SPRING IS IN THE AIR! Annual Hope for the Hungry Conference Focuses Fighting Local Hunger Hope for the Hungry 9am – 4pm Saturday, March 4 Grace Lutheran…

It’s Green Tomato Time! As the first succession of tomato plants dwindles, many green tomatoes are still juicy and “ripe” for picking. Green tomatoes make for incredible…

It’s Pumpkin Time! A Big, Fat Thank You to All 24 Volunteers from Faith Lutheran for Digging Potatoes on Sunday!! They harvested about a ton of potatoes…

Greetings from Meutia Hakim! Meutia, a Valley High School foreign exchange student four years ago, sent a message last week to say how much she loved her…

Harvest Celebration: Monarch tagging and dinner Saturday, September 17 starting at 4:30 pm Covenant Presbyterian Church Corner of 28th Street & Ashworth Rd, West Des Moines Join us for…

The Garden is Lush Since our last newsletter in June the garden has rejoiced in return of the rains. After a dusty, dry June the garden received…

It’s Strawberry Time Our first crop of strawberries are starting to ripen and we should be picking them all week! The new “Critter-Proof” garden fence is almost…

A BIG, FAT THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AT WALNUT CREEK CHURCH! Over Memorial Day Weekend some 40 members of Walnut Creek Church put in over…

So far we have 415 tomato plants and over 500 pepper plants in the ground. The onions, peas, and beans are up about 6 inches and we…

On Friday evening, May 6, we will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a picnic by the garden. Here’s the schedule: 6 pm or so – Potluck…