6th Street School Garden Shed Party
Sixth Street Garden Shed Party
Elena Mitchel (center), FoodCorps Service Member and garden guru, directs Volunteer Center volunteers in an old fashioned "shed raising."
Sixth Street Garden Shed Party
And the sides of the shed take shape!
Sixth Street Garden Shed Party
The Sixth Street School kids learn to build, as well as how to make their garden grow!
Sixth Street Garden Shed Party
Nehemiah Udero of Sixth Street School shows off a radish, a harbinger of the produce to come from the Sixth Street School Garden this spring.
Sixth Street Garden Shed Party
Men and boy with hammers add sides to the garden shed floor (left to right): Mike Madigan, Neremiah Udero, Lucien Horowitz, and Nick Prince.
Sixth Street Garden Shed Party
Volunteers Lucien Horowitz (left) and Barb Fila (right) lend their expertise and look a little dangerous, as the new garden shed takes shape in the background.
Sixth Street Garden Shed Party
A team effort raises the garden shed roof!
Sixth Street Garden Shed Party
Volunteer Nick Prince places the finishing touches on the Sixth Street School's new garden shed: its roof shingles.
Silver City, NM -- In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and MLK National Day of Service on Jan. 19, the Sixth Street Garden Program held two work days to build a shed for the garden. (See the Beat's article on the Sixth Street Garden Program, "The 'Veggie Rainbow Garden' Blooms at Sixth Street School.")