F & F 9/2/13‏

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

Garden Helpers

- We thank V. Kulkarni, B. Okonkwo and R. Boes for tending the garden the last few weeks.

- W. Van Zomeren will tend the garden this week.  

 

Deliveries to Food Gatherers: total delivered thus far - 121 lbs.  

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

- 11 lbs of veggies were delivered by Barb O.  

- 17# & 13# were delivered by Wayne from his garden.

- 4#, 12#, 17#, 11#, were delivered by others for a grand total of 85# in the last few weeks!!!  WOW!!! Thanks for all the receipts - sure makes calculating and record keeping soooo much easier.

(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!!!

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