We are all about tomatoes now in the garden as we have been enjoying abundant harvests and had great fellowship at our Tomato Sandwich Supper this past Friday night! Brandywine, Amish Paste, Rutgers, Amana Orange, Valencia, and Yellow Pear Cherry are now readily picked with the Mortgage Lifters, German Johnson, and Longkeepers to be maturing in succession through the remaining summer into fall. We are also enjoying lots of leeks, plenty of peppers, bucketful’s of cukes, bounties of basil, still some blueberries, clusters of grapes, and three colors of beans! In a couple of weeks, our edamame beans should be ready along with some cantaloupes with the watermelons shortly following.
Our chickens have been behaving themselves since we topped their run with a roof. They too enjoy our regular harvests along with the extra donations of treats from all of you! They love stale bread, tomatoes, cantaloupe, and especially watermelon! At our recent Garden Gritz while "Chatting About Our Chickens", 4 eggs were discovered in one of the nesting boxes. Hadn't checked recently because we thought they had another month to mature! Looking forward to dozens more soon from the rest of the flock!
The kidz have been enjoying summer garden fun with our water fun nights and Kidz Thyme which have switched for the season. Kidz Thyme is now on Monday’s from 6-7pm and we then slide on Wednesdays. Garden Gritz will also be on Monday nights at 6:30.
We enjoyed Part II of “Nurturing our Nutrition” yesterday with an amazing presentation by Ron Veitel, the general manager and seasoned nutritionist from Saxapahaw General Store on “The Circle of Nutrition”. His talk provided a detailed understanding of how we are connected to God's creation through a circle of rhythm, cycles,and seasons, the plants and animals He provides, our call to take care of His creation to include our own bodies, and the effects of healthy eating verses non. Part III of our summer series on nutrition is scheduled for Saturday, 8/20 from 12-2pm with a canning class given by Jessica Oswald from the Alamance County Extension Agency.
We also look forward to our 3rd Annual Harvest Celebration Dinner scheduled for 8/26 from 6-8pm. Also our fall season registration begins September 1st with a full menu of crops planned with some already started! It is never too late to join the garden!
Thank you everyone for your continued help, support, donations, and prayers for The Garden of Concord!
It WILL be good!
-Donna Poe
