Greetings
Garden Friends!
There is
no denying that fall is just around the corner (or is already here!) In the garden, we have been prepping for and
planting our fall crops over the past couple of weeks and look forward to a
plentiful harvest throughout the upcoming season!
We are
still enjoying many of our summer fruits to include tomatoes, beans, leeks,
basil, eggplant, peppers, and Concord grapes!
We have also begun harvesting early plantings of spinach and salad mix
and will be digging up our sweet potatoes later this month!
Our summer garden/community workshop entitled
“Packing in the Nutrition, Not Packing On the Pounds” was filled with many
blessings and helpful
information about healthful meal planning along with how to include the
kids! Garden member, certified nutritionist, and holistic coach, Traci
Philips led the event this past Saturday in which Traci’s husband and 6 year
old daughter Madi, also shared their thoughts on the subject along with a
juicing demonstration to include tasters!
Our 5th annual Fall Harvest Dinner
is September 14th from 6-8pm at the Concord UMC fellowship
hall. Mark your calendars and invite your friends to join us for an evening of fellowship and celebration of another year of abundant harvests as we feast on delicious dishes from“around the garden.”
Our
brick pizza oven is almost complete! Tentative plans are underway for a pizza
making workshop/party soon! We are so
thankful to Kyle Gault and his family (and John Bradshaw!) for the HOURS that
they endured through the planning and building process in working towards
Kyle’s Boy Scout Eagle badge. Donations are prayerfully requested too help offset the under budged materials costs!
What
an amazing year we have had together in the working and taking care of God’s
creation while sharing His love with many!
It is never too late to join the garden if you haven’t already! The fall membership fee is only $10
per family with a commitment to work 1 hour per week (or 4 hours per month) for
a share of the day’s harvest. Our garden
work days are Tues/Thurs 5:30 – 7:30 pm and Saturday 9-noon. No green thumb required…all instructions and
tools provided. Come grow with us...it WILL be good!
Many garden blessings,
Donna Poe, Garden Coordinator
