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var majorCaption  = new Array( 'The Grays are our first winners in the Lawns to Gardens contest. First on the list for the transformation is to get rid of the grass! Here we have Jamie Gray enthusiastic about Shad tilling up his lawn! The tiller we are using is a MTD low emissions tiller, purchased through our local Irly store.', 'The tilling took several rounds. Generally, the grass would be removed as the top layer then tilling would begin. However, the grass clippings themselves being tilled back into the soil provides a large amount of the nutrients in the first year of gardening when land has been grass for so long.', 'The Lawns to Gardens and Food Security project coordinator, Aimee, is pleased to be back in the dirt and out of the office! Here we are collecting all of the sod that we can pile to plant squash into. The squash will also help to break down the grass and make soil we will then put back into the garden!', 'Ethan Gray is a natural gardener. He was very excited to get right in there and help with building the soil up. He was also very accurate in making sure all the worms stayed in the garden so they could keep working at building high quality soil.', '', 'Jamie is very enthusiastic about his grass being transformed into a garden. Yipee!', '', 'They say it takes a community to raise a child, here we say it takes a child to really get the garden job done!', 'We were eager to get some yummy greens in the ground, so while Jamie continues the tilling, Ethan and I venture over to a garden bed built the year previous and plant a salad mix.', 'Apparently Ethan couldn\'t wait for the salad to be ready and decided the dirt looked good enough to eat.', 'Mama bear Tara Gray is assessing her new playground, thinking \"hhmmm, I can plant peas over there, some lettuce here, beans, celery, corn…oh my and little Sidney is kicking for the raspberries!', 'We have dug some trenches to help capture water for the roots. We want to maximize all water use in the gardens. With trenches we can fill with straw that will also keep any water from evaporating while making it available for the roots once plants are established.', 'Here we can see the massive squash pile that was built with the sod/grass removed from the area. We have used recycled lumber tarps from the local hardware store, also where we purchased most of our supplies. Once the sod was piled, we put manure on top, covered and planted squash through the tarps. The squash will provide food while breaking down the soil for next year.', 'Here we have tomatoes, peppers and basil all covered to keep the chilling mountain air out and the warmth of the day in. These crops also do not like water on their leaves, so covering them while raining keeps them healthy. Tomatoes especially are susceptible to blight with wet leaves and cool temperatures. Once they are established, they are not so sensitive.', 'Voila! A few weeks later and everything is growing! Our mountainous region offers cool Junes, then hot July\'s. We are always slightly challenged to get things in the ground and well watered in time for the heat. We also had a few lightning storms and lightning increases the amount of nitrogen offered through the soil, thus things were more than happy to jump ahead once the elements lined up.', 'We focused on companion and biointensive methods of planting. With biointensive, we maximize space use while also diminishing space for weeds. Companion plantings help repel unbeneficial bugs, put plants together that have natural symbiotic relationships and overall create the atmosphere where nature can work her magic best. The companions you can see in this photo are carrots and onions, the onions help repel the carrot rust fly which is popular in this region. Cabbages and potatoes, cauliflower and potatoes, beans and corn, tomatoes and basil, all together in this garden we have planted: Peppers, brussel sprouts, basil, tomatoes, celery, beets, carrots, onions, cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes, corn, beans, peas, broccoli, salad mix and cucumbers. As well, there are garlic, raspberries, grapes and strawberries in the Gray\'s garden. We will also be adding a perennial herb box.', 'Here we have bent over the potatoes and mulched them to give more space to the large cabbage and cauliflowers, but also because every leaf on a potatoes has potential to produce a potato! With mulch, we hope that they will double the yield.', 'Yeah! Our apprentice Jasanna says, with Tara and baby Sidney and Lindsay our garden assistant. The garden is planted and awaiting fruits! Also worth mentioning, you may notice that pathways are all covered in landscape clothe, this will help minimize any weeding of plants that may come up along the edges of the garden.' );
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