|
What's Happening
Canning and Preserving
Learn how to preserve the bounty of our summer harvests by canning and drying.
Plum chutneys, canned plums...gifts for the holidays and your own pantries.
We are offering two
FREE classes. Get details and register. .
News
1st Annual Edible Garden Tour of West Seattle
Ten lovely and diverse food gardens were visited by over 75 people this past Saturday. Garden hosts enjoyed sharing tips and
and information. Many folks came away with inspirations and new ideas for their own gardens. We hope to do this again next year.
First Collection for Lettuce Pray
This past Sunday, 35 pounds of garden produce were donated by
church members, and delivered to the White Center Food Bank.
One family from West Seattle Unitarian donated a huge box of collards and a huge
box of fresh lettuce. Additional donations included beans, peas and spaghetti squash. We will be collecting fresh
organic garden produce from the following churches every Sunday:
St. John's Episcopal, West Seattle Unitarian, First Lutheran, Our Lady of Guadalupe. If you would like to be included
in this program, contact Jane.
The First Harvest of 2008 - Cherries
While we were waiting for those plums to ripen, two new volunteers let us know about
a neighbor with 3 huge cherry trees, just laden with fruit. We are grateful to Nancy for donating the trees, to Keiko and Gordy for
scouting and picking, and to everyone else who helped out. The result: 113 pounds of beautiful ripe cherries to be distributed at
the White Center Food Bank on Monday. Our second tree has been harvested - Early Apples of the Yellow Transparent Variety. We delivered
31 pounds to the Food Bank on Monday.
We are 5% along the way to our goal for 2008 with just the first harvest. Check out our map for 2008.
Do you know of a tree, or want to help pick?
You can sign up to pick or donate a tree online.
Our Mission
Community Harvest of
Southwest Seattle increases access to urban fruits and vegetables
for all of our neighbors in West Seattle and White Center. We do
this through:
- Harvesting the abundance of our neighborhood residential fruit trees
- Providing classes to help people learn to grown their own healthy food
- Facilitating ways for gardeners to contribute produce to food banks
- Growing food gardens for those with limited access to fresh produce
- Providing canning and tree care classes
for the community
We believe that everyone deserves affordable access to the foods which will promote a healthy life.
| 
This Week's
