Our Children's Rainbow Garden was featured on the front page of the Community section of the Patriot News on Friday. We loved the article because it truly captured the essence of the garden and conveyed our mission so clearly. If you haven't had an opportunity to visit the garden, our Fall Festival takes place on Saturday, September 24 from 1-5pm. It will be our last event of the season!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
What's going on?
Cooler days and sweeter nights are upon us. The summer may be winding down, but things are still going full-swing in the garden. What's been going on?
Melons are filling out:
Grain's been a-threshin':
Kids are learning and exploring:
The garden house is thriving:
Beauty is everywhere:
And we are honored to have been able to be sharing: we are up to 43 pounds of produce donated so far to Channels food rescue with more on the way. Sometime wouldn't it be neat to be able to do what this man came up with to help his inner-city community gain access to fresh, local food even with few resources: click here for a link to a great article first seen in the September 2011 issue of Oprah "Food Drive". There are so many ways to create something amazing just by looking around for the need and jumping in with a passion. (Anyone got a food cart we can roll up 2nd street in Harrisburg to share fresh healthy eats and gorgeous produce?). :)
Next up in the garden: we'd love for you to join us next week for our last children's class this season:
Saturday August 27th at 9am - Children's Gardening Class : Gardening by Colors and Shapes. Children will learn to eat vegetables of every color of the Rainbow and discover the health benefits of vegetables by looking at their shapes. Please RSVP if you and your favorite kid would like to stop by!
Have a great week.
~Marykaye
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
a rainbow's rollin' in!
Hello! Hope you are enjoying some of the rainbow of treasures we are finding in our garden these days. We were pleased with our first large harvest last week and picked a variety of items including some of the grain (oats, red wheat and ruby red corn), some cabbages, beets and carrots and plenty of tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, cantaloupe and even some early watermelon! Throw in some onions and red potatoes and we were ready to celebrate with a feast! Garden members have been enjoying the delicious fresh produce but we are grateful to begin to have enough to start to donate as well. (If you have a hankerin' for some of these please come on down and pick some to enjoy!). Very high temps alternating with heavy rainfall are a challenge but things seem to be thriving pretty well so far.
Here are some nice pictures (thanks, Angie!):
Some of the gorgeous ladies responsible for this year's garden
Here are some nice pictures (thanks, Angie!):
Some of the gorgeous ladies responsible for this year's garden
a good evening's work
What's for dinner? Yum!
wheat
oats (cut and tied into shocks to dry)
Better than a bouquet of flowers!
a small watermelon that was turning black on the underside, so we cut it open and enjoyed it!
a bounty of beautiful peppers
caterpillar friend relocated from the carrot patch
Sigh, such a wonderful time of year for delicious food! Here's your weekly dose of recipe inspiration; check out these links for some more creative (and yummy) ideas for preparing the veggies on your table:
Have a great week!
~posted by Angie and Marykaye
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