Great Turnout at the Garden's 2nd Crop Swap!!

There was a great turnout at the CACG's second Crop Swap, and it looks like word is spreading about this wonderful event in the community.

Thanks Jenn, Mike, David, and everyone else who helped organize and share their produce.

Here's a list that Jenn put together of items that were shared: 3 kinds of zucchini, 5 kinds of squash, various tomatoes, plums, pears, eggs, grapes, peppers, apples, chard, seeds, succulents, cacti and herbs.

Looking forward to the next one!

2nd Crop Swap Tomorrow - Wednesday, July 24th at 6:30pm!

The CACG will be hosting our second 'Crop Swap', which we would like to host the last Wednesday of every month moving forward!

Feel free to bring any of your excess fruit, vegetables, herbs, etc, and exchange with others in the community.

No money changes hands - only produce.  This is a great way to meet others in your community who share similar interests in gardening and farming.

Swapping starts promptly at 6:30 at the garden  - 333 Center Avenue in Pacheco.

Garden Bonfire this Friday, July 19th at 7pm

Feel free to stop by the Center Avenue Community Garden this Friday, July 19th for some conversation and S'mores!

Regular volunteers Jennifer and Mike have been great about organizing events, and this should be a lot of fun. Thanks Jenn and Mike!

Center Ave Community Garden Bon Fire

333 Center Avenue, Pacheco, Ca

Friday, July 19th at 7:00 p.m.

Bring your own chairs

Smores will be provided

Great Turnout for Saturday Workday

It was a very productive day at the CACG last Saturday, as three new families stopped by to explore, plant, and harvest a wide variety of fruits and vegetable.  Among the items we're harvesting right now are grapes, strawberries, green beans, corn, zucchini, squash, cherry tomatoes, turnips, beets, and herbs.

Tammy and her mom came by for a couple of hours and helped spread wood chips, as well as save a supply of red leaf lettuce seed (a patient job!).

Regulars Bob and Ben were also there, helping tidy up around the garden, and providing their usual lively conversations!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by - come back anytime!

The pictures below are a surprising find I made in one of the garden beds on Saturday.  As I trimmed back a few branches of the purple tree in the picture (anyone know the name?), I was startled by a huge squash that was growing in it, like a Christmas ornament. The squash's vine had made its way into the tree and over the top.  Very cool!

Can you spot the squash and vine in the picture?

Grilled Corn and Zucchini: Thank You Center Avenue Garden!

Workday at the CACG this Saturday, July 13th!

As the garden continues to grow, we can really use some help keeping things tidy!

We're planning to spend a couple of hours at the CACG this coming Saturday helping out with some simple things like:
-  spreading wood chips around various locations
- cleaning up around the exterior of the garden
- organizing the garden shed
- labeling vegetables in the raised beds (painted stakes are located in the shed).

 Nothing too strenuous or technical, but we can sure use a few more hands on deck!

Feel free to stop by between 10am and Noon, and pitch in!

Thanks!
Jim and Karen

In Three Months at the Center Avenue Community Garden

You can get from this.....

Sweet Corn starts, April 13th

To this!

Sweet corn dinner, July 5th.

Harvesting on Fourth of July Weekend

With Auntie Tina in town from San Diego, we spent some time exploring around the CACG.  Some of the summer fruits and vegetables are ready to be harvested, including the grapes near the parking lot entrance.

Sweet-tasting grapes are looking great along the white archway.

There are a few strawberries scattered around a garden bed.

Sunflowers basking in the Fourth of July sunset.

Here's Colin trying a grape.

Brenna, Karen, and Tina harvesting corn.

Here's the corn that Doug planted a few months back.

A perfect example of the corn and beans working together - the corn grows tall, and the bean wraps itself around the corn.

Brenna digging into a strawberry.

Karen showing off the grapes.

Harvesting sunflowers.

Pictures from the Garden's First Crop Swap

David and Karen snapped some photos at the CACG's first-ever Crop Swap, and event we're hoping takes place the last Thursday of every month moving forward.

It's amazing how much food can be shared when a few people stop by!