CVG Work Progress and Harvest Donations, September 19 - September 25, 2016

Thank you!

Donut Hutt and Sophia for the coffee grounds

Leah for harvesting and delivering zinnias

Patree for delivering the produce

This week’s upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities

 

Monday — 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM -  *AM* at the garden

                      

Thursday— 7:30 am - 9:30 am - at the garden

Most Recent Harvest donations

YTD Harvest Donation total = 2327 lbs

 

14 zinnia bouquets total to Page Robbins Adult Day Center on September 20.

3 zinnia bouquets total to the Collierville Library on September 20.

2 zinnia bouquets total to Collierville Christian Church on September 20.

September 20 bouquets

3 lbs of produce delivered to a family in need on September 19.

26 lbs of produce delivered to Resurrection Catholic School on September 19.

11 lbs of produce to Collierville Food Pantry on September 22

Work Progress:

 

On Monday September 19, Teresa, Stephanie, Patree. Harvested 29 lbs of okra, eggplant, peppers, few cowpeas/beans for a family in need and Resurrection Catholic School. Patree delivered. Planted mustard seeds in two more beds in plot 6. Planted renegade spinach seeds in one plot 3 raised bed. Planted turnips and overseeded Gonzales cabbage in corner bed of plot 5. Purchased 18 red romaine starts and 18 green romaine starts.

On Tuesday September 20, Leah harvested and delivered zinnias. Stephanie hand watered seeds/seedlings at garden in afternoon.

On Wednesday September 21, Stephanie purchased more lettuce and 45 day cabbage.

On Thursday September 22, Arlene, Patree, Stephanie, Teresa. Harvested 11 lb okra, eggplant, few peppers. Patree delivered to Food Pantry. Planted lettuce in plot 3. Sprayed BT. Handwatered archway boxes and seeds/seedlings (twice).

On Friday September 23 - Sunday September 25, Stephanie daily hand watered seeds/seedlings and archway boxes.

Beauty in Garden:

Monarch butterfly caterpillars in the milkweed

Swallowtail butterfly on a zinnia

Cabbages growing, despite the 95+ degree heat

Mustard growing

CVG Work Progress and Harvest Donations, September 12 - September 18, 2016

Thank you!

Donut Hutt and Sophia for the coffee grounds

Leah for harvesting and delivering zinnias

Patree for delivering the produce

This week’s upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities

 

Monday — 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM -  *AM* at the garden

                      

Thursday— 7:30 am - 9:30 am - at the garden

Most Recent Harvest donations

YTD Harvest Donation total = 2287 lbs

 

14 zinnia bouquets total to Page Robbins Adult Day Center on September 13.

2 zinnia bouquets total to the Collierville Library on September 13.

1 zinnia bouquets total to Collierville Christian Church on September 13.

September 13 bouquets

4 lbs of produce delivered to a family in need on September 12.

79 lbs of produce delivered to Resurrection Catholic School on September 15.

5 lbs of produce delivered to the Collierville Food Pantry on September 15

23 lbs of sweet potatoes held for future donation

Work Progress:

 

On Monday September 12, Twila, Teresa, Stephanie, Patree. Harvested 4 lbs for a family in need. Patree delivered. Sprayed neem, sprinkled diatomaceous earth, garden-safe fire ant control in cabbage beds. Cut back remaining tomatoes. Lightly fertilized tomatoes and peppers with nitrogen. Added 25 lbs of coffee grounds that Teresa picked up from Starbucks to the composters.

On Tuesday September 13, Leah harvested and delivered the zinnias.

On Wednesday September 14, Twila and Jan worked in the perennial beds and compost area. Teresa harvested 19 lbs of sweet potato from two bins in plot 4. Found lots of rodent damage. Divided and repotted 6 Stella d’Oro day lilies and donated some big blue liriope.

On Thursday September 15, Arlene, Patree, Leah, Teresa, Twila, Stephanie. Harvested 51 lbs okra, 9 lb eggplant and peppers. Patree delivered a total of 79 lbs (including the 19 lb sweet potato from Wednesday) to Resurrection Catholic School in Hickory Hill. Harvested an additional 5 lb of eggplant and okra. Stephanie delivered to the Collierville Food Pantry. Pulled one more bed of cowpeas in plot 6. Moved sweet potato bins to raised beds that needed topping with soil and harvested/topped with soil at same time. Total sweet potato harvest of the day was 23 lbs. All bins now harvested. Hand watered where needed.

On Friday September 16 and Saturday September 17, Stephanie hand watered archways and seeded raised beds.

Beauty in Garden:

Buckeye Butterfly and Strawflower

Fall Collards

CVG Work Progress and Harvest Donations, August 22 - September 11, 2016

This week’s upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities

 

Monday — 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM -  *AM* at the garden

                      

Thursday— 7:30 am - 9:30 am - at the garden

Most Recent Harvest donations

YTD Harvest Donation total = 2176 lbs

 

28 zinnia bouquets total to Page Robbins Adult Day Center on September 6 and August 30. Thank you Leah!

5 zinnia bouquets total to the Collierville Library on September 6 and August 30. Thank you Leah!

3 zinnia bouquets total to Collierville Christian Church on September 6 and August 30. Thank you Leah!

August 30 bouquets

September 6 bouquets

95 lbs total harvest over the last couple of weeks:

10 lbs harvest to a family in need on Monday August 22

7 lbs harvest to Collierville Food Pantry on August 25

9 lbs total to a family in need on Monday August 29 and September 5

37 lbs harvest (plus held sweet potatoes) to Resurrection Catholic School  on Thursday September 1

 24 lbs to Collierville Food Pantry on September 8

8 lbs harvest on September 8 of sweet potatoes held for future donation

Work Progress:

 

On Monday August 22, Twila, Teresa, Leah, Mary, Stephanie. 10 lbs harvrest okra, eggplant tomato. Moved compost into plot 5 and plot 3. Planted some little finger carrot and Gonzales cabbage seeds.

On Tuesday August 23, Stephanie made more seed packets, delayed irrigation timers. Added PB to trap.

On Wednesday August 24, Stephanie made more seed packets.

On Thursday August 25, Twila, Arlene, Stephanie, Teresa harvested 7 lbs peppers, eggplant and okra. Planted Hilton cabbage main planting area of in plot 5 corner bed near spigot and Rhazes Bibb lettuce in the concrete block holes. Reseeded Hilton Cabbage seeds in center raised bed of plot 5 and purple dragon and little finger carrot seeds in concrete block holes of center plot 5 raised bed and eastern corner plot 5 holes.

On Monday August 29, Twila, Patree, and Teresa harvested 4 lbs of produce for a family in need and Patree delivered. They then weeded and began pulling cowpea vines. 

On Wednesday August 31, Twila and Jan worked in the perennial beds, moved sand into a storage container, and worked in the compost area. Teresa continued pulling and disposing of cowpea vines.

On Thursday September 1, Twila, Patree, Leah, Teresa, Jan. Harvested 37 lbs okra, eggplant, peppers. Patree delivered this harvest as well as held sweet potatoes to Resurrection Catholic School. Patree, Leah, Teresa, Twila worked in plot 3 to ready boxes for planting then planted gonzales cabbage, little gem lettuce, and red romaine lettuce seeds. Continued pulling cowpea vines and covered empty concrete block bed in plot 2 with black plastic. 

On Friday-Sunday September 2,3,4, Twila continued pulling cowpea vines and covering empty beds with black plastic. Hand watered newly planted seeds.

On Monday September 5, Twila and Patree harvested 5 lbs of produce for a family in need. Patree delivered. Continued pulling cowpeas in plot 6. Covered empty planting beds with black plastic. Hand watered newly planted seed beds. 

On Tuesday September 6, Twila checked on the beds and hand watered where needed.

On Wednesday September 7, Twila, Jan, Teresa. Divided perennials, weeded beds, and adjusted watering. Teresa pulled more cowpea vines and weeded.

On Thursday September 8, Twila, Teresa, and Stephanie harvested 24 lbs of eggplant, okra, green beans. Stephanie delivered to the food pantry. Harvested 8 lbs of sweet potato out of large raised bed in plot 5. Planted collards and red/savoy cabbage starts in plot 5 large raised bed. 

On Friday-Sunday September 9-11, Twila checked on garden and hand watered where necessary.

CVG Work Progress and Harvest Donations, August 15 - August 21, 2016

This week’s upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities

 

Monday — 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM -  *AM* at the garden

                      

Thursday— 7:30 am - 9:30 am - at the garden

Most Recent Harvest donations

YTD Harvest Donation total = 2081 lbs

 

12 zinnia bouquets to Page Robbins Adult Day Center

3 zinnia bouquets to the Collierville Library

2 zinnia bouquets to Collierville Christian Church

12 lbs to a family in need

10 lbs (plus 26 lbs of previously harvested sweet potato and tomato) to Resurrection Catholic School in Memphis

9 lb of sweet potato from plot 2 (held for future harvest) and 3 lb of tomato trial tomatoes

Work Progress:

 

On Monday August 15 - Teresa, Patree, Stephanie. 12 lb harvest of eggplant, okra, cucumber, tomtato, pepper, cantaloupe (plus a few sweet potato and tomato) given to a family in need. Patree delivered. Harvested 9 lb of sweet potato out of large, super-wet concrete block bed in plot 2. Noticed many, many sweet potato tops growing in bins were eaten by some “furry critter”. Harvested 2 grafted celebrity tomatoes (0.5 lb) and 8 ungrafted celebrity tomatoes (2.5 lb).

On Tuesday August 16 - Teresa and Stephanie harvested 15 bouquets of zinnia. Teresa delivered to the Collierville Library and Page Robbins Adult Day Center. Stephanie planted 9 Aubervilliers cabbage seeds in plot 4 raised bed closest to the back west gate, underneath okra. Teresa harvested 2 more zinnia bouquets and delivered to Collierville Christian Church.

On Wednesday August 17 - Twila and Jan worked in compost and perennial beds. Stephanie earned an imaginary master gardener merit badge by "disposing of" a “big nasty” critter caught in a live trap at the garden…. it wasn’t a chipmunk.

On Thursday August 18 - Twila, Stephanie, Patree, Leah harvested 10 lbs of okra, eggplant, peppers, tomato. Patree delivered that harvest plus 26 lbs of previously harvested sweet potato and tomato to Resurrection Catholic School. Pulled last of the Vardaman sweet potato vines in plot 3 to get ready for Fall planting. Stephanie and Twila bought 2 wagons for the garden from Lowes.

On Saturday August 20 - Stephanie worked on toilet paper seed “packets” for fall planting.

On Sunday August 21 - Stephanie’s son CJ assembled the two new garden wagons

Beauty in the Garden:

Swallowtail caterpillars in the parsley

Moonflower blooming