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FINAL DAYS TO GET PUMPKINS U-‐Pick pumpkin booth open until October 30th

Come and get your fall season pumpkins before it is too late! We are running a ‘buy one, get one half-‐off’ sale (of equal or lesser value). The Northside Pumpkin Patch is open until October 30th and our hours are Monday-‐Friday 3-‐7, Saturday 12-‐6, and we are closed on Sundays. The Pumpkin Patch is located at 2020 North 5th Street, in Niles, MI 49120, directly behind the school. The proceeds from the pumpkin go towards the Niles Community Schools and the Niles Community Gardens.

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Niles Community Gardens wants to thank all who helped vote for us in the DeLoach Community Garden Grant voting competition. After 5 months of voting daily, we received more votes than any other community garden in

North America! Wow!

We could not have done it without your help!

Go to deloachcommunitygardens.com to check out the official announcement!

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in

one autumnal face.”

-John Donne

Niles Community Gardens Officially Wins DeLoach Community Garden

Grant!


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"A garden is never so good

as it will be next year."

- Thomas Cooper

A Fall Season Treat -‐ Homemade Mulled Apple Cider!

Yields 8 cups Ingredients:

• 8 cups unpasteurized apple cider • A 3-inch cinnamon stick • 10 whole cloves • 1 navel orange, peeled and sliced crosswise • A 2-inch piece of peeled fresh ginger, cut into 6 slices In a large saucepan combine the cider, the cinnamon stick, the cloves, the orange and the ginger and simmer the mixture for 20 minutes. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into a heat-proof pitcher and serve the mulled cider warm. Read More http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Mulled-Apple-Cider-with-Orange-and-Ginger-200609#ixzz2AhU0pikt


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- Kid’s Corner Craft - Scary Gourd Ghosts!

Do you have too many gourds lying around in your garden that you don’t know what to do with? Why not use them for a great Halloween craft for your kids while they carve their pumpkins! Make it your new fall tradition!

All you need are some dried gourds (gooseneck or kettle gourds look the best), a bit of sand paper and some white and black craft paint.

Step 1: lightly sand your gourd surface smooth

Step 2: paint 2-‐3 coats of white paint over the gourds and let dry between coats

Step 3: paint a ghost mouth and eyes on the gourd. You can change the placement of the ghost face depending on which type of gourd you used!

This is a fun and easy craft to do with children! Have a happy Halloween!


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at [email protected] or via U.S.P.S. at 2625 Holland St, South Bend, IN 46619

If you are not on our email mailing list and would like to receive our newsletter, please send your email address to Sarah Markley via email or

U.S.P.S. (address above).

Garden with us!

If you would like to volunteer in the gardens or on special projects, or if you haven’t gardened with us but would like to, please email Mark Van Til at

[email protected] or call at 269-‐815-‐5034.

Help Support us!

To make a monetary donation, please make checks payable to Niles Community Gardens and mail to:

Niles Community Gardens PO Box 304

Niles, MI 49120

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