It was a warm and sunny day in May when several of us gathered at the Divinity Farm to plant the summer crops. Robert was there with his family and he was especially excited about the giant pumpkins. He planted three seedlings, and we just harvested three monster pumpkins. Good job Robert!
Here's the pumpkin at Robert's house. It weighed more than 100 pounds.
Here's Robert with his giant jack-o-lantern
Stephanie's really good at incorporating environmental stewardship into liturgy. Here she leads a blessing of the farm.
Sunshine, flowers, springtime, and banjo music. (you can't see the banjo, but he's there)
Sunflowers!
Soil.
Props to John and Freddie Helmierre who engineered a new way to measure the beds. We moved the rope and string contraption with teamwork.
There's the banjo. A famous community in South America (Gaviotas) always has two volunteers playing music while the rest of the team works.
Show time.
Sarah and Andy worked at the Asian Rural Institute during the summer of 2009. We met young farmers from 30 countries, and we partnered with a really fun group from International Christian University, Tokyo. Rocky brought us to the University garden and we took this picture. You can almost see the hot humidity in this picture. Sunbeams steam through thick wet air...But it was a great experience
It's hard to see because of the dim light, but lettuce is still growing in this February blizzard!MEET GORDON @ FOODSHED from Giovanni P Autran on Vimeo.
A November trek inside the cold frame yields nasturtiums, mums, lettuce, and radish.
Andrew and Sam hard at work on the compost bin.
Andrew, Sam, Andy, and Noel pose with the nearly-completed compost bin
The Yale Earth Care Committee makes a compost volunteer schedule for the spring. Check out those reusable plates!
Sarah and Day Dodson (of the Evangelical Education Society) pose by the compost bin and cold frames. 
Florence, Sam, and Mike worked hard to build these cold-weather shelters for our salad greens. We're growing nasturtiums, spinach, lettuce, raddish, and the occasional mum. Take a peek next time you walk by. The plastic acts just like a green house and extends the growing season through December. We couldn't have built these forts without Florence. Thank you!
Check out the "divinity farm" sign, fresh mums, people relaxing, building community, harvesting, and building a tomato trellis. The sweet cherry tomatoes pop in your mouth.
Had to climb up the larch tree to take this shot.
Here's what the farm looked like the day after we planted.
Florence harvesting cherry tomatoes in September.
Mustard greens right before the harvest.
The corn patch! 2 weeks after planting.
September corn harvest. Here Andy, Florence, and Uting seek the perfect ear of corn. Florence found the best one.
Florence, Uting, and Andy in the corn patch. The corn was at least 6'6" and the stalks make great compost.
Marigolds surround the sweet corn. These flowers attract pollinators, repel pests, and look pretty. Part of our integrated organic garden.
Ginormous sunflowers! These guys were a real hit with the bumble bees.
Fresh salad prepared by Heather Wenrick. Garden tomatoes, basil, cucumbers, and scalions dance with local feta cheese and a splash of olive oil.
Students enjoy the food at weekly community dinners. Thanks to the house residents at Berkeley Center for folding farm veggies into the menu
Little baby ears of corn.
A GIANT pepper. (The caps were on purpose)
A little honey bee having a snack on the sunflower.
A steak.
You grow corn!
Little green squash, hanging out in the shade.
