Volunteers from Chinese Bible Church, Follen, Redeemer, First Baptist and Hancock
Weather: Nice cool fall day. Damp due to the hour, but soon dissipated.
Harvested today: 220 pounds including broccoli, beans, eggplant, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, Swiss chard, cabbage, pumpkins, bok choy, butternut squash, acorn squash, radishes, scallions, kale, green peppers, arugula, and parsley.
What a wild morning! We had so much to take over to the Lexington Food Pantry that it required 4 carts to hold all the produce. That’s unusual. If it had happened last Saturday I wouldn’t have been so surprised. After all, last week was a catch-up since the garden had been closed the prior Saturday due to the Labor Day holiday. But we only harvested 108 pounds last Saturday
vs. 220 lbs. today. Go figure. I guess it was just timing. For instance, this week cabbage and squashes
were ready. With so many carts, it meant we had twice the number of volunteers involved delivering. 9 of us got to see the newly renovated space that the Pantry just moved back into at Church of our Redeemer. Very nice!
 Janet’s back! We are glad to see her back at the Garden after missing her these past months. |
 What do you do after the picking is done? Weeding. There’s always something to weed. |
 Everything goes faster when working together. |
It doesn’t seem right if we don’t bring flowers along with our vegetables to the Pantry. I thought we had cut all the flowers last week, but look at all the new blooms.
See Carla smiling? I didn’t do a very good job cutting the broccoli. Carla, as sweeper, found a lot more I’d missed. Ha! That’s the difference between an experienced gardener and an inexperienced one. Good thing there is a mix of both each morning.
Peach season is over at the Garden. It was time for Tom to dismantle the protective netting and put it away until next year.