What are you doing this weekend? On Saturday and Sunday, we hope to see you at Seattle Tilth's Edible Plant Sale!
We'll be at the sale encouraging folks to consider buying some extra starts and growing a row (pdf) for the food bank this season. Everyone deserves fresh produce. No amount of home-grown delicious produce is too small, and it always goes to an appreciative home.
Here are some tips for growing extra produce:
- Plant an extra row or more. The more you plant to give away, the more you can help.
- Plant just one or two extra crops. This will result in a larger harvest of fewer items, which is better for the food banks.
- Food banks love most fruits and veggies! Some good examples of easy things to grow are: Beets, carrots, collard greens, green onions, herbs (dill, basil, cilantro, etc.) beans, peas, cucumbers, squash, pak choi, chard, radishes and lettuce.
- Harvest, wash and deliver to a local food bank or hot meals program in your neighborhood (pdf).
- Keep track of your produce donations; send totals to Lettuce Link at the end of the season. Last year, over 27,000 pounds of produce was donated from P-Patches and backyard gardens.
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Well now that we have the return of spring warmth you'all can dig it with veggie starts and no mo chilly burlap overcoats. Come on sunshine!
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