CVG Harvest and Progress September 19 - September 27, 2015

Upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities (Note changes in days/times):

Monday EVENING: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm or dusk

Thursday morning 8:00 am - 10:30 am

This week's Harvest Donation:

76 lbs of tomatoes, green beans, okra, hot and sweet peppers, sweet potato, mustard greens:

*to the Collierville Food Pantry on September 24, 2015  = 12 lbs + some of last week’s sweet potatoes (thank you Patree for delivering!)

*to the Memphis Union Mission Moriah House on September 21, 2015 = 16 lbs + most of last week’s sweet potatoes  (thank you Val for delivering!)

*sweet potatoes held to cure for next week's donation = 48 lbs

Total YTD harvest donation = 2,297 lbs

Thank you!

To Sophia and the Donut Hutt for coffee grounds for the garden!

This week’s (partial) harvest donation to Moriah House:

Val delivered and said: "

The ladies at Moriah house were so happy to get the produce on Monday,  they were cheering!  It was a blessing  to see how happy they are to receive our humble gifts.

”

Donation to Collierville Food Pantry:

Harvested 48 lbs of sweet potatoes held for next week:

Work Progress:

On Monday September 21,  Stephanie harvested 12 lbs of tomato, okra, green beans, and peppers as well as 4 lbs of mustard greens. Val delivered this harvest and 9 lbs of last week’s sweet potatoes to the Memphis Union Mission Moriah House. Divided 5 zephyr coreopsis into 12 new plants. Potted up three starts of comfrey to pass on to the Collierville Middle School Environmental Club.

On Tuesday September 22,  Leah and Stephanie filled one of the plot 3 boxes with dirt from plot 4 and some of the 10 year cow manure. Planted  moulin rouge beets (40-50). Sprayed neem and BT. Started filling empty plot 5 concrete bed with cow manure and plot 4 dirt. Divided some coreopsis and sedum. Jan ordered new wheels for the garden wagons.

On Thursday September 24,  Twila, Jan, Stephanie. Harvested 12 lbs of mustard greens, tomato, okra, pepper. Patree delivered to the Food Pantry. 

In the afternoon, hosted 28 elementary school “Roots and Shoots” garden club students: they raked up composted pine needles and added them to raised beds, pulled some weeds, moved fresh compost into the garden, started more compost with some sweet potato vines, and harvested 48 lbs of sweet potatoes out of plot 5.

 

Beauty in the Garden: