CVG Harvest and Progress November 30 - December 6, 2015

Upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities: 

Monday — 2 pm - 4 pm

Thursday — 8 am - 10 am 

Can you donate?

old and/or torn pool covers for use as weed barriers

This week's Harvest Donation:

67 lbs of turnips, cabbage, greens:

*to the Collierville Food Pantry = 7 lbs  (thank you Patree for delivering!)

*to the Resurrection School in Hickory Hill = 60 lbs (thank you Patree for delivering!)

Total YTD harvest donation = 3,501 lbs

To the Collierville Food Pantry:

To the Resurrection Catholic School:

Work Progress:

On Thursday December 3,  Teresa, Twila, Jan, Stephanie hosted a visit to the garden by Shelby County extension reps and USDA Deputy Under Secretary Dr. Ann Bartuska. Harvested 7 lb mustard greens, cabbage, turnips for the Collierville Food Pantry. Patree delivered. Harvested 36 lb cabbage; 19 lb kale, turnip, collard; 2 lb mustard; 3 lb swiss chard, beet— 60 lb total for the Resurrection Catholic School. Patree delivered. Built a temporary structure to store shredded leaf mulch. Mulched plots 7 and 8 with pine needles. Changed out wheels on large cart.

On Thursday December 3,  Jan, Twila, Teresa, Lauryce, Arlene, and Stephanie hosted 9 Middle School Junior Beta Club students to prep raised beds- add compost, add bone meal, hand turn— then plant garlic. They also weeded other beds, moved archway box soil into concrete block beds, and filled concrete block “holes” with soil. Boy Scouts gathered and moved church property leaves next to garden for composting.

CVG Harvest and Progress November 22 - November 29, 2015

Upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities: 

Monday — cancelled for rainy weather

Thursday — 8 am - 10 am 

Saturday — 8 am - noon

Can you donate?

old and/or torn pool covers for use as weed barriers

YTD Harvest Donation:

Total YTD harvest donation = 3,434 lbs

Work Progress:

On Monday November 23,  Twila, Teresa, and Jan pulled dead/spent plants from the garden, tilled plot 4, covered plot 1 with black plastic.

CVG Harvest and Progress November 16 - November 21, 2015

Upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities: 

Monday MORNING — 8 am - 10 am 

Can you donate?

old and/or torn pool covers for use as weed barriers

This week's Harvest Donation:

183 lbs of tomatoes, turnips, cabbage, hot and sweet peppers, greens, lima beans:

*to the Collierville Food Pantry = 67 lbs (thank you very much Patree for delivering!)

*to the Resurrection School in Hickory Hill = 116 lbs + sweet potatoes (thank you Patree for delivering!

Total YTD harvest donation = 3,434 lbs

To the Collierville Food Pantry:

To the Resurrection Catholic School:

Work Progress:

On Monday November 16,  Twila, Jan, Teresa, Carole, Stephanie, and Suzanne and her 3 children harvested 6 lb swiss chard, 7 lb beets, 11 lb turnip, 6 lb bean, 4 lb kale, 35 lb cabbage, 10 lb red tomato, 12 lb green tomato, 3 lb collard, 18 lb peppers, 2 lb lettuce, 2 lb mustard. Stephanie delivered to Patree who took the harvest to the Resurrection School on Tuesday. Started clearing beds—okra plants, pepper plants. Topped plot 3 bed with compost. 

Jeff picked up 43 landscaping plants for Habitat for Humanity.

On Thursday November 19,  Jan, Twila, Carole, Teresa, Stephanie harvested 16 lb beet, 18 lb mustard, 8 lb turnip greens, 17 lb cabbage, 8 lb tomato, Patree delivered to the pantry. Worked in compost, moved bird feeder station, set up frost covers on mustard greens, pulled some tomato plants.

CVG Harvest and Progress November 9 - November 15, 2015

Upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities: 

Monday afternoon — 2 pm - 4 pm — RAIN OR SHINE! 

Thursday morning — 8:00 am - 10:00 am

This week's Harvest Donation:

107 lbs of tomatoes, turnips, cabbage, okra, hot and sweet peppers, greens, green beans:

*to the Collierville Food Pantry = 30 lbs + sweet potatoes (thank you Patree for delivering!)

*to the Resurrection School in Hickory Hill = 77 lbs + sweet potatoes (thank you Patree for delivering!

Total YTD harvest donation = 3,251 lbs

To the Collierville Food Pantry:

To the Resurrection School:

Work Progress:

On Monday November 9,  Twila, Jan, Val, Carole, Stephanie, Teresa harvested 13 lb of peppers, 15 lb of tomato, 11 lb of turnips, okra, green beans, and 27 lb cabbage, 7 lb swiss chard, collards, mustard, 4 lb kale. Moved CVG sign to new location in new concrete block bed. Patree delivered to the Resurrection School in Hickory Hill on Tuesday morning.

On Thursday November 12, Jan, Twila, Teresa, Stephanie, Kim, Patree harvested 9 lb turnip, 1 lb Gonzales cabbage, 5 lb Savoy cabbage, 12 lb tomato, 3 lb mustard. Patree delivered to the Collierville Food Pantry. Topped empty beds in plot 3 and 6 with some clay mix soil. Shifted some donated straw bales to protect some of the tender landscaping plants from the winter wind. Installed a second bluebird house in new location at south side of the garden. Continued winter prep of landscaping plants.

CVG Harvest and Progress November 2 - November 8, 2015

Upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities: 

Monday afternoon — 2 pm - 4 pm

Thursday morning — 8:00 am - 10:00 am 

This week's Harvest Donation:

186 lbs of tomatoes, turnips, cabbage, okra, hot and sweet peppers, greens, green beans, sweet potatoes:

*to the Collierville Food Pantry = 40 lbs + sweet potatoes (thank you Patree for delivering!)

*to the Resurrection School in Hickory Hill = 85 lbs + sweet potatoes (thank you Patree for delivering!)

*to Memphis Union Mission Moriah House = 30 lbs + sweet potatoes (thank you Val!)

*sweet potatoes held for drying/curing = 31 lbs

Total YTD harvest donation = 3,144 lbs

To the Collierville Food Pantry:

To the Resurrection School:

To the Memphis Union Mission Moriah House:

Work Progress:

On Monday November 2,  Twila, Jan, Stephanie, Teresa, Val, and Dianne harvested 15 lbs cabbage, 5 lb swiss chard, 5 lb pepper, 30 lb tomato, 15 lb kale and turnip, 7 lb green bean, 7 lb turnip and collard, and 1 lb mustard. Patree delivered to Resurrection School Tuesday am. Hosted 20 elementary students (plus parents) in the Roots and Shoots Garden Club to build a lasagna compost bed, talk garden composting, and dig the rest of the sweet potatoes. They harvested 25 lbs. 

On Tuesday November 3,  Stephanie sprayed neem on green beans and greens and folded up landscape plastic sheets and stored.

On Wednesday November 4, Val and Stephanie harvested 11 lbs greens and peppers and okra, 12 lbs tomatoes and beans, 7 lbs cabbage. All delivered to Memphis Union Mission Moriah House. Jan shopped for new tools and supplies.

On Thursday November 5, Teresa, Twila, Jan, Carole, Kim, and Stephanie harvested 9 lbs turnips, 7 lbs mustard, 6 lbs cabbage, 17 lb tomatoes and okra, 1 lb peppers. Patree delivered 40 lbs to the Collierville Food Pantry. They then harvested 6 lbs sweet potatoes, held for drying/curing. Garden cleaned up—moved last of the compost and 10-year cow manure into the garden. Weeded plot 2. Pulled spent zinnia. Raked up pine needles and spread them in demo beds. Pulled glad bulbs. Moved remaining concrete blocks into garden and started making new mini-beds for strawberries in plot 2. 

On Sunday November 8, Stephanie sprayed BT on cabbage and updated email/blog.