All the food grown here is served in the Soup Kitchen!
NOTE FROM TERRI:
Yukon gold and Adirondack blue potatoes have been planted in hay bales outside the fence.
The drip irrigation has been reconnected and is set to water at 6 am every morning.
Both 3 by 14 raised beds in the old squash bed have been completed and soil added.
Garden faires continue to revamp our flower beds with spring plantings of butterfly mixes
Saturday afternoon (after the farmers market closes ) on May 15th we are planning our summer planting of our tomatoes, peppers, beans, okra, corn, cukes and squash. It will be a busy day ! I hope y'all can make it.
Yukon gold and Adirondack blue potatoes have been planted in hay bales outside the fence.
The drip irrigation has been reconnected and is set to water at 6 am every morning.
Both 3 by 14 raised beds in the old squash bed have been completed and soil added.
Garden faires continue to revamp our flower beds with spring plantings of butterfly mixes
Saturday afternoon (after the farmers market closes ) on May 15th we are planning our summer planting of our tomatoes, peppers, beans, okra, corn, cukes and squash. It will be a busy day ! I hope y'all can make it.
The Soup Kitchen Project Team posing after a long day of hard work prepping the gardens for new plantings.
L-R: Phyllis Conner, Lois Blanks, Jeanie jackson, Randi Nott, George Blanks
Kneeling: Teresa Uhls
MG's at work in the Soup Kitchen Garden
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Photos from June 2013 Soup Kitchen garden installation.
Twenty seven middle-school children and their adult leaders from Bethlehem, PA spent the week with Randi installing an alternative-technique vegetable garden behind Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. They utilized wood pallets, straw bales, and tires, as well as a rain gutter grow system to grow a variety of fruits, vegetables and herbs. They also added rain barrels with soaker hoses or float valves to minimize the need to hand water the planters. Using recycled cinder blocks, they built a 3 section compost bin. To top it all off, the kids made bird houses and signs as garden art. Their art complemented the recycled metal tools that were welded together to make "scare crows" for a bird bath and bird feeder. For additional information, contact the BSMGA Soup Kitchen Project Leader: Terri Taylor
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