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July 26, 2026
School’s out and Summer is upon us, but the activities at Raincatcher’s Garden continues to Bee busy. Thanks to the recent June rains, the plants are still blooming, the vegetable garden continues to produce, and the workers remain diligent to come and maintain our space. We have also been able to welcome students both young and old to experience our garden. Even though the temperatures are heating up (after all, it is July in Dallas), there are still jobs to do and beauty to observe.
During the school field trip, each child chose one item to harvest and take home. They enjoyed the experience of finding and harvesting things like pepper and squash.
The dense green arbor of loofa vines invites you inot the fenced garden with it’s yellow blooms and loofa gourds.
We also showed them blossoms which were becoming fruit and we talked about how some of our food is harvested above the ground and some below ground.
Searching for a very hungry caterpillar in the umbels of fennel and dill.
Early Summer garden maintenance includes deadheading the blooming plants, weeding unwanted plants and grasses and watering throughout the spaces of our garden.
The vegetable beds provide fresh produce for Now Forward formerly known as North Dallas Shared Ministries, as well as some fun and community among the workers. They meet on Monday mornings to work in the beds in the North Garden.
Master Gardener, Don, is holding an Armenian Cucumber saying
” So what you’re saying is we’ve harvested 996 pounds this year?”
We are always glad to welcome visitors to the garden and in mid June. A group of young friends came to see what’s going happening.
Volunteers took students on a tour of the garden. The children were able to take notes on their findings on a notepad made especially for each student
We will continue to work in the garden, but will start earlier to beat the heat. Come and join us on Monday or Tuesday mornings.
Starla Willis, DCMG Class of 2011
School’s out and Summer is upon us, but the activities at Raincatcher’s Garden continues to Bee busy. Thanks to the recent June rains, the plants are still blooming, the vegetable garden continues to produce, and the workers remain diligent to come and maintain our space. We have also been able to welcome students both young and old to experience our garden. Even though the temperatures are heating up (after all, it is July in Dallas), there are still jobs to do and beauty to observe.
During the school field trip, each child chose one item to harvest and take home. They enjoyed the experience of finding and harvesting things like pepper and squash.
The dense green arbor of loofa vines invites you inot the fenced garden with it’s yellow blooms and loofa gourds.
We also showed them blossoms which were becoming fruit and we talked about how some of our food is harvested above the ground and some below ground.
Searching for a very hungry caterpillar in the umbels of fennel and dill.
Early Summer garden maintenance includes deadheading the blooming plants, weeding unwanted plants and grasses and watering throughout the spaces of our garden.
The vegetable beds provide fresh produce for Now Forward formerly known as North Dallas Shared Ministries, as well as some fun and community among the workers. They meet on Monday mornings to work in the beds in the North Garden.
Master Gardener, Don, is holding an Armenian Cucumber saying
” So what you’re saying is we’ve harvested 996 pounds this year?”
We are always glad to welcome visitors to the garden and in mid June. A group of young friends came to see what’s going happening.
Volunteers took students on a tour of the garden. The children were able to take notes on their findings on a notepad made especially for each student
We will continue to work in the garden, but will start earlier to beat the heat. Come and join us on Monday or Tuesday mornings.
Starla Willis, DCMG Class of 2011