Squash and zuchinni are in fill production now.  Peppers and  tomatoes are just now getting ready to pull.  Several people have harvested beans and peas.  And of course onions and radishes.

Here is Carol with her harvest from  last week.   The class was Carol’s idea.   She used to walk by a community garden when she lived in New York.

Leanne was our illustrious teacher and kept a plot of her own too.

Some of the gardeners with the fruits of their labor.

Each chapter is allowed a directory or folder off the main website where they can do whatever they want.   Each directory has a default page loaded containing some basic information and about a third of the chapters have left it at that.  The others have sets of webpages of varying complexity built and maintained by chapter webmasters.   Some of these are skillful and others are not.  Some have not been diligent in keeping information current.  One chapter has a redirect in their folder to an external website that is fairly complex.

When I was appointed NPSOT webmaster in January,  one of the things I was told I needed to do was to improve the chapter pages.   Most of the chapters want to have their own set of pages but usually don’t have a volunteer with the necessary skills to set it up and maintain it.

Since our website use the WordPress platform, I have been thinking of implementing WordPress μ or WordPress MU,  as it is sometimes called.  This is the multiple user version …

Several gardens have radishes and onions ready to eat now. Tomatoes are starting to show up and squash and zucchini are ready to pull in a couple of cases.

Because the gardens are too small for corn and pumpkins it was decided to plant them in a common space all to themselves.   The plot was improved by Clark Gardens employees and the students planted the seeds under Lee Ann’s direction.

Afterward we retired to the shade of some nearby mesquites and enjoyed hot dogs topped with some of Carol’s chili along with side dishes and desserts that had been brought for the occasion.