Potluck dinner at the garden Saturday!

Hello. This is a reminder about the potluck dinner that is happening at the garden tomorrow between 5 and 7pm. I have received few (2) RRSPs, so am not sure if there are others who are coming. As I mentioned in previous emails, I am planning to bring a barbecue/hotdogs, drinks, etc., but am unsure about quantities. Would you please just let me know if you're coming so I can make sure to have enough for everyone (and not tons extra).

If you are planning to attend, would you please try to bring a dish with a garden-grown veggie incorporated into it somehow. That would be great! Also, would you please bring a dish and cutlery, as I'd prefer not to get plastic. Also, if you have a chair, please bring it along; we all know seating is limited!

Hope to see you there!

Garden Pest Workshop this evening at the garden.

This is a reminder that Dustin will be putting on a workshop this evening on Garden Pests. The workshop will run at 6:30 at the garden. We hope to see many of you out tonight, as this will be one of our last workshops and the information is very relevant to what we've seen in our garden this year. It also includes treatment options and ideas that I think you will find useful.
Hope to see you there!

FSRN Campus Garden Interview on CBC tomorrow at 7:20am

I did an interview with Lisa Laco from CBC and Joel Symmonds from LU earlier today and it will air tomorrow morning at around 7:20 am. Tune in if you can. Lisa was so impressed with the garden!

Permaculture Workshop Tuesday at 6:30pm

Hi. Pascal will be putting on a permaculture workshop tomorrow evening at 6:30pm at the garden. Come learn the basics about permaculture and meet some of the other gardeners! Hope to see you there!

Mountain Fresh Update and extra food donations

Hi everyone. I went out to Mountain Fresh Farm today to check on the crops and here is the update. There are some peas left, lots of beans (about 5 varieties), beets, and there will be carrots soon. I was not able to pick today but am going out to pick tomorrow. I was told there were cucumbers, but they are not the pickling kind. Though Connie told me that you can slice these to make pickles and also use them for relish. For those of you who have ordered pickling cucs...sorry... it is a no go. I have about 5 orders now for beans and will do my best to fill those tomorrow. Once I have them I will contact you and we'll figure out a way to make the exchange. If anyone else wants anything else, please let me know. Thanks.

I've connected with Tony Curci at the RFDA and he will gladly take extra/unwanted food for distribution to local food banks. You can either drop off the food at the RFDA office at 704 McKenzie Street, or call Tony at Office: (807) 622-7440, Cell: (807) 629-7268. We could also probably arrange an evening harvest at the garden and have him come meet us to take it all away. Please let me know what you would like to do if you have extra food.

The garden looks amazing! Great job everyone!

Picnic table at the garden!

Hi everyone. I just wanted to let you all know that Karen from the Brain Injury Association of Thunder Bay & Area has donated to the garden a very generous gift of a picnic table. The BIATBA have 4 plots in the garden, right at the front of the garden. We are extremely thankful for this gift which will be a wonderful addition to our garden. The picnic table was delivered today, so please enjoy it!

Thank you so much Karen and BIATBA!

Recipe

Hi. Sue, one of our gardeners, was recently asked by another gardener for a recipe for picled beans. She asked that I share it with all of you, so here it is:

Pickled Yellow Bean ( Can be used with green)

1. Wash beans in cold water and cut stem ends off
2. Stand up vertically in pint jar ( 750 ml jars work better, for height)
3. In each jar, place:
a. 1 clove garlic
b. 1 chili pepper(small or large, depending on how much “zing” you want)
c. 1 spring dill
4. To prepare pickling solution:
a. liquid mix is ½ and ½ water to vinegar
b. roughly 1 cup (250 ml) liquid will be required per pint
c. add 1 tsp pickling salt per cup
d. bring water, vinegar and salt to boil
5. Pour boiling solution into packed jars
6. Let stand for 6 weeks.


Enjoy!

Composting Workshop Tuesday Aug 3 at 6:30pm

Hi everyone. This is just a friendly reminder that Pascal will be putting on a composting workshop at the garden tomorrow evening at 6:30 pm. We had a good turnout last week for Dustin's talk on soils (thanks Dustin and all who attended!) and hope many of you will decide to join us tomorrow evening as well. I've been away for the last few days and am looking forward to seeing the garden tomorrow, as well as 'harvesting' my family's dinner!

See you soon!