The Good Lord blessed us with a most glorious day for this event! Our chefs were all winners: David (retired Pastor David I.) for his salmon, John (musician and architect) for his hamburger sliders, and Lloyd (The Popular Schneider) won the People’s Choice award by most impressing the attendees while cooking! Sliders, salmon, and pie…
On Saturday September 13th, 4 St. Mark gentlemen – David N., Lloyd S., John M., and Ron W – will try to outdo each other with their barbecued culinary creations. Based loosely on the show, “Chopped”, they will get baskets filled with surprise ingredients they need to include in their barbecue dish. Judges from the…
Many thanks to the hard-working students in the Olympia High School Bear-GRuB program! They harvested all this beautiful produce today in the St. Mark Community Garden!
Please enjoy a slideshow of the St. Mark Community Garden as of July 1, 2014. It is really beautiful AND very productive. Join us Wednesday evenings at 5:30pm for our weekly gleaning party. We pick what is ripe from the Food Bank garden and from the raised beds, and it is taken to the Food…
The attached picture shows the inside of our current outdoor storage facility. In addition to its small size, the building itself is in extremely poor condition. The Community Garden equipment and lawn care equipment share this small storage facility. A fundraiser for a new shed is planned for the fall and is going to be…
May 18th was our annual garden blessing. We had a large crowd come out to the garden for the service and the little kids led us in songs! This Saturday, May 31st, 9am, will be our second work party. Our garden has expanded again this year and all volunteers are very much appreciated! Gleaning will…
The St. Mark Community Garden has never looked better. We are expanding once again this year with a central area that is going to be beautiful as it grows. Brent has done a landscape plan that has dahlias in the center, and colorful vegetables in geometric shaped beds surrounding the dahlia circle. There are paths…
There was an eager and energetic group Saturday April 5th in the Community Garden. Ten rows of potatoes were planted (thanks to SMOGS for pre-digging the trenches). Cardboard was placed and chips were spread for a new picnic area right by the Community Garden. The lovely cedar picnic table built by Mike D.…
Some classrooms at Mountain View Elementary and the Thurston County Food Bank are working together on a curriculum which incorporates healthy food. St. Mark has agreed to help with this by working with them to plant and maintain their small garden. Last year we planted and harvested over 50 pounds of produce for the Thurston…
Even though the weather is rainy and soggy, the Garden Committee has been hard at work! The field has been amended with Mushroom compost, rototilled and the first planting day will be Sunday March 16th during the Sunday School Hour. Snap peas will be planted by Brent and the Sunday School kids and anyone else…