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by Barbara Munkres Blue sky and sunshine and a few low-lying clouds from the morning fog greeted us at the garden today. The breeze was cooler and drier than earlier this week. We appreciated that! Everything has grown,especially the tall asparagus fronds,which needed to be tied back. A bok choy bed was ready . . . →Read More:July 9th Garden Report by Janet Lane Despite pouring rain and loud thunderstorms at 7:30, Carla was in the garden by 8:00 and by 8:30 all of us had straggled in to harvest the abundance. Once all was picked, the peas sorted, and greens washed, by 9:00 some 24 pounds of produce were delivered to the food pantry (peas, . . . →Read More:June 25th Garden Report by Amy Swanson About 18 pounds of produce was delivered this morning to the pantry: herbs (dill, parsley, mint, thyme), chard, bok choy, beets, radishes, edible pods, oriental peapods, shelled peas, lettuce heads, looseleaf lettuce, and scallions. Carla also contributed 13 freshly laid eggs! It was fortunate that Omar came early to help Carla get . . . →Read More:June 18th Garden Report Eli &Peter Watering the garden Pilgrim,First Baptist and Redeemer sent volunteers to work this beautiful morning. In addition,we had extra hands from Hancock and St. Brigid’s,as well as Eli,a Boy Scout who has been working on a community service badge and regularly helping out. Carla . . . →Read More:June 4th Garden Report by Amy Swanson On May 24th seven people signed up to work in the interfaith garden. We continued hilling up the potatoes,weeding the small garden,and finished the spinach harvest. The spinach bed was then re-manured and fertilized and dug and raked over to prepare it to receive a second crop rotation. The kids . . . →Read More:May 24th Garden Report by Janet Kern Weather –cold and wet ;enough said. Nevertheless we had six volunteers from Temple Emunah and Church of Our Redeemer. Carla gave a tour of the gardens for the new volunteers,who were amazed that the garden had already yielded spinach,rhubarb and chard for the Food Pantry. Using an old . . . →Read More:May 17th Garden Report by Barbara Munkres On this cloudy,cool day volunteers from Hancock and Pilgrim joined to cultivate and weed at the garden. In addition,more beans were planted in rows where there were gaps in the young seedlings. Lettuce Strawberries are looking great! Two types of squash,watermelon and . . . →Read More:May 14th Garden Report Volunteers at the Garden Watering the Zucchini This Saturday,a group of volunteers from Hancock Church,Lexington Catholic Community and our local boy scout troop met at the Interfaith Garden on a beautiful spring morning to do some planting,weeding and harvesting in the garden. We . . . →Read More:May 7th Garden Report by Barbara Munkres There were about ten helpers at the Garden Tuesday,a pleasant day for working….not too hot,cold or windy. Temple Emunah provided most of the workers,with Pilgrim Church providing three. There was plenty to do:Eli,who is working on a Boy Scout badge in gardening,has been at . . . →Read More:May 3rd Garden Report by Amy Swanson Volunteers from:Hancock and First Parish Digging Potato Furrows Planting Potatoes Main task of the day:Plant 3 varieties of potatoes including Red Norlands,Golden Yukon and Katahdins
Harriet volunteered to prep the seed potatoes. They look like baby potatoes with a lot of eyes. . . . →Read More:April 19th Garden Report | ||||
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