Update

Friends,

Last week I took 36 pounds of food to Food Gatherers.  There are just a few tomatoes, carrots, and all the squash remaining.

This week the Brehobs are taking care of the garden.  We can be very thankful that God has given us plenty of rain to make our tasks a bit easier.

I will be speaking with Barb and Muriel about our clean-up date, which needs to be postponed, to allow the squash to continue to grow.  In the meantime, if any of the plants (other than the squash) look spent, we can extract them and put them in the compost bin.

We do need 2 volunteers - someone to volunteer to tend the garden next week, the week of Oct 3rd, and the following week, the week of Oct. 10th.  Please let me know if you are willing and able to help in on of those slots.  I am hoping a 2-3 week extension on the garden will be enough time for the squash, so we can get all done before November.

Thanks so much,
Cathy

Update

Friends,

We thank Kathy G. for tending the garden last week and I am tending it this week.  We also thank Barb O. for getting the compost bin for the garden waste.  If it is your week, please take the bin to the street Tuesday - pick-up is Wednesday morning.

Just a quick note to let you know:

• Last week Kathy took 30 pounds of food to Food Gatherers
• Today I took 23 pounds
• I took the rest of the Kale and Collards, so they are done
• What's left are a few tomatoes, carrots and squash
• Our final clean-up day may have to be extended into October, as the squash continues to grow.  It is suggested that the squash be picked: 1 - if the vines brown out & die  or  2 - after the first frost.  So we will have to wait and see.

Thanks again for helping to make this a successful first year,
Cathy

Update

Hello Faith & Food Gardeners!

I hope we all are enjoying the sunshine today, I know I sure am!

This past week the Okonkwos tended the garden - thank you!  They had a very productive week, taking 37 pounds of food from our garden to Food Gatherers. That is wonderful!
This week, Kathy Gottschalk will take care of the garden. 

Victor Chen would like to get some of the youth involved in the harvesting/delivering our produce to Food Gatherers, so, if you are taking care of the garden in the next few weeks, he may be getting in touch with you.  Thanks Victor, for facilitating the youth involvement.

I spoke briefly with Michael today at church and he said he will have the sign rehung some time this week.  Thanks, Michael, for noticing and tending to the needed repair.

I haven't received any other information to share, so I am going to assume all is going well in the garden.

Have a great week,
Cathy

Update

Hello Faith & Food Volunteers!

I hope you are enjoying this Labor Day Weekend!

Some of you may have noticed our sign is gone.  Michael has taken it down to do some repairs and will return it when all is ready.  I have to admit, the fence looks a bit bare without the sign.

We want to thank the Okonkwos for tending the garden this past week and they will continue for next week.

Our Garden has been enjoying the weather and producing very well.  One week ago, Katrina delivered almost 6 pounds of produce to Food Gatherers, two weeks ago Marie delivered about 5 pounds of veggies and this past week, Barb delivered a whopping 20.7 pounds of veggies from our garden.  HOW WONDERFUL! 
Here's a little story from this past Thursday.  During the Thursday morning Craft Club, we enjoyed watching two fawns foraging around the picnic table and under the conifers.  Later that day, Barb and I received an email from Rachel saying she had seen them munching around the outside of the garden.  Then Barb let us know that some of the squash had been growing out of the garden and was now gone!  So, Barb has pulled all the squash away from the fence.  As cute as the deer are, we want to feed folks, not fawn. : )

I hope the first week back to school, for some of your children, goes smoothly and that all enjoy this first full week of September.  In no time at all, it will be October and most of the growing season will be done.  May we enjoy the rest of our first season of gardening together!

Blessings to all,
Cathy