A note from Wayne

My gardening book says that beans climb counter clockwise.  Train them around the twine counter clockwise.    

The garden looks great.   

Keep up the good work.  

Wayne

F&F 7/29/13‏

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

Garden Helpers

- We thank M. Shaffer for tending the garden last week.

- J. Newman will tend the garden this week.  

 

Deliveries to Food Gatherers: total delivered thus far: 34.5 lbs.  

(Be sure to ask for a receipt from Food Gatherers when you make a delivery. Place in my church mail box.)

- 4 lbs. of veggies were delivered from the Okonkwo's garden for our F&F garden.

- 12 lbs of veggies were delivered from Wayne Van Zomeren's garden for our F&F garden.

If you, too, have a garden that is doing well and want to contribute some of your harvest to Food Gatherers in our church's name, just take your produce to Food Gatherers, ask to credit it to AACRC Faith & Food Garden account and be sure to ask for a receipt to put in my church mailbox.

 

Garden Tasks - important tips

For the new (and old) Faith and Food Gardeners, here are some of the things to do while tending the garden:

- Water & weed each bed for at least 4 min - we want to saturate the soil, not just top it with water

- Dead-head the flowers: this means to remove the spent or dead flower heads so the plant will keep producing new

  flowers.  Dead flower heads can be put in the compost bin.

- Check the tomatoes and gently pull the leaves/stems up through the cages to support the plant for future weight

  from the tomatoes

- Encourage the pole beans up the twine.

- Check the leaves of all the plants.  If you see holes appearing, then the plant is being enjoyed by some insect and

  we don't want that.  There is organic spray in the chest.  Spray each side of the leaves and respray after a rain.

- Turn the water off at the church spigot.

- Close the gate.

Schedule - Thanks to all who have volunteered to tend the garden this year.  We are set for this season!!!

July

·      29:  J. Newman

August

·      5:  H. Stob

·      12: V. Kulkarni

·      19:  B. Okonkwo

·      26:  R. Boes

September

·      2:  W. Van Zomeren

·      9:   H. Stob

·      16:  B. Okonkwo

·      23:  De Anna

·      30:  C. Green 

October:

·      7:  De Anna

·      12 fall clean-up day 

 

Enjoying serving with you.  Thanks and have a blessed week!

Cathy Green     

Share the love you have!

F&F 7/22/13‏

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

Garden Helpers

- We thank B. Buiten for tending the garden last week, pulling the peas and planting bush beans.  She had help from Barb Okonkwo.  Thanks ladies!

- M. Shaffer will tend the garden this week.  

 

Deliveries to Food Gatherers: total delivered thus far: 18.5 lbs.  

(Be sure to ask for a receipt from Food Gatherers when you make a delivery. Place in my church mail box.)

- 2 lbs. of peas were delivered to Food Gatherers this week!!!

- 1.5 lbs of veggies were delivered from Wayne Van Zomeren's garden for our F&F garden

 

Garden Tasks - important tips

For the new (and old) Faith and Food Gardeners, here are some of the things to do while tending the garden:

- Water & weed each bed for at least 4 min - we want to saturate the soil, not just top it with water

- Dead-head the flowers: this means to remove the spent or dead flower heads so the plant will keep producing new

  flowers.  Dead flower heads can be put in the compost bin.

- Check the tomatoes and gently pull the leaves/stems up through the cages to support the plant for future weight

  from the tomatoes

- Encourage the pole beans up the twine.

- Check the leaves of all the plants.  If you see holes appearing, then the plant is being enjoyed by some insect and

  we don't want that.  There is organic spray in the chest.  Spray each side of the leaves and respray after a rain.

- Turn the water off at the church spigot.

- Close the gate.

Schedule - Thanks to all who have volunteered to tend the garden this year.  We are set for this season!!!

July

·      22:  M. Shaffer         

·      29:  J. Newman

August

·      5:  H. Stob

·      12: V. Kulkarni

·      19:  B. Okonkwo

·      26:  R. Boes

September

·      2:  W. Van Zomeren

·      9:   H. Stob

·      16:  B. Okonkwo

·      23:  De Anna

·      30:  C. Green 

October:

·      7:  De Anna

·      12 fall clean-up day 

 

Enjoying serving with you.  Thanks and have a blessed week!

Cathy Green     

Share the love you have!

F&F 7/13‏

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

Garden Helpers

- We thank M. Learned for tending the garden last week. 

- B. Buiten will tend the garden this week.  Barb - please pull out the peas and plant bush beans.  Barb O. will get the seeds to you.

 

Deliveries to Food Gatherers: total delivered thus far: 15 lbs.  

(Be sure to ask for a receipt from Food Gatherers when you make a delivery. Place in my church mail box.)

- 2 lbs. of peas were delivered to Food Gatherers this week!!!

 

Garden Tasks - important tips

For the new (and old) Faith and Food Gardeners, here are some of the things to do while tending the garden:

- Water & weed each bed for at least 4 min - we want to saturate the soil, not just top it with water

- Dead-head the flowers: this means to remove the spent or dead flower heads so the plant will keep producing new

  flowers.  Dead flower heads can be put in the compost bin.

- Check the tomatoes and gently pull the leaves/stems up through the cages to support the plant for future weight

  from the tomatoes

- Encourage the pole beans up the twine.

- Check the leaves of all the plants.  If you see holes appearing, then the plant is being enjoyed by some insect and

  we don't want that.  There is organic spray in the chest.  Spray each side of the leaves and respray after a rain.

- Turn the water off at the church spigot.

- Close the gate.

Schedule - Thanks to all who have volunteered to tend the garden this year.  We are set for this season!!!

July

·      15:  B. Buiten

·      22:  M. Shaffer         

·      29:  J. Newman

August

·      5:  H. Stob

·      12: V. Kulkarni

·      19:  B. Okonkwo

·      26:  R. Boes

September

·      2:  W. Van Zomeren

·      9:   H. Stob

·      16:  B. Okonkwo

·      23:  De Anna

·      30:  C. Green 

October:

·      7:  De Anna

·      12 fall clean-up day 

 

Enjoying serving with you.  Thanks and have a blessed week!

Cathy Green     

Share the love you have!

F&F 7-7-13‏

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

Garden Helpers

•   We thank K. Kim for tending the garden last week. 

•   M. Learned will tend the garden this week.

 

 Deliveries  

  1 lb. of peas were delivered to Food Gatherers!!!

 

Garden Tasks - important tips

For the new (and old) Faith and Food Gardeners, here are some of the things to do while tending the garden:

- Water & weed each bed for at least 4 min - we want to saturate the soil, not just top it with water

- Dead-head the flowers: this means to remove the spent or dead flower heads so the plant will keep producing new

  flowers.  Dead flower heads can be put in the compost bin.

- Check the tomatoes and gently pull the leaves/stems up through the cages to support the plant for future weight

  from the tomatoes

- Check the leaves of all the plants.  If you see holes appearing, then the plant is being enjoyed by some insect and

  we don't want that.  There is organic spray in the chest.  Spray each side of the leaves and respray after a rain.

- Turn the water off at the church spigot.

- Close the gate.

Schedule - Thanks to all who have volunteered to tend the garden this year.  We are set for this season!!!

July

·      8:  M. Learned

·      15:  B. Buiten

·      22:  M. Shaffer         

·      29:  J. Newman

August

·      5:  H. Stob

·      12: V. Kulkarni

·      19:  B. Okonkwo

·      26:  R. Boes

September

·      2:  W. Van Zomeren

·      9:   H. Stob

·      16:  B. Okonkwo

·      23:  De Anna

·      30:  C. Green 

October:

·      7:  De Anna

·      12 fall clean-up day 

 

Enjoying serving with you.  Thanks and have a blessed week!

Cathy Green     

F&F update 7/1/13

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

Garden Helpers

•   We thank the Stephenson family for tending the garden last week. 

•   K. Kim will tend the garden this week.

 

 Deliveries

I had the pleasure of picking snap peas with the Stephenson family this past week.  

  5 lbs. of peas were delivered to Food Gatherers!!!

 

Garden Tasks - important tips

For the new (and old) Faith and Food Gardeners, here are some of the things to do while tending the garden:

- Water each bed for at least 4 min - we want to saturate the soil, not just top it with water

- Dead-head the flowers: this means to remove the spent or dead flower heads so the plant will keep producing new

  flowers.  Dead flower heads can be put in the compost bin.

- Check the tomatoes and gently pull the leaves/stems up through the cages to support the plant for future weight

from the tomatoes

- Check the leaves of all the plants.  If you see holes appearing, then the plant is being enjoyed by some insect and

we don't want that.  There is organic spray in the chest.  Spray each side of the leaves and respray after a rain.

Schedule - Thanks to all who have volunteered to tend the garden this year.  We are set for this season!!!

July

·      1:  K. Kim

·      8:  M. Learned

·      15:  B. Buiten

·      22:  M. Shaffer         

·      29:  J. Newman

August

·      5:  H. Stob

·      12: V. Kulkarni

·      19:  B. Okonkwo

·      26:  R. Boes

September

·      2:  W. Van Zomeren

·      9:   H. Stob

·      16:  B. Okonkwo

·      23:  De Anna

·      30:  C. Green 

October:

·      7:  De Anna

·      12 fall clean-up day

 

 Reminder

This year we have been asked to turn the water on and off at the church spigot.  

 

Enjoying serving with you.  Thanks and have a blessed week!

 

Cathy Green