Charmaine McPherson

Homemade zucchini muffins to be sold at a bake sale. Zucchini was grown in my backyard!

Bake sale success! The community showed wonderful support in the fundraiser. The booth was set up at the local county fair.

Used an old pie dish and large rocks. Water station is in the flower garden where it will refill regularly using the automatic sprinklers.

I used branches from a dead tree to support my cucumbers and pole beans in a sort-of makeshift trellis. Happy that I saved so many branches from getting thrown away!

My son and I foraged for plants in our local wildlife preserve area and along the bike path. We found dandelions, clover, mint, nettle, pine needles and rose hips. I was surprised at how tasty the pine needles tea was, and my son preferred the clover tea.

My son and I worked together to make pop can plant labels for the garden. We used pop cans, scissors, an old dried out pen, and copper wire. I like them so much that I plan to make more!!

Pine needle
Dandelion
Nettle
Clover
Rose hip
Mint