6/1/14 F&F Garden‏

6/1/14 Update for AACRC Faith & Food Garden Friends

Garden Helpers

•   Our garden was tended and planted yesterday, Sat., June 31^st by: Phil, Laura, Simon & Amos B., Harvey & Audrey S., Muriel L., Marie S., Janelle N., De Anna & Joey S., Barb O., and Cathy G.

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

•   There is 1 week remaining in need of someone (or a family) to tend the garden: Oct. 6!  Below I've listed the schedule, as it stood this morning, after the second service.  If you are able to tend the garden the week of Oct.6, please email me at: greencm@comcast.net

·      This year we have two people who’s weekly schedules vary.  They would like to help on an “as needed & if available” basis.  They may be called, if you need assistance:

o  Melissa Lubbers: 734-474-6822

o  Chris Adams: 734-834-8267

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

2014 Garden Schedule

June

·        2:  Green

·        9:  Boes

·      16:  Stephenson

·      23:  Stob

·       30:  VZ

July

·        7:  Learned

·      14:  Okonkwo

·      21:  Reimink

·      28:  Stephenson

August

·        4:  Newman

·      11:  Brush

·      18:  Stephenson

·       25:  Wang

September

·        1:   Shaffer

·        8:   Okonkwo

·     15:   Green

·      22:   McLaughlin

·      29:   Fichtenberg

October

·        6:  ???

·        12: fall clean-up day

2014 F & F Garden‏

Hello Faith & Food Garden Volunteers!  It's Year #4 for our Garden!

It’s that time of year again when folks are planting, tending or enjoying new growth in our outdoor environment.  Your garden organizers (Barb, Cathy & De Anna) have met and looked at the calendar for this year’s planting schedule for our Faith and Food Garden. 

We discussed the best plants to grow per Food Gatherer’s needs and our garden’s success over the last three years.  It was decided to increase the number of tomato plants, stay with the peas, beans, squash and carrots and drop the kale and collards. (To take advantage of the cool weather crop period, Barb and Cathy did get the peas planted a couple weeks ago and the recent rain has been good for to them.)

Our First Workday is May 31st at 9:30am

·    We will be planting the summer crops. Any and all are most welcome to join us.

From the time we first plant until the harvesting is completed in the fall, we will need people to water and weed and harvest. We will have a sign-up sheet in the Fellowship Hall, following both services, beginning this coming Sunday.

Thanks, look forward to see you in the garden and have a blessed week,

Cathy 

AACRC Faith & Food Garden

F&F final note: 10/2013

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

Thank You Garden Helpers

We thank everyone for another great season of gardening for others.  It's always sad to see the garden done for the year because it looked so beautiful. Not only does the garden provide food for others, it also provides beauty to our church grounds that many enjoy!

 

Deliveries to Food Gatherers 

The last few weeks 62#s were delivered for a total of 397 lbs of food delivered to Food Gatherers from AACRC this year! 

Our donations for the last 3 years:

2011: 213 pounds

2012: 420 pounds

3013: 397 pounds

Total for 3 years: 1,030#s delivered from AACRC F&F to Food Gatherers!

That's a lot of food and we should be so thankful our garden has done well.  Happy fall to all!

F&F 9/22/13‏

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

NEWS:

Fall clean-up has been moved to: October 5 at 9:30 am.

Also, the garden gate has been found open several times.  When you are at the church, would you please look to see if the garden gate needs closing and close it, if it is open.  We are almost done with the season - 2 more weeks, so not much longer to be concerned for our veggies.

Garden Helpers: 

- We thank B. Okonkwo for tending the garden last week.

- De Anna will tend the garden this week.  

Deliveries to Food Gatherers: total delivered thus far - 335 lbs.  

- 3# were delivered last 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.

- Picking the squash: wait until the vine dies back.

- 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

·      23:  De Anna

·      30:  C. Green 

October:

·      7 fall clean-up day 

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

F & F 9/17

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

Garden Helpers: Picking the squash: wait until the vine dies back.

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

- B. Okonkwo will tend the garden this week.  

 

Deliveries to Food Gatherers: total delivered thus far - 332 lbs.  

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

- 83# were delivered several weeks ago

- 27# were delivered last week

(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.

- Picking the squash: wait until the vine dies back.

- 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

·      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 9/7/13‏

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

Garden Helpers: Picking the squash: wait until the vine dies back.

- We thank W. Van Zomeren for tending the garden last week.

- H. Stob will tend the garden this week.  

 

Deliveries to Food Gatherers: total delivered thus far - 222 lbs.  

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

- 81# were delivered by Ryan two weeks ago.

- 30# were delivered last week.

(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.

- Picking the squash: wait until the vine dies back.

- 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

·      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 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