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…
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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…
As of Thursday July 7th the St. Mark Community Garden has produced 58 pounds of snow peas, lettuce, chard, broccoli. The Wednesday Feed ‘n’ Weed had a small turn-out but Jessie and Angela weeded their potato rows, Ruby picked peas, Laurel worked in her raised bed and helped harvest, Gail used the weed-eater to beat…
Last Wednesday, June 29th, we ate our potluck meal with the Call Committee members, and then finished weeding and hilling the potatoes. Now all 20 rows have had their first weeding and hilling. The blooms are coming on the potatoes. Our irrigation specialist Bob, placed irrigation around the peas, and they are in full bloom…
A small but mighty crew gathered Wednesday evening for a tasty potluck and some serious weeding and potato hilling. The weather turned out to be quite nice even though the forecast was for rain. Fourteen of the 20 rows are now hilled and weeded. Church members Jim, Jan, Brent, Zach, Gail, Pastor Linda (she…
When you look at the picture in the prior post, and then look at this picture, you will see that there was a miraculous amount of work at the 28th work party. We had a great turn-out of people, rototillers, irrigation specialists, and the outcome was spectacular! We have water to the garden! All the…
Join us for a weeding and work party at the St. Mark Community Garden this Saturday May 28, 2011 at 1pm. The weeds like this cool weather much better than the potatoes and they will soon crowd them out if we don’t get to them. Bring family, friends, rototillers, hoes, hula hoes, any any other…
Between services this next Sunday, May 22nd, there will be a short garden blessing ceremony. The Sunday School children will plant the seedlings that they have started in their Sunday School classes. Please come out to the garden between services (you might want to bring appropriate shoes!) and help us bless this sacred ground. The…
Last Monday, April 11th, the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders in the after-school program at Mountain View Elementary came over to get acquainted with the St. Mark Community Garden, and help plant vegetables. They planted a 100 foot row of potatoes, and 8 cages of snow peas! They saw the drip irrigation system, asked many…