CVG Work Progress and Harvest Donations, June 13 - June 19, 2016

This week’s upcoming CVG Organized Work Opportunities

Monday — 4 pm - 6 pm - at the garden

                      

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

Most Recent Harvest donations

YTD Harvest Donation total = 1364 lbs

Bouquets of zinnia sent to Page Robbins

58 lbs of onion, savoy and red cabbage, carrot, cucumber, zucchini, eggplant, peppers, strawberry to Fayette County Project Outreach

13 lbs of potato harvest from plot 3, held until Thursday’s harvest, sent to Resurrection Catholic School

2 lbs of dried, shelled purple hull peas saved, but not weighed, from last year-- sent to Resurrection Catholic School

20 lbs of onions and cabbage, carrot, cucumber to Collierville Food Pantry

103 lbs of onion, swiss chard, red and savoy cabbage, kale, cucumber, hot peppers, carrot, strawberry to Resurrection Catholic School

Work Progress:

On Monday June 13 - Twila, Teresa, Stephanie harvested 17 lb onion, 8 lb cucumber and zucchini, 24 lb cabbage, 9 lb carrot, eggplant, peppers, strawberry. Delana delivered 58 lbs to Fayette County Project Outreach. Then harvested 13 lbs of potato out of plot 3.

On Tuesday June 14 - Teresa and Riley harvested zinnia and delivered to Page Robbins Adult Day Care Center.

On Wednesday June 15 - Twila, Teresa, Jane, and Stephanie worked with Collierville Christian Church’s Mary Beth and Claudia. Harvested 39 lbs of red and white candy onion (held for Thursday). Suckered Arkansas Traveler tomato plants and most Verona tomato plants. Painted sign bed concrete blocks. Shelled dried purple hull peas.

On Thursday June 16 - Patree, Talia, Teresa, Amy, Evelyn, Twila, Leah, Anthony, and Stephanie harvested 6 lbs of cabbage, carrot, cucumber. Patree delivered that plus 14 lbs of Wednesday’s onion to the Collierville Food Pantry. Then harvested 13 lb swiss chard, 32 lb savoy and red cabbage, 8 lb kale, cute, peppers, strawberry, 13 lb carrot, 12 more pounds of onion… 78 lbs total. Patree delivered that plus remaining Wednesday onions and dried peas, Monday’s potatoes, and a few elephant and regular garlic to Resurrection Catholic School. Planted many more cowpeas and okra and sweet potato slips as well as a few donated tomato plants. Stephanie visited the Food Pantry afterward and they are grateful for the produce and satisfied with the volume we’ve been sending. Only ‘hard sell’ vegetable to their clients is radishes. In great need for canned meat products— beef stew, chili meat, spam.

Beauty in the Garden:

“Vardaman” sweet potatoes

“Rattlesnake” pole beans

“Arkansas Traveler” tomatoes