8/18/13‏

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

Garden Helpers

- We thank H. Stob & V. Kulkarni for tending the garden last week.

- B. Okonkwo will tend the garden this week.  

 

Deliveries to Food Gatherers: total delivered thus far - 40 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 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.)

Harvesting Note

For our new gardeners (and eager learners)

Tomatoes get picked when they are a nice red. This may be happening very soon, if not already.

Squash gets harvested when the vines turn brown and die back - late fall.

Beans are picked while still young and tender and before the seeds inside are visibly evident when looking at the pod. 

Carrots get picked when they are about ¾ of an inch across at the top, just below the green stem  The orange of the carrot may be sticking above the ground.

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!!!

August

·      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     

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