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Tag Archives: food pantry garden
Church Garden Update
Our church garden is coming along nicely now, producing our first harvests last week. We took squash and cukes to two different organizations. The harvests are still small, but they will grow in size as the plants get bigger. All … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged cucumber, Food, food pantry garden, squash, tomatoes, volunteering
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One Tomato, Two Tomato…
…three tomato, four! I know that’s not the way the rhyme goes, but that’s the way I have felt in this Week Of Planting Tomatoes. The tomato planting frenzy started Wednesday, when I planted 200 or so tomatoes in our … Continue reading
April Is A Busy Month
It seems I have had little time for blogging this month, which is not surprising to me. April is usually a busy month here at Happy Acres. For one thing, the greenhouse and plant racks are bursting at the seams … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged food pantry garden, Gardening, lasagna garden, onions, tomatoes
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