All the food grown here is served in the Soup Kitchen!
A NOTE FROM TERRI:
On Sunday Sept 5th we had a potluck luncheon in the pavilion and discussed future garden plans and began preparing our budget. The meeting was attended by 8 master gardeners.
We have started saving seeds from our red kuri squash, kajari melons, Chinese long beans, and purple hyacinth beans. We will be contributing 20 seed packets to the BSMG seed fund for the September 25th Seed Swap.
Future expenses : straw, compost, and cold frame tents to extend the growing season.
On Sunday Sept 5th we had a potluck luncheon in the pavilion and discussed future garden plans and began preparing our budget. The meeting was attended by 8 master gardeners.
We have started saving seeds from our red kuri squash, kajari melons, Chinese long beans, and purple hyacinth beans. We will be contributing 20 seed packets to the BSMG seed fund for the September 25th Seed Swap.
Future expenses : straw, compost, and cold frame tents to extend the growing season.
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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