CVG harvest and delivery to Food Pantry 10/28/2010 314 lbs:
5th grade class from Collierville Incarnation School harvested 6 bushels of turnips and turnip greens Wednesday 10/27.
Carl harvested 1 bushel of collard greens and 1 bushel of new turnip greens this morning.
Carl took to the Food Pantry other half of the 374 lbs sweet taters dug the previous week by Incarnation School 3rd grade students, est 174 lbs, plus 140 lbs of turnips, turnips greens, and collard greens.
Total this week 314 lbs. Yeah!!!
Dave Fitzgerald, Wes Wooldridge, Jimmy Gafford, and possibly Carl, will plant garlic this weekend. Yeah!!!
Link to this weeks harvest pix:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=776627526407%3A1445845258&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee
cw
The Collierville Victory Garden and Butterfly Haven is committed to the Memphis Area Master Gardeners' mission to pass on the joy of gardening and UT Extension horticultural knowledge. Through the generosity of the Collierville Christian Church and MAMG, this Plant-A-Row for the Hungry (PAR) garden donates its vegetables to the Collierville Food Pantry, Resurrection Catholic School and Fayette County Project Outreach and its flowers to Page Robbins and Habitat for Humanity.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Harvest 10/21/2010 taken to the Food Pantry
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=828297616407%3A1699183371&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee see pix
I took to the Food Pantry little more than half the 374 lbs sweet taters dug Monday by Incarnation School 3rd grade students, est 200 lbs, will take the other est 174 next week.
Pulled and took 61 lbs turnips and greens.
Total this week 261 lbs.
See pix link above.
Sweet tater is 10 lbs, turnip is 3 lbs, volunteer policeman is about 125 lbs.
Incarnation 5th grade students will help harvest more turnips and collards next Wed 10am.
cw
I took to the Food Pantry little more than half the 374 lbs sweet taters dug Monday by Incarnation School 3rd grade students, est 200 lbs, will take the other est 174 next week.
Pulled and took 61 lbs turnips and greens.
Total this week 261 lbs.
See pix link above.
Sweet tater is 10 lbs, turnip is 3 lbs, volunteer policeman is about 125 lbs.
Incarnation 5th grade students will help harvest more turnips and collards next Wed 10am.
cw
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Victory Garden status 10/20/2010
CVG status October 2010:
The Collierville Victory Garden is beautiful, bountiful and a blessing to the needy people of our community. This month we have harvested almost a thousand pounds of fresh, tasty, sustainably grown veggies: peas, eggplants, collards, sweet taters, turnips and turnip greens.
The Jeff Golladay inspired raised humus beds have been amazing, including making it easy to simply pull the sweet taters out of the deep friable beds. We have averaged about an astounding five pounds of sweet taters per linear row foot.
We will be harvesting collards, rutabagas, onions, Bonnie hybrid cabbages, Savoy cabbages, and turnip greens deep into the season.
We have been blessed with three school groups this month coming to lift, laugh, and learn.
We will plant 30-40 varieties of garlic soon. Another fun experiment.
The Habitat For Humanity holding beds are full, and the combination of morning glories and moonflowers on the entrance trellis is breathtaking.
With much of the garden cleared, now is the time to come see and wiggle your toes in the deep humus beds.
BTW: I ate a raw okra. Deelish!
The Collierville Victory Garden is beautiful, bountiful and a blessing to the needy people of our community. This month we have harvested almost a thousand pounds of fresh, tasty, sustainably grown veggies: peas, eggplants, collards, sweet taters, turnips and turnip greens.
The Jeff Golladay inspired raised humus beds have been amazing, including making it easy to simply pull the sweet taters out of the deep friable beds. We have averaged about an astounding five pounds of sweet taters per linear row foot.
We will be harvesting collards, rutabagas, onions, Bonnie hybrid cabbages, Savoy cabbages, and turnip greens deep into the season.
We have been blessed with three school groups this month coming to lift, laugh, and learn.
We will plant 30-40 varieties of garlic soon. Another fun experiment.
The Habitat For Humanity holding beds are full, and the combination of morning glories and moonflowers on the entrance trellis is breathtaking.
With much of the garden cleared, now is the time to come see and wiggle your toes in the deep humus beds.
BTW: I ate a raw okra. Deelish!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Victory Garden harvest 313 lbs for Food Pantry 10/15/2010
CVG Update Oct 15, 2010:
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/colliervillevictorygarden/Blog: http://www.colliervillevictorygarden.org/ Send updates to me to post. These notes are posted to that blog.
Pix of this week's harvest:http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=343365706407%3A1320217995&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee
and
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=485442106407%3A958161521&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee
This week's donation:
313 lbs to the Food Pantry: 264 lbs sweet taters, 12 lbs peas, 49 lbs (2 bu ea) turnip & collard greens.
Note: 264 lbs / 64 linear feet - 4 lbs sweet taters per linear foot.
Year-to-date total donation:
1,608 + this week's 313 = 1,924 lbs YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Second of three rows of sweet taters dug last Monday by Carl and Susan & Ellen Engelbrecht. Carl harvested the peas and greens and took all to the Food Pantry.
Susanne Angelillo and some students from the ICS school will dig the remaining row of sweet taters Monday Oct 18 at 845am.
Jeff and Jimmy removed the piles of dried up plants to the compost pile.
Saturday Oct 30 at 9am we will plant garlic. Dave Fitzgerald is in charge. More than 26 varieties so far.
There is no hairy vetch seed available locally for a winter cover crop.
We have some spring bulbs to plant in the inside of plots 3 and 6 and can use more bulb donations. These will be interplanted with summer flowers in late spring.
Please send your ideas, concerns, questions, email list changes, etc to me.
Thanks,
Carl Wayne Hardeman
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/colliervillevictorygarden/Blog: http://www.colliervillevictorygarden.org/ Send updates to me to post. These notes are posted to that blog.
Pix of this week's harvest:http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=343365706407%3A1320217995&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee
and
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=485442106407%3A958161521&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee
This week's donation:
313 lbs to the Food Pantry: 264 lbs sweet taters, 12 lbs peas, 49 lbs (2 bu ea) turnip & collard greens.
Note: 264 lbs / 64 linear feet - 4 lbs sweet taters per linear foot.
Year-to-date total donation:
1,608 + this week's 313 = 1,924 lbs YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Second of three rows of sweet taters dug last Monday by Carl and Susan & Ellen Engelbrecht. Carl harvested the peas and greens and took all to the Food Pantry.
Susanne Angelillo and some students from the ICS school will dig the remaining row of sweet taters Monday Oct 18 at 845am.
Jeff and Jimmy removed the piles of dried up plants to the compost pile.
Saturday Oct 30 at 9am we will plant garlic. Dave Fitzgerald is in charge. More than 26 varieties so far.
There is no hairy vetch seed available locally for a winter cover crop.
We have some spring bulbs to plant in the inside of plots 3 and 6 and can use more bulb donations. These will be interplanted with summer flowers in late spring.
Please send your ideas, concerns, questions, email list changes, etc to me.
Thanks,
Carl Wayne Hardeman
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
greens 10/13/2010
10 pics of gorgeous greens in the Victory Garden in Collierville TN 10/13/2010http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=91248&id=1250851810&l=f89400426e
Some more garlic information
A garden in Canada has 121 varieties of garlic. DNA study shows there are only 10 distinct varieties. Main differences are strength of the taste, size, shape, color, days-until-mature, drought resistance, hard-vs-soft neck, etc. Amazingly, the money is in selling seed bulbs which range from $3 to $15 each. More than 40 varieties are listed here and doesn't include elephant garlic.
http://www.garlicfarm.ca/garlic-varieties.htm
http://www.garlicfarm.ca/article-garlic-seeds.htm
http://www.garlicfarm.ca/garlic-varieties.htm
http://www.garlicfarm.ca/article-garlic-seeds.htm
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
No vampires in the Victory Garden this winter
We are having more fun than a greenhouse full of Master Gardener interns planning and planting garlic this fall in the Victory Garden. Isn't all gardening an experiment? We grew one variety very well last winter. Dave Fitzgerald is our garlic meister!
This is a list of the varieties of garlic we have so far with several more on order.
We have 1 bulb of most and 2 of a few and get one plant, Lord willing, per clove.
We accept all donations of more bulbs and/or varieties.
We are expecting no vampires in the garden this winter.
All questions and suggestions are welcome!!!
Inchelium Red
Italian Late
Red Tochliarvi
Tochliarvi
Chamiskuri
New York White
German White
Polish Hardneck
Hnat
Theradrone
Montana Carlos
Russian Giant
Simonetti
Red Janice
Metechi
Brown Tempest
Lotus
Lorz Italian
Bavarian Purple
Chinese Purple
German Extra Hardy
Shatali
Transylvania
Shang Dong
Belarus
Leningrad
...
This is a list of the varieties of garlic we have so far with several more on order.
We have 1 bulb of most and 2 of a few and get one plant, Lord willing, per clove.
We accept all donations of more bulbs and/or varieties.
We are expecting no vampires in the garden this winter.
All questions and suggestions are welcome!!!
Inchelium Red
Italian Late
Red Tochliarvi
Tochliarvi
Chamiskuri
New York White
German White
Polish Hardneck
Hnat
Theradrone
Montana Carlos
Russian Giant
Simonetti
Red Janice
Metechi
Brown Tempest
Lotus
Lorz Italian
Bavarian Purple
Chinese Purple
German Extra Hardy
Shatali
Transylvania
Shang Dong
Belarus
Leningrad
...
Friday, October 1, 2010
Collierville Victory Garden (CVG) update 10/1/2010
CVG Update Oct 1, 2010:
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/colliervillevictorygarden/Blog (under construction): http://ccvg.blogspot.com/ Send updates to me to post.
Pic in 9/29 CA: http://www.commercialappeal.com/photos/2010/sep/29/188995/
Pix of this week's harvest:http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=153968785407%3A799573004&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee
This week's donation:
297 lbs to the Food Pantry: 251 sweet taters, 12 peas, 34 (3 bu) turnip greens.
Note: 251 lbs /72 linear feet - 3.3 lbs sweet taters per linear foot.
Note: 192 linear feet plot 6 harvested 7 bu turnip greens just by thinning them.
Note: our horticulture success is based on the new raised beds, sustainable practices, TLC, your hard work, and the donated Carbon Boost product from FBSciences in Dragonville.
Year-to-date total donation:
1,311 + this week's 297 = 1,611 lbs YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have been honored by the Memphis Area Master Gardeners as a CORE Project beginning Jan 1, 2011, which means we volunteers who are Master Gardeners get our required annual volunteer hours credited in a different category. Otherwise, no change to what we are doing or the way we do it.
We received a generous $2,500 donation we will use for all areas of the garden. Your ideas appreciated. We are considering drip irrigation system, row covers, and perhaps a small greenhouse.
This week we did harvesting, hand weeding, fertilizing, watering, put tater vines on the compost pile, picked up 30 bags of leaves/grass curbside in Dragonville, and began mulching the middles.
Next work days are sweet tater harvest Saturday Oct 9 at 9am and more winterizing Monday Oct 11 5:30pm.
Karen Dula and Troop 10429 Girl Scouts dug the sweet taters and did an excellent job. These taters are Porto Ricos.
http://henryfields.com/product.asp?pn=11397&bhcd2=1285857032
The CHS band will dig the remaining 2/3 sweet taters 9am Saturday Oct 9. These taters are Beauregards.
http://henryfields.com/sweet-potato-beauregard-/p/11386/
Remember we have an agreement with the Collierville Christian Church which includes the requirement that each volunteer annually sign a liability release waiver form. It is attached.
A little fun: Superhero Master Gardener, a.k.a Elvis Parsley) to the rescue:http://memphisareamastergardeners.org/57/1114/album.html The veggie garden needs HELP as I will be out of town from noon Saturday until next Friday night. It needs to be watered. The sprinklers will be in place, so they only need turning on then turned off after 2 hours, less'n it rains. We also need about 100 more bags of leaves/grass gathered and spread between the rows, and we need the new baby turnip greens in the middle left (south) plot thinned about 2/3's.
Dave Fitzgerald is leading our demonstration garlic garden in plot 3. We will plant sometime in October. We will have many varieties plus some sort of promo event when we harvest them next year. Ideas appreciated. Ronny Williams of Dragonville donated one bulb each of 25 varieties to add to those Dave Fitzgerald is getting.
Habitat For Humanity Team update:
Plants 4 Habitat love all the Iris donations we have received! I sent a "Thank You" card but if you could mention our appreciation in your next group email or newsletter that would be great! Also, please mention plot #7 is full so we are not excepting any more donations.
Please send your ideas, concerns, questions, email list changes, etc to me.
Thanks,
Carl Wayne Hardeman mymaters@yahoo.com
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/colliervillevictorygarden/Blog (under construction): http://ccvg.blogspot.com/ Send updates to me to post.
Pic in 9/29 CA: http://www.commercialappeal.com/photos/2010/sep/29/188995/
Pix of this week's harvest:http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=153968785407%3A799573004&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee
This week's donation:
297 lbs to the Food Pantry: 251 sweet taters, 12 peas, 34 (3 bu) turnip greens.
Note: 251 lbs /72 linear feet - 3.3 lbs sweet taters per linear foot.
Note: 192 linear feet plot 6 harvested 7 bu turnip greens just by thinning them.
Note: our horticulture success is based on the new raised beds, sustainable practices, TLC, your hard work, and the donated Carbon Boost product from FBSciences in Dragonville.
Year-to-date total donation:
1,311 + this week's 297 = 1,611 lbs YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have been honored by the Memphis Area Master Gardeners as a CORE Project beginning Jan 1, 2011, which means we volunteers who are Master Gardeners get our required annual volunteer hours credited in a different category. Otherwise, no change to what we are doing or the way we do it.
We received a generous $2,500 donation we will use for all areas of the garden. Your ideas appreciated. We are considering drip irrigation system, row covers, and perhaps a small greenhouse.
This week we did harvesting, hand weeding, fertilizing, watering, put tater vines on the compost pile, picked up 30 bags of leaves/grass curbside in Dragonville, and began mulching the middles.
Next work days are sweet tater harvest Saturday Oct 9 at 9am and more winterizing Monday Oct 11 5:30pm.
Karen Dula and Troop 10429 Girl Scouts dug the sweet taters and did an excellent job. These taters are Porto Ricos.
http://henryfields.com/product.asp?pn=11397&bhcd2=1285857032
The CHS band will dig the remaining 2/3 sweet taters 9am Saturday Oct 9. These taters are Beauregards.
http://henryfields.com/sweet-potato-beauregard-/p/11386/
Remember we have an agreement with the Collierville Christian Church which includes the requirement that each volunteer annually sign a liability release waiver form. It is attached.
A little fun: Superhero Master Gardener, a.k.a Elvis Parsley) to the rescue:http://memphisareamastergardeners.org/57/1114/album.html The veggie garden needs HELP as I will be out of town from noon Saturday until next Friday night. It needs to be watered. The sprinklers will be in place, so they only need turning on then turned off after 2 hours, less'n it rains. We also need about 100 more bags of leaves/grass gathered and spread between the rows, and we need the new baby turnip greens in the middle left (south) plot thinned about 2/3's.
Dave Fitzgerald is leading our demonstration garlic garden in plot 3. We will plant sometime in October. We will have many varieties plus some sort of promo event when we harvest them next year. Ideas appreciated. Ronny Williams of Dragonville donated one bulb each of 25 varieties to add to those Dave Fitzgerald is getting.
Habitat For Humanity Team update:
Plants 4 Habitat love all the Iris donations we have received! I sent a "Thank You" card but if you could mention our appreciation in your next group email or newsletter that would be great! Also, please mention plot #7 is full so we are not excepting any more donations.
Please send your ideas, concerns, questions, email list changes, etc to me.
Thanks,
Carl Wayne Hardeman mymaters@yahoo.com
