Garden of Grace

Thank you so much to Anne & Bob Hayton, Liz Blankstein, Jennifer Stoveken, Lori Horton for all that you have done to nurture and maintain the raised bed crops in the Garden of Grace.  We experienced another very good year of fresh produce grown and delivered to the Chubby’s Project. These vegetables were either incorporated into prepared meals or delivered “as-is" for families to enjoy as they wish.  

Here's our 2023 season-end tally: 

• Sweet peas: 8 lbs

• Swiss chard: 21.75 lbs

• Cucumbers: 35.75 lbs

• String Beans (purple): 3.5 lbs

This resulted in a total of about 69 lbs of fresh produce.  This yield is less than last year; a couple of possible contributing factors might include: 

·  Nearby trees are thriving (a good thing!) but some areas of the garden appear to experience more shade.

·  An extreme dry spell in the middle of the season might have impacted the cucumbers.

·  Goldfinch loved the swiss chard and it was challenging to beat them to the perfect leaves. 

·  The string beans were unremarkable. Very pretty but not very tasty. We opted to not deliver them to Chubby's after the first large yield.