Members of the church working on the community garden came together for their monthly Tuesday night meeting, but instead of wandering into a small room located at the back of the church to sit around a table inside, the group decided to stay outside working in the garden -- especially after they saw there were two trays of pepper plants to get in the ground! Everyone seemed to enjoy the chance to spend time in the garden with each other under the fading sun. There was a lot of laughter as they joked with each other and obvious (well-deserved!) pride in what they were doing for their church and community.
The ladies busied themselves with tacking up a new chart on the bulletin board naming what had been planted in the garden and where it was located. One eagerly took notes about how many and what type of peppers were being planted and how much was being harvested from the garden.
There were questions about how to cook swiss chard and dinosaur kale, both novel crops for this group. One gardener declared she had chopped off some of the colorful stemmed swiss chard and eaten it raw right along with her salad! She loved it!
Another gardener eagerly harvested about 4 pounds of dinosaur kale for himself and others who wanted to taste it. Mr. Freeman, the leader of the group, made sure he weighed and recorded the amount and then proudly stated that over 50 pounds of greens had been harvested and distributed last week to folks from the community. From the looks of the garden, much more is on the way throughout the summer! Plans are to distribute produce to families from the church on a rotating basis so that everyone gets their fair share.
Additionally, a Math in the Garden youth camp is planned for the summer (June 18-22 from 8am-noon) to get the kids outside and involved with the garden. For more information contact William Freeman at (252) 287-2988.
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