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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 . . . →Read More:October 15th Garden Report 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 . . . →Read More:October 8th Garden Report 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 . . . →Read More:October 1st Garden Report ‘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 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 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 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 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 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 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 | ||||
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