A Photo-history of Mirrormont Pea Patch
our organic community garden
2010
Building Raised Beds
Project Team: Betsy Dahlstrom with Kevin Mashek (Project Managers); Diane & Alec Mashek, Liz Bromley, Carol Vekich, Yvette Cardozo, Chrissie Dahlstrom
Liz Bromley, Betsy & Chrissie Dahlstrom building raised beds with lumber from Issaquah Cedar & Lumber
Kevin & Diane Mashek, Yvette Cardozo: sawing and loading raised bed frames
Betsy Dahlstrom, Linda Shepherd, Yvette Cardozo, Liz Bromley, Kevin Mashek
First Annual Pea Patch Plot Pickin’ Potluck Party
Maryfrances Lignana, our hostess
Terry Garrido, Meg & Chas Wade, Yvette Cardozo, Rob Keystone
Betsy Dahlstrom, Chas Wade, Martha Pinsky, Liz Bromley, Meg Wade, Terry Garrido, Dave Dahlstrom
Access Road
Project Team: Meg Wade, Linda Shepherd, Ben Pinsky, Terry Meyer
Terry Meyer operating bulldozer to move native plants to clear space an access road to the back of the Pea Patch
Cleared avenue
Completed access road with our first delivery of 13 cubic yards of Cedar Grove Compost Vegetable Garden Mix
Staking Out Unframed Plots
Deer Fence & Rodent Barrier Installation
Project Team: Joe Lapping (Project Manager), Chas & Meg Wade, Linda Shepherd, Betsy Dahlstrom, Bryan Stempson
Trench-digging Team: Sam, Adam & Ben Pinsky
Trench for rodent barrier
Joe Lapping, Project Manager for fence installation
Fence Installation Team: Chas & Meg Wade, Linda Shepherd, Betsy Dahlstrom
Framing Plots & Filling Raised Beds
Raised beds filled with Cedar Grove Vegetable Garden Mix
Diane & Kevin Mashek’s square-foot gardening bed dedicated to the Issaquah Food Bank
Betsy Dahlstrom building a rock wall to frame her plot 
PLANTING!
Betsy’s strawberries in Cedar Grove Vegetable Garden Mix
Liz Bromley’s Asparagus Alley
Junior Gardeners plant sunflowers at a picnic table donated by Heidi & Larry Paradis
Picnic table donated by Robin Spicer
Plot Styles
Yvette Cardozo’s bed with potato towers and protected tomatoes
Peggy Moe, Jan & Rick Quandt share a plot
Diane Mashek’s garden dedicated to the Issaquah Food Bank uses “Square-foot gardening”
Linda Shepherd’s plot uses “keyholes”, a permaculture design strategy
Betsy Dahlstrom’s vertical structures and scarecrow
ScaryGirls at the Junior Gardener’s plot, which Meg Wade oversees
Plant Sale
Shoppers contribute $492 toward our tool shed
Diane Mashek
Maryfrances Lignana
Brit Briggs tending the Raffle table