoCulture garden.
Raíces EcoCulture Garden
Raíces EcoCulture gardens provide food and herbs for the Raíces community, and also gives back to the earth by providing food for pollinators, increasing biodiversity, and using sustainable and regenerative practices such as composting and…
Red Russian Kale
Red Russian Kale growing in the Raíces EcoCulture garden.
Roma Tomato
Roma tomato forming on the vine.
Rose of Sharon
Rose of Sharon flower in bloom on the edge of the Raíces EcoCulture garden. Flowers are planted around the edges of the gardens to attract pollinators.
Rue
Rue leaves in the Raíces EcoCulture herbal healing gardens in August 2017. Rue is a perrenial plant that has both medicinal and spiritual properties in a variety of cultures. It should be consumed with caution as ingesting too much of this plant can…
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.
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.
Seedling Emerging
A seedling emerging in an indoor seedling tray.
Seedlings
Seedlings growing in the Raíces EcoCulture garden high tunnel greenhouse.
Sprout
Seedling sprouting early in the season.
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…
Strawberry Blossoms
Strawberry blossom in the Raíces EcoCulture gardens in April 2017.
Strawberry Flowers in Bloom
Strawberry flowers in bloom in a strawberry patch. Each flower will develop into one strawberry.
Strawberry Patch
Strawberry patch in the Raíces EcoCulture gardens in April 2017.
Tomato and Bean Harvest
A small harvest from the Raíces EcoCulture garden gathered at the end of the 2016 growing season.
Tomato Blossoms
Tomato flowers blossoming. Each flower will eventually develop into an individual tomato.