on October 15th,2011 
We harvested 854 pounds of produce as of last Saturday.
Potatoes and pumpkins were our top two producers with close to 130 pounds each. We had a lot of squash with 83 pounds of summer squash, 82 pounds of butternut squash and 12 pounds of acorn squash. We had 78 pounds of tomatoes and cherry tomatoes. While it didn’t weigh a lot - my absolute favorite was the basil - we harvested 7 pounds of basil! We grew 37 different types of produce in some quantity this year. While it is not on the spreadsheet - Carla’s chickens contributed dozens and dozens of fresh eggs from some of the happiest chickens I’ve ever had the pleasure to know… You’d be very happy too if you woke up every morning knowing that you were going to have some fantastic interfaith garden vegetables to eat every day. on October 8th,2011 by Janet Kern  Carla and her team! It was a beautiful fall morning on the Saturday of Columbus Day weekend. By 9:00, the only clue that it was no longer summer was the lack of summer harvest vegetables for the food pantry. No more beans, or eggplant… and only a few tomatoes. And the late lettuce had been eaten by the bunnies. But there were sugar pumpkins and kale, and we harvested the last of the chard. Basil and parsley were abundant too! After sending off the food to the food pantry, we drained and rolled up the hose from inside the garden,and then spread manure on the asparagus and rhubarb. Remaining work days in the garden will include taking down the wood fence around the big garden, with a plan for a bunny-proof fence next year… on October 1st,2011  Pumpkins and Pilgrims on the way to the food pantry Pumpkins and Pilgrims, some might find that to be an unusual combination, but not at the interfaith garden. We had the pleasure of having a few members of the Pilgrim Congregational high school youth group arrive at 8 AM to help out in the garden this Saturday. It takes something special to get high school students out of bed early on a gray Saturday morning. They harvested basil, parsley, eggplant, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, swiss chard and kale. They fed the chickens the cherry tomatoes that didn’t make the cut. All told we were able to deliver 33 pounds of produce including a couple dozen eggs produced by Carla’s chickens.  Pilgrim youth group members We didn’t have any broccoli this morning - the bunnies got into the garden and ate them all the previous night. Carla had been protecting 6 plants for this harvest, but somehow those pesky rabbits got past three layers of fence before we arrived. One thing that didn’t go to the food pantry was this huge mushroom growing on one of Carla’s tree stumps. One of the gardeners claimed this variety of mushroom is edible… no one wanted to give it a try – not even the bunnies.  Edible? Mushroom growing near the garden on September 26th,2011 ‘It will bring people together,’ he said. And he was right. DRIVING HOME from Boston on the afternoon of May 5, Ron and Cindy didn’t talk much. There wasn’t much to say. A team of doctors had just told them that Ron’s esophageal cancer - diagnosed only days before - was inoperable. No cure. No . . . →Read More:Life in the garden on September 24th,2011
80 pounds of produce headed to the pantry We’ve delivered 790 pounds of produce to the food pantry so far this year and 80 pounds today! We had a bumper crop of Pumpkins, Butternut Squash, Kale, Lettuce, Swiss Chard, Cucumbers, Yellow Squash, Eggplant, Tomatoes and Cherry Tomatoes. Growing . . . →Read More:September 24th Garden Report on September 17th,2011 by Amy Swanson Fall Produce on the way to the pantry Did you know that garlic buds and their cloves are actually the seed of the plant? So if you want to plant garlic, take that bud off your counter, split it into the individual cloves and plant. That is what we . . . →Read More:September 17th Garden Report on September 10th,2011 by Amy Swanson Volunteers from: First Parish, Follen, Islamic Center of Wayland, assisted by other volunteers from the community Loading the Cart 144 pounds. That was how many pounds we delivered to the Lexington Food Pantry on Saturday! Plus a dozen fresh eggs from the resident hens of 5 Harrington. . . . →Read More:September 10th Garden Report on August 20th,2011 by Amy Swanson Harvest heading to the pantry “Serendipitous”. That was what I was thinking as I walked home after working at theInterfaith Garden. With many experienced hands this morning, we were done with all the harvesting, cleaning, delivering and weeding well before 9:30am. So it gave a few of us time to shoot the breeze . . . →Read More:August 20th Garden Report on August 6th,2011 Volunteers from Hancock, First Baptist, First Parish Harvest Produce in the garden's new cart Today’s cartload included: onions, garlic, radishes, cherry and regular tomatoes, red potatoes, basil, cucumbers, eggplant, crooked neck squash, yellow squash, eggs, peppers, flowers, parsley, and acorn squash. Over 45 pounds were picked and delivered. Included was almost 3 pounds of tomatoes, . . . →Read More:August 6th Garden Report on July 16th,2011 by Mark Sandeen It would be hard to imagine better days for working in the garden than we’ve had the last couple of Saturdays. Cool,crisp air –Blue skies –and lots of friendly people. I thought you might be interested in how we are doing this year compared to last year at this . . . →Read More:Harvest Report | |
