Those of us who are of a certain age might remember the days of keeping your car on the road with wire hangers and/or duct tape. Having this experience with several VW square backs when I was in my twenties, I was surprised to learn none of our gleaning crew on Monday knew what I ... Click to read more.
If a picture is worth a thousand words. I think Carrie’s beautiful Monday morning shot of this sunflower says it all. Poor Genevieve! She told me she could not feel her fingertips on Monday. The team still sent out almost 200 pounds of 14 different varieties of vegetables and herbs. Thanks, everyone, ... Click to read more.
I have mentioned before that Fridays can be a bit crazy, with lots of different activities all going on at once, and this Friday was no exception. Top priority was the gleaning. We had a light frost, so it is now important to harvest anything that would be damaged by the next one. All the ... Click to read more.
It seems like Fall might be our busiest season. As the days shorten and the temperatures begin to drop, we keep referring to our harvest calendar. When can we harvest these squash? Do we have the time or space for two hundred more lettuce seedlings? Can we flip another plot from harvest to cover crop ... Click to read more.
There were several baseball size zucchini bats and lots of softball size globe top turnips to contend with on the Wednesday glean. These just happen to be located in what we call Left Field…are you getting the joke? Deirdra and Olivia let me set them up to make the point. Batter up! The ... Click to read more.
I have been adding photos of the beautiful flower bouquets made by our volunteers to my weekly report for most of the summer. I would like to give a shout-out to Morning Glory Natural Foods store in downtown Brunswick–the destination of these flowers and a Partner with us in feeding our community! In 2019, Morning ... Click to read more.
I can’t believe that I am already writing about dismantling some of our tomato plants. These plants are tired and have stopped producing, so out they go to make room for one final lettuce planting. (Wasn’t I just writing about harvesting so much lettuce?) We had interplanted leeks with the rows of tomatoes, so now ... Click to read more.
This week I was fortunate to have a friend travel all the way from Southern Indiana to enjoy some of her summer in Vacationland with me. The plan was for two of my Hoosier friends to travel together, but Mel broke her ankle in five places, so Teresa had to travel alone (sorry Mel!). I ... Click to read more.
Well, our Monday was fairly normal with a morning harvest and sending out 349.71 pounds of food. It could have been a higher total, but the gleaners were down 4 people and that can make a really big difference. We would not be able to operate without these partnerships and we do try to help ... Click to read more.
I was going to use this header next week since we still had Sophia to help us and next week we will be empty (intern) nesters. I shifted the call for help because the need for help has also shifted. Harvesting has jumped from 500 pounds a week to almost 500 pounds per gleaning. We ... Click to read more.
