CVG Harvest and Progress October 19 - October 25, 2015

Upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities: 

Monday afternoon — cancelled for forecasted rain showers.

Tuesday morning 8:00 am - 10:00 am - plan to harvest despite rain.

Thursday morning 8:00 am - 10:00 am 

Upcoming Teaching Opportunity:

Monday November 2 - 4:00 pm -5:30 pm (or dusk)-  students arriving by 4:30 - Crosswind Roots and Shoots - focus on composting and garden clean-up.

This week's Harvest Donation:

247 lbs of tomatoes, okra, hot and sweet peppers, red romaine lettuce, greens, sweet potatoes:

*to the Collierville Food Pantry = 36 lbs + sweet potatoes (thank you Patree for delivering!)

*to the Salvation Army  = 75 lbs  (thank you Lauryce for delivering!)

*to the Resurrection School in Hickory Hill = 70 lbs (thank you Patree for delivering!)

*to Page Robbins Adult Daycare Center = zinnia arrangements (thank you Arlene!)

*sweet potatoes harvested and held for drying/curing = 66 lbs

Total YTD harvest donation = 2,852 lbs

This week’s zinnia donation to Page Robbins Adult Day Care Center

To the Collierville Food Pantry:

To The Salvation Army:

To the Incarnation School:

Work Progress:

On Monday October 19,  Jan, Twila, Teresa, Stephanie, Carol. Harvested 7 lbs green beans, 25 lbs tomatoes and okra and pepper, 9 lbs of red romaine lettuce and hot pepper, 11 lbs of turnips and mustard greens, 18 lbs of green tomatoes— 70 lbs total. Patree delivered the harvest and some of previous weeks’ sweet potatoes on Tuesday am to the Incarnation School in Hickory Hill.

On Tuesday October 20,  updated email, blog as well as sent out answers to next year’s “Through Our Garden Gates” garden tour questionnaire.

On Wednesday October 21, Twila, Jan, Teresa, and Stephanie met to plan next year’s budget request and general plan. Sprayed neem and/or BT on all cabbage, greens, pole beans. Filled the bird feeders.

On Thursday October 22, Jan, Teresa, Stephanie, Lauryce, Carol, Kim harvested 36 lbs (+ some previous weeks’  sweet potatoes) for the Collierville Food Pantry- 18 lb tomatoes and peppers, 9 lb green beans, okra, and swiss chard, 9 lbs of turnips. Patree delivered. They then harvested 40 lbs for The Salvation Army—9 lb tomato and swiss chard, 5 lbs of hot peppers, 10 lbs of tomatoes, 5 lbs of collards, 11 lbs of turnips. Lauryce delivered that plus the previous week’s 35 lbs of sweet potatoes. They then harvested 66 lbs of sweet potatoes, held for drying/curing.

On Saturday October 24, Twila worked in the compost area. Stephanie delayed irrigation timers for forecasted rain. Jan worked on budget update.

Beauty in the Garden:

green beans still producing:

monarch caterpillars on the milkweed:

savoy cabbage heading up:

sweet alyssum grown from seed:

CVG Harvest and Progress October 12 - October 18, 2015

Upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities: 

Thursday morning 8:00 am - 10:00 am 

This week's Harvest Donation (excluding 3 boxes of sweet potatoes yet to be weighed in):

84 lbs of tomatoes, okra, hot and sweet peppers, red romaine lettuce, greens, sweet potatoes:

*to the Collierville Food Pantry = 59 lbs (thank you Patree for delivering!)

*to the Salvation Army  = 25 lbs  (thank you Lauryce for delivering!)

*to Page Robbins Adult Daycare Center = zinnia arrangements (thank you Arlene!)

Total YTD harvest donation = 2,605 lbs

This week’s zinnia donation to Page Robbins Adult Day Care Center

This week’s donation to the Salvation Army

This week’s donation to the Collierville Food Pantry, guarded by Miss Zoe

Work Progress:

On Monday October 12,  Twila and Robert worked in the zinnias and toured the garden.

On Tuesday October 13,  Arlene cut, arranged, and delivered zinnias to Page Robbins Adult Day Care Center. Twila, Teresa, Dianne, Judy, Lauryce, and Elaine hosted 7 girl scouts and their parents for sweet potato and zinnia harvesting. The scouts were having so much fun, their parents even joined in the harvest. The sunset forced the end of a fun evening and kept scouts from witnessing the weigh-in of the harvest.

(photos by Scout leader S. Wilder)

On Thursday October 15,  Teresa, Jan, Dianne, Leah, Lauryce harvested an abundance of lettuce, tomatoes, okra, greens, peppers, green beans. Lauryce delivered to The Salvation Army. Patree delivered to the Collierville Food Pantry. 

CVG Harvest and Progress October 4 - October 11, 2015

Upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities:

Monday AFTERNOON: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm - to work in perennial plots 7 and 8

Tuesday EVENING: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm — Girl Scout Troop 13111 (with scouts arriving at 6) for some sweet potato harvest and compost work.

Thursday morning 8:00 am - 10:00 am - harvest for Collierville Food Pantry

This week's Harvest Donation:

57 lbs of tomatoes, okra, hot and sweet peppers, mustard greens, collard greens:

*to the Collierville Food Pantry on October 8, 2015  = 37 lbs + some of last week’s sweet potatoes (thank you Patree!)

*to the Catholic Resurrection Church in Hickory Hill on October 5, 2015 = 20 lbs + some of last week’s sweet potatoes  (thank you Patree for delivering!)

*to Page Robbins Adult Daycare Center = zinnia arrangements (thank you Arlene!)

Total YTD harvest donation = 2,521 lbs

This week’s donation to the Catholic Resurrection Church

 This week’s donation to the Collierville Food Pantry

Zinnias to Page Robbins

Work Progress:

On Monday October 5,  Twila, Jan, Teresa, Stephanie. Worked in plots 7 and 8 perennial beds. Harvested 15 lbs of tomatoes, okra, green beans, peppers. Twila talked with two cub scouts and dads on the hunt for insects. They found monarch caterpillars (yay!) and harlequin bugs (boo!)

On Tuesday October 6,  Arlene cut, arranged, and delivered zinnias to Page Robbins. Stephanie picked 5 lbs of greens, tomatoes, and okra. Patree delivered 20 total harvest pounds  + some sweet potatoes from last week to the Resurrection Church in Hickory Hill while the School is on Fall Break. Stephanie delivered 3 comfrey starts to Collierville Middle School/ Mr. Gray/Environmental Club and toured their garden/talked cabbage pests. 

On Wednesday October 7, Jan and Twila worked in plots 7 and 8. Stephanie finished the photo trifold for the MAMG meeting/project fair.

On Thursday October 8, Twila, Stephanie, Teresa, Carol, and Michele. Harvested 27 lbs of okra, tomato, pepper, collard, swiss chard as well as 10 lbs of mustard greens and turnips. Patree delivered 37 lbs + some sweet potatoes to the Collierville Food Pantry. Weeded plot 3 and started weeding plot 1. Removed Juliet tomato plant in plot 1 for fear it would topple onto the Gonzalez cabbages. Sprayed BT and neem on cabbages/greens. Attended MAMG project fair for graduating interns.

Beauty in the Garden:

CVG Harvest and Progress September 28 - October 3, 2015

Upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities:

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

Thursday morning 8:00 am - 10:30 am

Upcoming CVG Teaching Opportunity:

Tuesday October 13: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm — Girl Scout Troop 13111 (with scouts arriving at 6). Please let Jan or me know if you can assist.

This week's Harvest Donation:

167 lbs of tomatoes, okra, hot and sweet peppers, sweet potato, mustard greens, collard greens:

*to the Collierville Food Pantry on October 1, 2015  = 27 lbs + half of last week’s sweet potatoes

*to the Catholic Resurrection School in Hickory Hill on September 29, 2015 = 36 lbs + half of last week’s sweet potatoes  (thank you Patree for delivering!)

*sweet potatoes from plot 5 held to cure for next week's donation = 104 lbs

*to Page Robbins Adult Daycare Center = zinnia arrangements (thank you Arlene!)

Total YTD harvest donation = 2,464 lbs

This week’s donation to the Catholic Resurrection School

This week’s donation to the Collierville Food Pantry:

104 lbs of sweet potatoes harvested and held for next week:

Zinnia’s to Page Robbins:

This week the Page Robbins Center thanked CVG for all of the zinnias and said they “really brightened their summer”.

Work Progress:

On Monday September 28,  Arlene harvested and delivered zinnias to Page Robbins. Stephanie harvested 21 lbs of tomato, okra, and peppers.

On Tuesday September 29,  Stephanie and her mom harvested 15 lbs of mustard, collard, kale and turnip greens. Patree delivered Monday’s and Tuesday’s harvest of 36 lbs as well as half of last week’s sweet potatoes to the Catholic Resurrection School in Hickory Hill. In the afternoon, Twila, Jan, and Stephanie worked on tri-folds for the MAMG meeting project fair.

On Wednesday September 30, Twila and Jan worked in plots 7 and 8 perennial beds to ready the plants for donation.

On Thursday October 1, Twila, Jan, Teresa, Michelle, and Stephanie harvested 12 lbs of tomatoes, 10 lbs of peppers and collards, 5 lbs of mustard greens. Stephanie delivered the 27 lbs harvest as well as half of last week’s sweet potatoes to the Collierville Food Pantry. Afterward, everyone harvested all of the plot 5 sweet potatoes-- 104 lbs. All of the cabbage and greens and green beans were sprayed with BT and neem oil. Mustard seed was sowed in the plot 5 concrete bed closest to the water spigot.

On Saturday October 3, Jan and Twila continued work in plots 7 and 8.