Category Archives: Garden Talk

Hello Gardeners,

Things are definitely slowing down for the season.  As of October 1^st, I will only look to do one collection per week until clean up day.  Please remember that final Garden clean up will be on Sunday, October 20 between and after services.

Also, a reminder if you have any batteries to recycle, we will be making one more collection this year for the October 5th date.  I’m very thankful to Ardis C. & Sue H. for their recent donations to help offset those costs at .75/lb.

We have 2 donations to report:

09/23/2019 – 10 lbs. – Trinity Soup Kitchen –Peppers, Tomatoes, Chinese Okra.  Thank you Wendy A. again!

09/26/2019 – 3 lbs. – Northeast Ministries – Peppers, Tomatoes

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Thanks,

Jason

Hello Gardeners,

Just a reminder that we will be having final clean-up work day October 20th.

In recycling news, we recently took almost 50 lbs. of alkaline batteries to the electronics recycling event.  We will be making one more collection this year for the October 5th date.  I’m very thankful to Ardis C. & Sue H. for their recent donations to help offset those costs at .75/lb.

Additionally we have 2 donations to report:

09/14/2019 – 6 lbs. – Trinity Soup Kitchen – Beans, Peppers, Tomatoes.  Thank you Wendy A. again!

09/19/2019 – 5 lbs. – Northeast Ministries – Peppers, Tomatoes

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Thanks,

Jason

Hello Gardeners,

Just a reminder that we will be having a general cleanup event on September 14th at 10AM and a final clean-up work day October 20^th.

Additionally we have 3 donations to report:

09/06/2019 – 4 lbs. – Second Harvest Food Bank – Beans, Peppers, Tomatoes

09/09/2019 – 4 lbs. – Trinity Soup Kitchen – Beans, Peppers, Tomatoes.  Thank you Wendy A.

09/12/2019 – 7 lbs. – Northeast Ministries – Peppers, Tomatoes

Thanks,

Jason

Hello Gardeners,

Harvest is falling off quite a bit, however there are some tomatoes and peppers that are still coming in.  We also have had a few donations of beans from Wendy A..   We will be looking to have a general cleanup event on September 14th at 10AM and a final clean up work day in late October.

Also wanted to give you all a heads up, that there are a few electronics recycling events coming up if you live in Northampton County.  Will be getting our battery collection to one of these events.

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09/14 — Easton Recycling Center — 500 Bushkill Drive — 9AM-12PM

09/21 — Forks Twp Public Works, 100 Newlins Rd E. — 9AM-12PM

10/05 — Northampton Community Center — 1601 Laubach Ave — 9AM-12PM

Computers and Laptops are generally free, but most other items there is a charge for.

Some donations to report:

08/29/2019 – 8 lbs. – Trinity Soup Kitchen – Beans, Peppers, Acorn Squash Tomatoes

09/03/2019 – 9 lbs. – Trinity Soup Kitchen – Beans, Peppers, Tomatoes

Thanks,

Jason

Hello Gardeners,

We’ve had a couple decent sized harvests the last few days.  Tomatoes are starting to change color and ripen.  It’s good to get these for harvest on the early side, as I’m seeing quite a few that are getting soft spots or insects are burrowing into.  If we catch the produce early it’s no problem to let it ripen indoors!  We also had a great couple of donations of beans!  Really appreciate that.

Wanted to give a shout out to Chris F. for mowing the garden and trimming along the fence.  It certainly looks much better, and I really appreciate the help.

Some donations to report:

08/23/2019 – 15 lbs. – Second Harvest Food Bank – Beans, Cucumber, Squash Tomatoes

08/26/2019 – 22 lbs. – Northeast Ministries – Beans, Peppers, Acorn Squash, Tomatoes

Thanks,

Jason

Hello Gardeners,

We are now up to 142 lbs. donated, however, our harvest continues to be on the light side.  We’re hoping some of the recent rainfall will perk up those tomatoes a bit.  The squash plants may be about done for the season, not sure if they will hang in there or not!

I’m looking for someone to volunteer mowing this week.  Please let me know if you can do it!

Also thought this is an interesting read: https://www.mcall.com/news/local/nazareth/mc-nws-bangor-main-street-market-food-desert-20190815-zaabscfbwbd77djfnemzlng27y-story.html

Some donations to report:

08/15/2019 – 5 lbs. – Trinity Soup Kitchen – Peppers, Cucumbers, tomatoes, beans.

08/19/2019 – 10 lbs. – Trinity Soup Kitchen – Peppers, Beans, Tomato, Squash, Zucchini

Thanks,

Jason

Hello Gardeners,

Last week I mowed, pulled some weeds and tried to put out these Havahart Deep repellent modules: https://www.amazon.com/Havahart-DO5600-B-Weatherproof-Repellent-Vegetable/dp/B00WW0UOK2. It was worth a try, but based on recent evidence, I don’t believe they have helped much.

We are now up to 127 lbs. donated, however, our harvest is light compared to prior years at this time: 8/11/2018: 177 lbs., 8/11/2017 180 lbs., 8/25/2016 350 lbs.

Some donations to report:

08/01/2019 – 6 lbs. – Second Harvest – Cucumber, Beans, Squash.
08/05/2019 – 7 lbs. – New Bethany Ministries – Peppers, Beans, Cherry Tomatoes, Radishes, Cucumber, Zucchini.
08/08/2019 – 9 lbs. – Second Harvest – Peppers, Tomatoes, Cucumber, Zucchini.
08/12/2019 – 9 lbs. – Trinity Soup Kitchen – Peppers, Beans, Summer Squash, Cucumber, Zucchini.

Thanks,
Jason

Hello Gardeners,

I replaced the expandable hose with a new one and watered everything last night.

Some donations to report:

07/22/2019 – 8 lbs. – New Bethany Ministries – Cucumber, Squash, Zucchini, Beans.
07/29/2019 – 16 lbs. – New Bethany Ministries – Peppers, Beans, Radishes, Cucumber, Zucchini.

Thanks,
Jason

Hello Gardeners,

More harvests to report — the squash and zucchini are coming in like gang busters.

07/15/2019 – 16 lbs. – Second Harvest Food Bank –Radishes, Cucumber, Squash, Zucchini, beans.

07/19/2019 – 35 lbs. – Trinity Soup Kitchen –Radishes, Cucumber, Squash, Zucchini, beans.

Just checking to see if anyone knows what happened to the 100 ft. green expandable hose that we had. I’m not sure if another group borrowed and forgot to return it, but at the beginning of the season it went missing. For now I replaced it with another regular hose, but if anyone knows it’s whereabouts please let me know.

Thanks,

Jason

Hello Gardeners,

I wanted to share that we made our first donation for the season.  We had several large cucumber as well as the first of some squash.  Will also be seeing what can be picked tonight and adding that with Chris F.’s zucchini in a drop off Monday morning.

07/11/2019 – 21 lbs. – Trinity Soup Kitchen –Radishes, Cucumber, Squash, Zucchini, beans.

As things start to accelerate their growth, so are the weeds.  It’s important to try to keep your plots weeded, especially as the hot weather continues and people are getting up there less frequently.  I’d like to plan our next workday on July 21^st around 11:30AM.  A group of us should be able to quickly catch up on maintenance and weeding.

The lawn mower is in working order and available for anyone willing to mow inside the garden.  Just be careful when starting to be on the lookout for mice.  Even after the repair, you can see in the enclosed image that a nest was built inside the mower and it almost caught fire.

I installed the gate posts, which should make securing the garden much easier.  As I continue to secure the fencing, groundhog continue to find ways in.  Please use fencing around your beds where possible.

Thanks and look forward to seeing you all soon.

Jason