Adopt a Row!!!

Now that the garden is planted and ready to go, we need families to adopt a row!

There is no cost to adopt a row in the garden. If you adopt a row, your responsibilities for that row would include: weeding, rock removal, harvesting, etc. One hour per week spent caring for your row would be sufficient. Even if someone doesn't have a row of their own, everyone is welcome to come and help. There is always something to do!

So, spread the word to your neighbors and have them contact Gina Gottfredson to adopt a row today! Thanks!

Nearly Full

The garden is coming along beautifully! Thanks to everyone's hard work, the garden looks great and nearly all of the rows are planted! Some of the first seeds that we planted are now well above ground. We are also excited about the new T stands for the tomatoes this year! There still a bit more work to be done on the stands and a few more rows left to be plant so if you are available please join us THIS SATURDAY (April 14th) in the garden from 8-10 A.M. unless it is raining too hard. Thanks!

Work has begun!

Thanks to everyone that was able to come out over the weekend and help get the garden ready for planting! There is still a lot of work to be done though so bring your family out this Monday evening for a great FHE activity! We've got big plans for the garden this year and with everyone's help it is going to be awesome!!!

It's Time!!!!

It is nearing time to start prepping the ground for this year's garden! We had a great experience last year and hope to continue that this year with a little experience under our gelt and get even more people involved. Please spread the word! If you would like to be involved please contact Gina Gottfredson at 673-8879 or gggott3@gmail.com. Thanks!

Wash Your Veggies!

For your information . . . Saturday morning the zucchini and squash plants were sprayed for squash bugs. The vegetables are safe to eat however you need to remember to wash them good before hand. Thanks!

We have tons of tomatoes and carrots that are ready to be picked. Go get some!!!

Fresh Pickings!

Just a sample of what Gina took home on Saturday from the garden. Hope everyone enjoyed some of thier veggis for dinner today. :0) Thanks to all that made it out there to help!

Fresh Salsa

With all of the tomatoes, onions, and peppers in the garden it is a great time to make some fresh salsa. Great tasting and healthy too! There are a million different recipes and ways to make salsa but I thought I would share a traditional recipe that my family likes. I will list the basic ingredients but of course, adjust things to taste according to what you like.

Chop up the following according to desired chunkiness (I do mine more on the fine side):
2 onions (I use one yellow and one red)
2 bell peppers
1-3 jalapeno pepper (depending on how hot you want it)
12 med-large tomatoes
1/2 bunch of cilantro, or more if desired

Add:
1/2 C. white vinegar
1 tsp. garlic salt
1/8 C. sugar
1-1/2 Tb. salt
1-1/2 to 2 cans tomato paste (depending on how runny or thick you want it)

Mix it all up and eat your heart out! Oh, and don't forget to refrigerate it. :0)