Radish chips, mint hot chocolate, and winter peas!

Hello Permaculture Lovers!        

        This past Monday we had an exciting meeting to which many of the our new recruits attended. We had a group led by our secretary Ana thin out the garden and pick some radishes and peppers. We have had two good harvests  in the past month. Both times we got a good yield of radishes and were able to donate them to SAGE. With the first yield, SAGE made a delicious radish soup for Ursuline students and with the second yield this past week they made scrumptious radish chips.

        Last Monday we also worked on another little project. Because every garden needs their own space to keep their tools; we cleaned out a small room that will serve as our tool shed/closet. It is a small room and we cleaned it out the most that we could in order to make space and make all of our tools accessible. Katie Boston organized all of the seeds that we have and placed them in a small container along with a list of our seed inventory. Meanwhile Lexie and Bailey helped clean out the closet and make space for all of our tools.

          The excitement does not end here. During our harvest we noticed that there are already English peas coming out! They pop out from the white flowers that grow out the small bushes. We took a small taste and they were absolutely delicious. The best peas that we have ever tasted. Not only have the peas been growing but we also have mint has been growing beautifully. One only needs to look towards the red pot that contains the mint to be able to smell the refreshing smell of the mint. We had been facing a small problem with the mint because it was not growing but as soon as we moved it to a location where it would get more sun it popped out.

On to more amazing news; one of our members Lexie Saldana wrote an awesome article about the club on the Bear Facts webpage! Here is the link where you can read it:
http://uabearfacts.com/growing-green-in-the-neighborhood/

Shout out to Lexie! :)

Thank you for keeping up with us and don't forget to check back with us really soon!
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                                                                         UA Permaculture Club