F&F 5/30/15 Garden Planting Day‏

5/30/15 Update for AACRC Faith & Food Garden Friends

What a great day it was for Harvey & Audrey S., Marie S., Janelle N., De Anna & Joey S., Barb O., and Cathy G. to plant our Faith and Food Garden!  We finished before the full gentle rain that lasted a short time.  Perfect for a first watering from God. 

Garden Helpers 

•   C. Green will tend the garden this coming week.

•   There are 7 weeks remaining in need of someone (or a family) to tend the garden.  August, September and October need many helpers. Below I've listed the schedule, as it stood this morning.  If you are able to tend the garden for any of the remaining weeks, please email me at: greencm@comcast.net

  

Watering

Please turn the water on and off at the church spigot.  

We welcome those who are new to tending the F & F Garden.  If you have questions about what you are to do, please contact one of the following for assistance.

• Barb Okonkwo: 734-769-9659
• Cathy Green: 734-678-2445
• De Anna Stephenson: 734-483-4133

2015 Garden Schedule

June

•         1:  Green
•         8:  Learned
•       15:  Buiten
•       22:  Boes
•      29:  VZ

July

•         6:  Stob
•       13:  Okonkwo
•       20:  Reimink
•       27:  Ijzerman & Skurka

August

•         3:  Stephenson
•       10:  Newman
•       17:  Shaffer
•      24: 
•      31:

September

•         7:  
•      14:  
•       21:  Okonkwo
•       28:  

October

•         5:  Green
•      12: 
•     17: fall clean-up day

• This year we have one person who has offered to sub, should you need one.  She may be called or emailed, if you need assistance:

• De Anna Stephenson - 734-678-9567

Enjoying serving with you.  Have a blessed week!

Cathy Green for AACRC Faith & Food Garden             

Faith & Food 2015‏

Greetings to ALL the past AACRC Faith & Food Gardener Volunteers!

It's that time of year when gardeners get excited, get their hands dirty and look forward to the blessings God bestows on us with the harvesting of His produce. For our first four years participating in Faith and Food Gardens, our church was able to donate over 1,000 pounds of produce to Food Gatherers for people in our community!

• 2011: 213 pounds
• 2012: 420 pounds
• 2013: 426 pounds
• 2014: 380 pounds
• Grand total: 1,439#

As in the past, from the time we first plant until the harvesting is completed in the fall, we will need people to water, weed, harvest and deliver the produce to Food Gatherers. Many have signed up to tend the garden, but 8 weeks are still open. They are:

• 8/17 – 8/22
• 8/24 – 9/29
• 8/31 – 9/5
• 9/7 – 9/12
• 9/14 – 9-19
• 9/28 – 10/3
• 10/5 – 10/-10
• 10/12 – 10/16

As noted in the church Bulletin, Our First Group Garden Planting Work Day is planned for this Saturday, May 30^th at 9:30.  We will be:

• •   Planting the summer crops - tomatoes, squash, carrots & beans
• •   Planting the flower containers & marigolds

This year’s schedule is:

• 1^st Group Workday: Planting – May 30^st at 9:30am
• Growing Season needs – weekly tending of the garden
• 2^nd Group Workday: Fall Garden Clean-up – October 17 at 9:30am

Please consider enjoying tending the garden again this year.  

Working, with you, to be the hands and feet of Jesus,

Cathy