April 22 is Earth Day. Sunday School children at St. Mark Lutheran Church will celebrate Earth Day this year by planting plant starts and seeds for a variety of herbs. The herb garden will be in a 8’ x’8’ raised bed that is part of St. Mark’s Community Garden. A three-quarters wine barrel has recently…
A Place of Grace
Community Garden (Page 7)
Please join us Sunday April 1st, after the 11:00am service, for a potluck lunch followed by the planting of the peas for the Thurston County Food Bank. The weather has certainly not seemed spring-like YET, but the peas like the cooler weather and we plan to plant 4 rows of Oregon Sugar Pod peas. Also,…
St. Mark Community Garden has garden plots available for community members that would like to grow their own vegetables. The raised beds are 8 feet by 8 feet or 8 feet by 3 feet. For those folks that have difficulty bending over, a few plots are 3 feet high. The beds have organic compost, and…
We know it is currently winter but SPRING is just around the corner and the Garden committee is busily planning to ensure a successful growing season. Our goal is to plant the same amount of potatoes (2,000 row feet) and Oregon Sugar pod peas (200 row feet) as last year, and to use any unassigned…
Gail and Mary were the teachers Sunday the 25th, and the children spent the Sunday School hour in the garden. We talked about The Parable of the Sower and how it applied to our own Community Garden. We talked about what it takes to grow strong plants, and then asked each child to find a…
The Thurston County Food Bank received 2400 pounds of potatoes from our September 17th harvest of the St. Mark Community Garden potato patch! Sarah Swenson, Produce Manager of the Thurston County Food Bank, came by at the end of the harvest and was very pleased with the amount of potatoes. The potatoes were German Butterball.…
It is harvest time!!!!! Get the word out to families, friends, and the community that it is time to harvest LOTS of potatoes for the Thurston County Food Bank. God blessed our Community Garden with an abundance of potatoes – it’s time to reap what we have sowed. Many hands are needed to dig and…
Our St. Mark Community Garden continues to be very productive! Brent and daughter Zoie went to the Food Bank on a Friday to see how the produce is provided to those using the Food Bank. He found a most beautiful produce department. To date, we have sent 429 pounds to food, and the potatoes will…
What is the proper temperature to refrigerate fruits and vegetables? Should produce be stored in plastic bags? Do I wash fruits prior to storing them or just before serving? If you attended St. Mark’s Feed & Weed Potluck and Educational Class on July 27th, you know the answers! Our very own Karen B gave an informative presentation, “Food Safety…
Despite a rather cloudy and cool summer, the garden continues to grow! In fact, most raised beds are overflowing into the aisles. Lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, snow peas, kale, onions, spinach, and chard have loved this weather! As of July 28th, the St. Mark Community Garden has produced 145 pounds of produce for the Thurston County…