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: