Friday Blogging

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Harvest away!  It’s parsley time, yum yum!
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Zel is too cool for school with his new safety glasses.
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Mow Zel, mow!
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Brandon getting the box ready for new plants with our new cultivator!  Nice job.
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Matt drawing a big box for a cognitive puzzle – he totally stumped us!
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We are continuing to work on our Spearmint Project for some local hospice patients!
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Matt and Jason both agreed that this is a fun project and it gives us something productive to do!

YouthWorks Week 1

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Welcome back YouthWorks! We are so excited to have these wonderful, young folks back on the shore! Here we have YouthWorks Week 1’s group being presented with a “Welcome to No Limits!” PowerPoint.
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We also give a “How to Prevent Brain Injury in Teens” presentation. Here we have Zel making sure everyone stays awake! (Like a teacher at school, haha)
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Paying attention to this is so important!” says Amy.
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Wow! Awesome job! YouthWorks joined us for a gross motor game.
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Go lady, go! Woot woot!
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Brandon and Amy think this young man must have been thinking “My baby bean bag takes its first flight!” Hahaha!
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Brandon is so excited to throw he is jumping out of his seat.
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Nice shirt! It says “I got this.” We are waiting to see which team has actually “got this” by scoring the most points! Thanks again for joining us YouthWorks Week 1!

Friday Blogging

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Water DJ, water! Keep on waterin’ don’t let those cukes die!
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The hermit crabs are moving….
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….they’re “renting” a new, bigger spot!
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Two men hard at work! Fabulous job, y’all!
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Brandon giving the cucumbers some food.
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Our hens laid their first all-white egg today!
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Kyle, Adrian, and DJ designing a new chicken coop.
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Zel and Maryann look so excited doin’ their work! Did y’all realize you were scrubbin’ the stove?! Haha! They cleaned the stove up in order to sell it!
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Brandon and Kyle doing a good job watering the maters. Water on my people, water on!
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First pepper harvest of the season! Yum.
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Work on my men, work on! Don’t tie those stakes too tight now!
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Teach Brandon, teach! Brandon loves to teach about plants and subtropical places like Virginia.
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“Paschall (the chicken) wants to get out of there!” says Jake. “Free, free, free – I gotta go, see ya!” says Amy.

Friday Blogging

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Adrian and Zel (the dynamic building duo) putting together a new computer desk for our new, accessible computer!
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Brandon and David planting some cukes! Yum.
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Spearmint Project!! We are cultivating spearmint plants on behalf of Intrepid Hospice to be distributed to local hospice patients.
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More catnip production! Our catnip project is really taking off and we are making catnip treats/toys for local kitties in need! Meeeeow! We hope the cats love it.