The end of the garden season snuck up on us with a bitter frost on the grass at school this morning. I am hoping to save the tomatoes still on the vine?!?!? Plus radishes and a mini egg plant.
So what have we (Bethany Pinzok and I) accomplished even with Covid and delays and such?
We donated to the local food pantry three times. The first time was about 20 bags of lettuce and arugula. The next two were about 15 bags of tomatoes. So about 50 families got FRESH produce from our garden.
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| Each bag contains 1 large green tomato and about 8 yellow mini tomatoes |
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| Ready for deliver |
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Labels for the bags |
We shared some with our faculty and staff at Wattsburg Area Elementary Center. One teacher was excited to take yellow tomatoes home to an elderly family member who loves them! Make my heart melt..
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| Green beans and tomatoes ready to share |
Finally, we even got some tomatoes on the lunch line a few times in September/October despite all of the barriers. This is the ultimate goal - FARM TO TABLE!
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| The yellow ones were picked that morning from the garden |
Plus our project was featured on the local news recently! It has been a labor of love this year!
Erie News Now and a link was listed on Newsbreak!
I am excited for phase 2 and teaming up with our high school agriculture class who is going to help seed starting with us!
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