tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40120408019027930232024-03-12T18:05:58.792-07:00Gather and Grow Friendship GardenThis is a blog for the Gather and Grow Friendship Garden which is located at First Congregational UCC, 361 17th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
This garden is located in the Wellington Heights Neighborhood of Cedar Rapids. The main purpose of the garden is to bring together many different people in the community in order to bring unity. Together this neighborhood can do great things!! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-50416236657852104212013-07-30T18:31:00.001-07:002013-07-30T18:31:14.155-07:00It's ALIVE!!!!!!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Recently the weather has been all over the map- super, ridiculously hot and humid followed by fall like cooler weather that has even required sweat shirts and sweat pants! The garden (in particular the watermelon and pumpkins) LOVED the week of super hot weather here in Iowa. Due to the plants soaking up the heat they have practically EXPLODED all over the garden. The thick vines starting intermingling, intertwining, and sprawling all over. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">While that sounds pretty awesome the garden is thriving with life it quite frankly was getting detrimental to other plants in the garden. We couldn't see the peppers, had troubles finding the squash, the beans and peas were barely visible... it was <i>bad</i>. So, we did what anyone does when they are in deep and don't know what to do- call in backup!! Check out the photos below to see the "before"s and "after"s of the garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">By the way- a big, HUGE extra special THANK YOU to Lori, the Master Gardener, who came to our rescue to get the vines diverted in different directions and to help us find the other plants that were being swallowed up by "vine monster"!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the far view it looks pretty normal. Lots of <br />green all over the place, but that just means<br />it's healthy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watermelon or pumpkin? Hard to tell at this stage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roma tomatoes that are just waiting to get nice<br />and ripe! They will be red in no time!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how Marissa (pictured) and Sarah (taking the photo)<br />looked while trying to figure out how to untangle the <br />web of vines. Conclusion we came to? <br />CALL IN REINFORCEMENTS!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cucumber!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginning of peppers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah... it was a minor disaster! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Despite the craziness of the garden<br />there is still beauty everywhere!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-42008887146074341162013-07-11T12:22:00.000-07:002013-07-11T12:22:38.288-07:00Where did the paths go?!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">No more paths in the garden! The vines of the squash, pumpkins, and cucumbers are taking over. They are doing so well that they are creeping into the lettuce bed, all around the peppers, and even climbing up the pea trellis!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't wait to taste all the tomatoes! <br />They are still green, but soon will be red and juicy. </td></tr>
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Brooke & Heather were hard at work harvesting the giant green beans! </div>
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There are LOTS of peas that should be ready by next week too. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The cabbage look great! Heather was very excited to harvest this one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Apparently I have lost track of time (this is Super Snack Lady Sarah who regularly updates the blog, other than once when my co-worker Amy did it)!!! I could have pinky promised that I updated the blog last week with awesome new photos but according to my records I have been there TWICE and haven't uploaded picture. Ooops! So, here is a long, picture filled update on things!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful sun flower was growing<br />the last week of June (by this week<br />there was 5 more that joined it!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tomatoes have really filled out<br />and have grown quite tall. <br />They are also budding and the flowers<br />are blossoming which means that<br />we should have some tomatoes growing<br />soon!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah's co-worker Amy posed in the garden so <br />that you could tell how big the plants are getting.<br />These pole beans are really tall!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alicia the dietician from Hy-Vee stopped by with me<br />to check out the garden. It's getting pretty huge!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awwww! Who doesn't love a baby rabbit?<br />I especially love baby rabbits that are OUTSIDE of the<br />garden fence!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alicia the dietician, Amy, and Sarah<br />made a healthy smoothie that included<br />avocado, kale, a banana, yogurt, and <br />orange juice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy helped put the ingredients in the<br />blender.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had a great green smoothie mustache!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These were taken yesterday. I am <br />obsessed and intrigued by the little<br />vine on the plants (this is a <br />cucumber plant) and how they grow<br />up the sides of the fencing! Super cool!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have a baby summer squash folks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pumpkin plant explosion! WATCH OUT!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The parsley and cilantro continues to grow well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On July 2nd the Girl Scout group came and worked on<br />the garden. I (Sarah) am in the back... though I still<br />look about the same size as the kids!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Girl Scouts attached our hand painted pickets<br />to the metal pickets that hold up the fence. Not<br />only does it make the garden look pretty it also<br />shows the variety of partners we have at the<br />garden!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pickets add so much color to the garden!<br />Come and check it out whenever you can because <br />they look really awesome!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-27133823193869697962013-06-26T02:00:00.000-07:002013-06-26T02:00:07.273-07:00We Reap What We Sow....<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In garden terms the word "sowing" means putting the seeds into the ground, normally in some sort of organized fashion (like rows). The old saying, "You reap what you sow" means that you get what you put into it. Below are two volunteers from the First Congregational Church with fresh produce from the garden. We are reaping some great produce!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The volunteers were checking on the plants. They <br />made sure they were growing big and tall!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Also: Remember that our summer gardening series is going on. Thursday night at 6:30 our Hy-Vee Dietician Alicia will be at First Congregational Church. She will be talking about what to do with produce fresh from any garden and will have samples to share! </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-88431154566947189372013-06-20T02:00:00.000-07:002013-06-20T02:00:00.788-07:00We're Still Growing....<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What can I say? Things are continuing to grow in the garden and we are continuing to harvest produce. I won't lie- I'm running out of titles for the blog posts and am currently in a creative rut. So, until I come up with something else the blog titles will be something along the lines of, "All is well at the garden....." or "Growing, harvesting, growing, harvesting..." :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Check out these photos from yesterday (June 19th):</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sunflowers are growing!<br />
I can't wait to see these things when they <br />
bloom!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cabbage is taking shape</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red cabbage is also shaping up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have peppers people!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Kohlrabi is ready to be harvested!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the Zucchini which has really taken off<br />
in the last week. It's even starting to look like<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lettuce, lettuce, LETTUCE!!! It's getting harvested<br />
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On Wednesday June 19th the Extended Food and Nutrition Education Program folks did a free cooking lesson at First Congregational Church. They made quiche and even used fresh spinach from the garden in their recipe! YUM! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tonia and Sharon were getting ready for their guests<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-56284144265962172782013-06-17T02:00:00.000-07:002013-06-17T02:00:00.494-07:00We are Harvesting!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Short update for a Monday morning:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />A lot of the garden is growing rapidly. If you don't know much about gardens I can tell you this: There is seasonality in a garden. Some things grow and ripen in the early part of the season, some in the middle part, and some later in the season. Right now lettuce, spinach, and radish (we didn't plant radishes but we have the other two at our garden) are all "in season" and ripe and ready to be picked and eaten. Below is a picture of the ISU Extension and Outreach's Office Manager, Mary, enjoying a bag of fresh lettuce and spinach mix that was picked from the garden just on Thursday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />Her expression says it all! YUM!!!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-58073831451490407022013-06-14T14:13:00.001-07:002013-06-14T14:13:51.910-07:00Neighborhood Picnic & Composting! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These pole beans are growing rapidly and love twirling up the trellises. </div>
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The spinach and lettuce plants are doing well and some were ready to harvest this week. We enjoyed some fresh-picked greens on our hamburgers at the neighborhood picnic on a beautiful day! </div>
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Green Iowa AmeriCorps members taught kids and their families all about composting! They could see how to use a compost bin made from pallets, a vermicompost bin with worms, and a tumbler. Kids decorated buckets to take home and save food scraps and other compostable items to put in the compost bin. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Some waste was also diverted from the picnic (watermelon rinds, leftover veggies, paper napkins/plates, etc.) and put into the compost bin on site. Hopefully by next year that compost will help the garden grow! </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://isulinncoext.overblog.com/get-composting-over-half-of-what-enters-a-landfill-is-compostable" target="_blank">Click here to learn more about composting </a> </span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-14025544981871300672013-06-13T01:00:00.000-07:002013-06-13T01:00:06.466-07:00Did You Miss It?<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you thought you missed the Green Corps Compost demonstration as part of the summer education series Digging In! on Wednesday June 12th....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>YOU DIDN'T!!!!</b></span> Due to the threat of stormy weather it got pushed back to Thursday June 13th (<b>TODAY</b>). The event is from 5:30-6:30pm at First Congregational Church. The church is putting on a FREE grill out and Green Corp members will be on hand to discuss composting. They will also be handing out free buckets so you can start helping the Gather and Grow Friendship Garden's compost corral by collecting compost from your house and dumping it in the corral by the garden. Eventually the compost will decompose and become awesome soil that will go into the garden and help it keep healthy. Not to mention that you will be saving some great stuff from going into the landfill!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />So- Come TONIGHT and get a bite to eat while learning about composting (and how easy it is!)!!!! </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-20874240429641720042013-06-10T02:30:00.000-07:002013-06-10T02:30:02.864-07:00Summer Education Series at the Garden!<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We are very excited to announce that there will be a Summer Education Series at the Gather and Grow Friendship Garden all summer long!!! There will be many, many different topics for you and your family to explore. ALL classes are <b>FREE</b> and open to the public. Check out the first couple classes below and mark your calendars to join the fun!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-39569795415961780362013-06-06T02:00:00.000-07:002013-06-06T17:46:30.790-07:00First Summer Work Crew<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">During the summer there will be several different groups of people/kids coming together once a week to do gardening. This week it was the Girl Scout Troop from Johnson School of the Arts. Look below to see them working and to see how amazing our garden is coming along (and growing!)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The onions are growing taller. We can't wait to <br />see how big they are once we can pick them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Broccoli! We are amazed at how much it <br />looks exactly what we eat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cabbage is growing taller and getting fuller.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some lettuce was actually harvested<br />this week already! YUM!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our pumpkins are sprawling out<br />and getting big already.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girl scouts weeded and tended to the plants<br />making sure that the tomatoes were free<br />moving in their cages and all plants were growing<br />big.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks Girl Scout Troops (and their leaders)!!!!!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-44991327093234794952013-05-31T02:00:00.000-07:002013-05-31T02:00:01.955-07:00It's Growing!<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is a picture update of how the garden is growing as of Wednesday May 29th.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our sunflowers are popping up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pumpkin has really taken off<br />due to the rain and the warmth we've had <br />lately. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The peppers are growing all and will<br />be using the poles for support in no <br />time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kohlrabi is growing in the background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here are beautiful rows of onions are<br />popping up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have herbs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you guess what these vegetables are?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peas are sprouting!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We'll continue to update with pictures of how the garden is coming and the schedules of events (such as when groups are working on the garden and special events that are being hosted throughout the summer months). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-66397667368253904442013-05-28T02:00:00.000-07:002013-05-28T02:00:00.452-07:00Storm and Art Show Updates!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hello friends! I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am here to write a few updates and include some pictures. At the end of last week the city came and chopped down the two trees that had fallen (including the one that was dangerously close to the garden). Since then the fence has been repaired and the garden soaked up the wonderful weather last week and started to really take off and grow! (Look below for pictures on those two items)<br /><br />I've had some questions about the art show- let me sum it up. IT WENT GREAT!!!! We made some good money and we had a lot of proud JSA kids show off their art work. Not to mention that we had some proud parents, church members, and community members buy some artwork. (Those pictures are also below).<br /><br />So in the short of it, everything is going well. We'll keep an eye on the weather and see what all of this rain does to the garden.... who would have thought we'd be talking about flooding when we just were uttering the word "drought" a couple months ago!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trees are mostly taken down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fence is repaired!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The watermelon is sprouting up the week <br />after it's planted.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cucumber also sprouted a week<br />after planting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up close and personal with our plants! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chalk the walk to gain attention for the Art Show </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor art work that was for sale.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A happy customer (Marissa) who bought<br />this rockin' photo!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here was a cute little bug that a JSA student made<br />that was also for sale. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glazed pots also were for sale.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is a small sample of some of the photos<br />that were for sale.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A garden stone that was for sale.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> We still do have some items left over from the art sale including awesome digital photos. If interested in seeing what items we have left to purchase please contact Sarah at sreis@iastate.edu !</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-5752979776944655672013-05-21T02:00:00.000-07:002013-05-21T02:00:08.395-07:00Storms A Brewing.....<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well as everyone knows there was a pretty good spring storm that rolled through Cedar Rapids and most of Iowa on Sunday May 19th. Unfortunately there were tree limbs down all over town and even power knocked out to several places for long hours. At First Congregational Church where the Gather and Grow Friendship Garden is located had 2 major trees completed up rooted. The only damage done was one of the trees barely falling on the wire fence of the garden. Check out the photos below to see the whole scene- and to see how lucky we were that everything is ok!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a close call to the beautiful hand crafted garden<br />gate!! Luckily the wire fence can be replaced<br />or bent back into place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the view from Washington. It was quite a large,<br />old tree that fell!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is another view from Washington with the tree<br />completed uprooted.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the view of the tree that fell at the corner of the <br />church. Luckily it didn't hit the church and probably<br />only took out some bushes.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Super Snack Lady is writing this on Monday night and it will get posted in the morning. I'm watching more storms come up on the radar and hoping that I won't have to do any more "storm updates" on the blog!! </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-30146666426430750592013-05-16T18:53:00.000-07:002013-05-16T18:53:36.404-07:00The Garden is..... PLANTED!!!!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was quite an exciting, beautiful spring day today in the Gather and Grow Friendship Garden!!! Today we were a United Way Day of Caring site and had approximately 10 volunteers from Target stores (both north and south sides). These volunteers did a fabulous job of putting down newspaper and mulching the garden, helped our Garden Enrichment students plant the garden, and even helped put siding on the garage where the garden tools are stored. They were incredibly hard workers and helped completely make over our garden space. Check out the photos below to see the progress!!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some Target volunteers (including the grandson of <br />one volunteer) help make trellises for specific plants<br />to climb up when they grow (like cucumbers!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here are some volunteers that were taking<br />mulch from a large pile and spreading it on the garden.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Target volunteer spread out the mulch<br />evenly to make sure that all of the grass <br />was covered. We covered the grass<br />to make it easier to upkeep the garden so <br />we didn't have to mow the grass. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is a garden enrichment student planting<br />some seeds in the garden while Amy and Lisa make sure<br />it was done correctly. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott uses his hand and a garden tool<br />to make a row for some seeds.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We'll have updates as the plants start to sprout. In the mean time, feel free to stop by anytime in person to check out the garden! It is quite a site to be seen. We ask that you be respectful of the area and do not walk in the beds where we've planted but as you can see there is plenty of other space to walk and observe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">REMINDER! <span style="font-size: large;">On Friday May 17th there is the Art Show and Sale at First Congreg<span style="font-size: large;">ational Church featuring artwork by Johnson School of the Arts students!!! <span style="font-size: large;">Y<span style="font-size: large;">ou H<span style="font-size: large;">AVE to check out the digi<span style="font-size: large;">tal photography<span style="font-size: large;"> enrichment prints among<span style="font-size: large;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;">many</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"> other things! See you there from 5-7pm!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-30707875594719810902013-05-14T03:00:00.000-07:002013-06-19T05:48:09.412-07:00The Garden is Coming Together!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Some people wonder how the garden gets completed. Honestly, it takes a lot of people to make the garden happen! We were lucky enough to have 7 Marion High School students plus a teacher to come and help with a ton of loose ends for their One Day in May campaign. (The ENTIRE school goes to different sites and give back to the community for a whole day! HOW COOL IS THAT?!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So on Monday May 13th the students came to First Congregational Church did several different things including: painting pickets for our fence, finishing some wind chimes for the art show, and even planting several different things in the garden!! Some of the things that were planted were transplants (meaning they were grown in Culver's green house from seeds and are already plants growing) and some were direct sow (which means putting the seeds in the ground). Check out the pictures below to see the garden sprouting up before our eyes!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On Thursday another group will be coming for The United Way's Day of Caring and will be mulching and covering up all of the grass, finishing the fence, and planting the rest of the garden with the help of the Gardening Enrichment students from Johnson School of the Arts. We'll post more pictures once things are completed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Also, don't get about the ART SHOW AND SALE this Friday from 5-7pm!!! </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-58467802413248301312013-05-08T02:00:00.000-07:002013-05-08T02:00:08.869-07:00Art Show to Benefit the Garden<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hello Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>On Friday May 17th there is a very exciting event going on at First Congregational Church!</b> From<b> 5-7pm</b> there will be an art show featuring work from Johnson School of the Arts that will be for sale!! Allow me to explain how it all works:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1) There is a minimum price on the art work. The most affordable artwork will be $5 with some ranging up to $20. All of the artwork is based on donations- so if you <b>really</b> like a piece you can certainly give more than the minimum amount. Purchases must be cash and paid on the spot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2) The artwork will be sold on a first-come-first-serve basis. This means that once the artwork is purchased a "SOLD!" sign will be placed on it but left up so people can still admire the work. All of the artwork will be picked up at 7pm that same night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">3) I bet you're wondering what is going to be sold at the art show. GOOD QUESTION! There will be several different types of art work- bugs that are made from up-cycling materials, photography prints that are matted and ready to be framed, clay pots that have been glazed by students, water color art work, up-cycled wind chimes, and even a couple wooden bar stools that have been painted by Super Snack Lady and her co-worker Amy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">4) ALL of the donations and proceeds from the art show will go straight to the garden, educational programs, and other garden related events. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">5) This event is the same night as JSA's Blues and BBQ and we are hoping for wonderful weather. So between eating and catching some of the talent over at the school you should wander across the street, check out the garden, and purchase some artwork!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Check out some photos below for a very small preview of some of the items that will be at the art show. Get excited and we'll see you in a week and a half!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students in the Gardening Enrichment enjoy a snack<br />of carrots while stringing up beads for wind chimes.<br />They created patterns with the beads and the strings<br />got attached to the wind chimes as decorations. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marissa and Amy show off two of the up-cycled<br />wind chimes that the students completed. They are<br />made from spoons, forks, pans, and other metal<br />materials that are found in the kitchen. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is a preview of 2 of the bar stools that were hand<br />painted by Super Snack Lady (left) and her co-worker<br />Amy (right). Check them out in person on May 17th!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-39030424297888098772013-05-03T18:39:00.000-07:002013-05-03T18:39:03.655-07:00Did You Know?<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Do you want to keep up with all things to do with the Gather and Grow Friendship Garden? Then all you have to do is sign up over ----------------------> THERE! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you put in your email address it will automatically send you an email every time the blog is updated. It's an easy way to see what special events are coming up, how the garden is doing once school is out, and other fun information. STAY IN THE GARDEN LOOP!<br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-4892940433353740012013-05-02T09:41:00.001-07:002013-05-03T18:19:15.036-07:00Garden Kick Off Party!<span id="goog_1499859262"></span><span id="goog_1499859263"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On Saturday April 6th we held a huge garden kick off party. It involved a lot of activities for children and adults alike. We were prepping the garden beds so that they would be ready for planting once the weather got warmer, we also heard from a local meteorologist and a local dietician, and there were crafts for families and kids to do. Check out all of the fun photos below to see all of the action!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The "pie wedges" are pictured with the large<br />pile of compost. The day after this photo<br />was taken Culver's came and tilled up<br />the wedges so we could prep them.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lori (on the left) who is a Master Gardener<br />and Scott discuss their plan of <br />attack on how to spread the compost<br />on the morning of the Garden Kick Off<br />Party. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here is Corey Christiansen, the chief<br />meteorologist at KGAN. He talked about<br />draught concerns fro the summer<br />and how that could possibly<br />affect the garden.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dietician Alicia Aguiar from Hy-Vee discussed<br />several different fruits and veggies with <br />the kids who attended the Garden Kick <br />Off event. When the kids tried a produce<br />item of a specific color then they got to get<br />that color sprayed in their hair!<br />(Don't worry, it washed out!)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">While the kids got to do fun activities and crafts<br />inside the adults were hard at work outside!<br />In this photo they are spreading compost<br />around all of the different pie wedges.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kids and families painted wooden pickets<br />that will be incorporated into the <br />garden fencing. There were ones about<br />health, staying active, and ones that respresent<br />girl scout troops, the school, and other community<br />groups who are involved in our project!</span></td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-25204752732208605652013-05-01T03:00:00.000-07:002013-05-01T03:00:14.268-07:00The Garden is Taking Shape!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After several meetings with Scott Koepke from New Pioneer Co-Op in Iowa City we decided on an awesome sun dial design. What exactly does that mean? Below is a picture of the garden area staked out and spray painted before we dug it up and put compost on it. Kids affectionally call them "pie wedges" or "pizza slices"! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Scott does gardening education to schools in the Iowa City area and is currently helping over 25 schools from elementary to high schools get school gardens started or maintained. He was nice enough to generously donate his time and expertise to our project! </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4012040801902793023.post-55704693557335142952013-04-30T11:36:00.000-07:002013-04-30T11:36:00.720-07:00The start of something special!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Way back in the cold winter months several people were dreaming up plans for a school garden at Johnson School of the Arts. The problem was that Johnson had no grass available for a garden due to a large playground and blacktop area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Luckily, First Congregational Church was generous enough to let us use their property. From there different community groups started working together to make a garden possible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Look below to see the space as it was over the winter and spring months!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It might not look like much from these photos, but over the spring months this space has been transformed! </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18042964616660089309noreply@blogger.com0