What Are You Grateful For?

We held our Center Avenue Community Garden 2nd annual Harvest dinner on September 27th.

Our intention was to celebrate the abundance of the garden with a potluck dinner that generated zero landfill. Everyone brought their own plate and silverware plus a dish to share. We received $30 in donations. Many thanks to all who helped with the organizing, preparation and cleaning up.
There was an impromptu live theater performance.

There was Story Telling

Lots of Gratitude here!

The food was local and wonderful for the most part.

The Crop Swap continues on the 4th Wednesday of each month.

These two images are from the July 24th Swap. In the True spirit of sharing the surplus Buttercup Farms brought over a large amount of surplus produce that might have been sold elsewhere.

Much Gratitude there!

The Sunchokes, or Jerusalem Artichokes are almost ready. They can be harvested in October but, in my opinion, are actually much more tasty in December or January when they have matured in flavor.

Sunchokes flowering in mid September

They can be stored in the ground to mature. Here they could be at risk from Gophers. Or stored in a bucket immersed and covered with sand or soil placed in a cool spot such as a garden shed.
Sunchokes are washed and then can be eaten raw, in a salad for example. They can also be steamed, stir-fried etc.  Here is a link to get you started on feeling Gratitude for Sunchokes.

These are the tubers - the part we can eat

There is so much more to be Grateful for ... and I will have to stop here for the moment and take a breath!

Happy Fall. Happy harvesting in Gratitude.

David