July 15 Delivery

Delivered 35 pounds of produce to the food shelf today.






From the delivery volunteer:

I just delivered to the Eagan Resource Center and they were so pleased with the donation of 35 pounds of fresh produce from the garden! In the summer months there is always a drop in dry good donations so the fresh produce helps to off set the drop. Plus the fresh produce is so much healthier. Please thank all the volunteers for all the work that they do. They are making a difference in the lives of many.





Worth the work.

Red Yellow Green

We strolled out to the garden after a weekend of glorious weather and found that the crops had soaked up the sun and rain and grown like mad!

We'll be delivering squash, greens, beets and tomatoes this week!







And my favorite! Raspberries!

Beautiful Broccoli . . .

Beautiful Broccoli

Cheery Chard

Corn Knee High by the Fourth of July

Lots of Leafy Greens

As you can see our food shelf and Lewis House deliveries are still primarily spinach, lettuces, kale, and herbs.

Strawberries are all done but the raspberries should be ready for picking some time next week.  And the rest of the crops continue to grow nicely.

Ready for Harvest: Lettuce, Spinach, Radishes, Herbs

Growing

Everything's growing including the weeds so we'll be busy weeding while we wait for more crops to harvest.

Pumpkins

The four year olds adopted the pumpkins and beans this year. On their first planting visit, they were so excited to see what was in the big supply box. And, of course, they love wearing the gloves!

It just so happened that they were learning about the letter 'P' this week so they quickly picked up on the fact the "poking", "patting" and "pushing" (the soil) - and pumpkins - all started with the letter P! Thanks, gardeners, for providing this alphabetical boost!