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Harvest Time for the Needy

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I am pretty excited to see how well the food bank garden has grown. Our Three Sisters Garden is growing gangbusters and it's all I can do to control the squash from jumping over the neighbours garden. I am thinking of pegging down the rambling squash to keep it in bounds.


The cabbage is coming along and won't be ready for awhile yet.


The onions are huge and we will be harvesting early next week to get them to the South Delta Food Bank in time for the Wednesday sharing for those who need help.


We will also harvest some potatoes and carrots. The carrots are getting to a pretty good size now so its time to pull some.
This has been a amazing month at the community garden. I have never seen so many peas! What a great group of allotment gardeners we have.

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