Our gardens teach campers the incredible abundance the Earth can provide; how work, patience, and a little know-how born from experience can turn dirt into food. And oh what food! There is no tomato so good as one picked and eaten on the spot, no potato like the one you dug that afternoon to be cooked that night for dinner.Two large organic gardens supply us with fresh produce throughout the summer. Tomatoes, carrots, peas, beans, cabbage, potatoes, corn, and much more are grown and harvested by campers and staff. The gardens are always open, for everyone to enjoy, to work, or just to visit. Planting, weeding, watering, harvesting, and (of course) eating vegetables are activities enjoyed by all.
We supplement the soil with compost made from lawn clippings, kitchen scraps, sawdust from our sawmill, and manure collected as we clean the corrals. Along with vegetables, fruit trees and flowers thrive in the long warmth of summer’s days. Late in the summer, we can pears and make apples sauce to store and serve next year.