End of the Season Garden Plot Clean Up for community gardeners

DEADLINE: Sunday, OCTOBER 18th Garden clean up now makes it possible for us all to get a good start in the spring.

REMOVE ALL: String - Plastic Planting Containers - Tomato Cages

Sticks & Trellis Materials - Diseased Plants

All Trash - Fencing - Burlap & Weed Cloth

Bring a trash bag to take home your trash and all other man-made items. CHOP UP THICK, WOODY STALKS with a SHOVEL (sunflowers, corn, Brussel sprouts, etc.)

HARVEST ANY RIPE CROPS (you can continue to harvest after the clean-up deadline)

Failure to clean your plot may cost you your gardening privileges next year!

A PROGRAM OF THE GREATER LANSING FOOD BANK

October 2015

A) 35 gardens, 5 acres

B) 200 gardens, 12 acres

C) 128 gardens, 30 acres

A) Twice as much

B) 5 times as much

C) 6 times as much

A) 25 yards

B) 440 yards

C) 999 yards

A) 7

B) 14

C) 21

A) Broccoli

B) Tomatoes

C) Okra

- Garden Project Autumnal Quiz! - 1) How many

gardens & how

many acres are in

the GP network of

community gardens?

2) How many more

square feet did

Brad till this year

compared to last?

3) How many yards

of compost were

delivered this

season?

4) How many

ground bee bites

did the GP staff

sustain this season?

5) What is the #1

favorite veggie

grown by GP

gardeners?

ANSWERS to Garden Project Autumnal Quiz: 1) C 2) C 3) B 4) A 5) B

GARDEN LEADER’S TRAINING: Join leaders from the community to gain new leadership skills, access local resources & startup monies, network, share & plan

for successful community gardening projects.

Save the Date for 2016!

February 20th & 27th, March 12th

Mark your calendar for the annual late-winter series of Garden Leader Training sessions. Begin planning now if you are thinking about starting a new community garden or taking on a leadership role at an existing garden in 2016!

And feel free to call us at any time to talk through plans,

ideas & inspirations. We’ve always got gardens on our brain!

Come borrow from the Resource Center! Tools: for you to borrow—

shovels, hoes, rakes & more

Water Baths & Canning Pots

Pressure Cookers

Food Mills

Canning Jars (can be kept)

Educational resources: books, videos, fact sheets and more

Please note, we may limit

distribution to ensure fairness

2401 Marcus St. (48912)

Corner of Foster & Marcus,

one block south of Kalamazoo

(on Lansing’s east side)

Save some of your home-grown veggies for winter! We have the preservation supplies you need!

Getting free canning jars or borrowing canning equipment is easy.

Just call us to let us know what you need and we’ll meet you at the Resource Cen-

ter. Equipment includes water bath and pressure canners, food mills & more.

What a lovely predicament to have...

What should I do with the extra produce that I grew?

You can donate food you’ve grown (or purchased!) all year long!

If you expect to donate frequently, contact us to help set

up a connection with a pantry near you. (Sharing with a

friend or neighbor in need is always a great option as well.)

A few local pantries accepting fresh produce donations:

City Rescue Mission of Lansing

(517) 485-0145 607 E. Michigan Ave. 7 days a week: 7am – 9pm

The Salvation Army

(517) 484-4424 525 N. Pennsylvania Ave. M-F 9am-noon & 1-4pm

Salvation Army, South Corps

(517) 394-6945 701 W. Jolly Rd. Tues-Fri 9:30-5pm

Quick & Easy Recipe: GOLDEN CARROT COINS From the kitchen of Gretchen Voyle, MSUE Peel & slice carrots into circular disks. Cook by roasting, boiling or microwaving until tender. Melt a bit of butter with a tablespoon or so of brown sugar and a splash of orange juice, creating a glaze for the carrots. Coat carrots with glaze and enjoy - what a sweet treat!

What Great Growers!

1. Stella, Farida & Kennedy at Foster 2. JoAnn & her broccoli 3. Dafrose & her sister, planting beans at Roots 4. Jordan, donating her prize eggplant 5. Than Win (Aung Way) poet & grower, Summer Place Garden 6. The Thang family of gardeners 7. Bike tour at Old Oakland Garden

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Get us a picture of your garden, we’ll post it at the Resource Center and maybe even feature it in our next newsletter! Send photos by mail, over email or post it to: facebook.com/TheGardenProject

A picture is worth a thousand words!

We want to know… what do you love to grow?

Businesses & Organizations

Individuals

100 Women Who Care, Accident Fund Insurance Company, Alane & Chartier, P.L.C., American Meadows, Andy T's, Annie's Heirloom Seeds, Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, Barish Sandblasting, BBB Seed, Bentley Seeds, Birchen Enterprise LLC, Bodies in Motion Personal Training, Capital Area Master Gardeners, CBI Rehabilitation Services, Inc., CBI's Giving Tree Farm, Chippewa Middle School,

City of Grand Ledge, City of Lansing Parks & Rec, City of Mason, Crunch Granola LLC, Darling's Greenhouse, ELFCO, Foodshed Farm, Given Trucking Inc., Grand Ledge Garden Club, Hack's Key Shop, Hammond Farms, Hastay's Greenhouse & Flower Shop, Herb Girl's

Garden, High Mowing Organic Seeds, Holmes Street Garden, Holt Kiwanis Club, Home Depot, Hope Network, Johnny's Seeds, Kitchen Garden Seeds, Lawn Sprinklers Sales, Lorann Oils, Meijer Distribution Center, Meridian Screen Printing & Embroidery,

MSU Center for Regional Food Systems, MSU Horticultural Farms, MSU Plant and Soil Science, Nature & Nurture Seeds, Navigating Business Space, Nottingham Stables, Okemos Public Schools, Piper & Gold LLC, Seedway LLC, St. Stephen Lutheran Church, Territorial Seed Company, Terroir Seeds LLC/Underwood Gardens, Garden Club of Greater Lansing, Tracey's Greenhouse & Gardens,

Tractor Supply Co., Tunde Rigel Design LLC, Turtle Tree Seed, Twin Sprout Farms, UAW Local 4911, Unicorn Tavern, Van Atta's Greenhouse & Flower Shop, Walmart Stores, Inc., Wildtype Nursery, Wright Tree Service

David J Price & Marcie Alling, George & Lynn Baisley, Kathy Ballard, Terry Ballinger, Paula Battistini, Leah Bauer, Tina Berger, Rick & Janice Bernsten, Chuck Bethke, Gabriel Biber, Marybeth Braddick, Esther Brockway, Leslie Brogan, Patricia Brown,

Bruce & Kathryn Cameron, Michelle Carlson, Peggy Champion, James Clift, Morgan Cross, Benjamin Curran, Brandon Currin, Anne & Michael Davich, Mackenzie Davis, James Decker, Ellen DeRosia, Annette Devereaux, Mary Down, Carolyn Drake, Laura Drayton,

Ida Dulaney, Kathie Dunbar, Jennifer Farhat, Mr. Kevin A Farrell, Julie Feldpausch, Malinda Funk, Alicia Gipson, Meghan Hanley, Constance Henslee, Bob & Julie Horn Alexander, Roz And Rick Huntley, Colleen Hyslop, Ellen Ives, Jan Jankowski,

Deborah K. Harris & Jeffrey P. Johnson, Michael Kessler, Ellen & Terry Link, Cynthia Lockington, David Lockman, Arloa Marmion, Bradd Melville, Susan & Steve Meuche, Karrin & Peter Miller, Roberta Miller, Pamela Montri, Kathleen Moon, Lori Mourer, Jill Murphy,

Pam Nelson, Ruth Nixon, Lisa Nowak, Lauren Olson, Marylynn Owen, Mary Pearce, Denise H Chrysler & Paul C Pratt, Catherine Purdum, Arlene Radcliffe, Carol Rall, Sobha Ramanand, John Sanford, Stacy Schmitt, Mary Schueller, Joel Sharkey,

Brent Patrick Shelpman, Carol Siemon, Kendell Smith, Pamela Smith, Sieglinde Snapp, Carol Strachan, Ruth Stump, Sedora Tantraphol, Val & Mark Taylor, Destiny Teachnor-Hauk, Michael Tosto, Joseph Toth, Philip Trosko, Lynn Warshaw,

Dwight Washington, Jacob Waterman, Elaine Weipert, Mary Elaine Westberg, Paul Zamarron, Kerry Zsigo

NON-PROFIT ORG.

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

PERMIT # 793

LANSING, MI

Growing Healthy Food,

Cultivating Connections

P.O. Box 16224

Lansing, MI 48901

PHONE (517) 853-7809

FAX (517) 853-7817

gardenproject@glfoodbank.org

www.GreaterLansingFoodBank.org