Newsletter – Summer/Fall 2019
Check out our most recent newsletter to take a journey through the growing season this year. The newsletter is rich with photos, Farm Reports, gratitude, and updates. To read it, click here.
Newsletter – Spring 2019
Growing to Give's spring newsletter includes: an Update from Patty a Farm Report a Funder Highlight a Call for Volunteers and more! To read the newsletter, click here.
Newsletter – Fall 2018
With fall vegetables still being harvested, and preparations well underway for early spring harvest, things are still busy at Growing to Give. But as Thanksgiving Day approaches, we hope you’ll join us in taking a few moments today to reflect on the true spirit of thanksgiving days - a spirit that countless humans have celebrated ... Click to read more.
Theda’s Farm Report – 9/28/19
The harvest Another week of incredibly beautiful weather at the farm this week. This warm weather is encouraging the cool-weather spinach, radishes, and Hakuri turnips we planted earlier this month. Really exciting! The second plantings of broccoli and Chinese cabbage are also being harvested. The peppers and tomatoes in the greenhouse and tunnels are still ... Click to read more.
Theda’s Farm Report – 9/21/19
"Goodbye" to an almost perfect Maine summer and "hello" to one of a lot of people's favorite season's: fall. I think one of the highlights of the past summer was no drought. Yes, we still irrigated almost daily in July but there was no real concern about the pond getting too low and needing to ... Click to read more.
Theda’s Farm Report – 9/14/19
Planting season is coming to a close... This week was bittersweet, starting to harvest the acorn squash and putting in an entire tunnel of spinach. That is it for planting for this season, the spinach will be ready mid-October and, with the extra protection, hopefully, the harvest will last a couple of weeks. Then as ... Click to read more.
Moderation Brewing FUNdraiser
UNVEILING OF CUSTOM HARVEST BREW Saturday, September 28 (2-5 PM) Moderation Brewing Company 103 Maine St, Brunswick Come to this fabulous FUNraiser to try a custom ginger beet ale made with Growing to Give’s organic beets. Our farmers planted the seeds June 21 and then harvested and delivered 40 pounds of beets to Moderation Brewing ... Click to read more.
Theda’s Farm Report – 9/8/19
Growing to Give's harvest this week Our total poundage of food harvested this week was close to 600 pounds. This was with two days of gleaning, Monday being a holiday and a day off at the farm. We're still harvesting over 12 varieties of vegetables and herbs. Wednesday gleaners going to 8 different locations. The ... Click to read more.
Theda’s Farm Report – 8/31/19
Everyone seems a little sad with our beautiful summer coming to an end. We do have six more weeks of our growing season for those tender crops and two months for the cool weather crops. That is why we are still planting spinach, radish, lettuces, and turnips. Here is our Earthway Seeder being used to ... Click to read more.
Theda’s Farm Report – 8/23/19
Support from Head Start Volunteers Lots of volunteers this week including five women from different Head Start Programs. They are the cooks from these schools and are determined to serve nutritious meals to the little 3-5-year-olds in their care. They were sharing ideas on how to sneak vegetables into the kids' meals! They helped us ... Click to read more.