Season's First Harvest for Donation
With near record highs in the 80's today, it was important to get to the garden early to harvest produce for the first donation of the year - this harvest is going to a community luncheon sponsored by the Senior Solutions organization. Seniors are encouraged to take the produce home to use in their own kitchens. As Senior Solutions says on its website: "Eating meals together helps connect communities and strengthen bonds among participants. It provides seniors with meaningful, yet natural, interactions: food provides its own topic of conversation, making it easier to interact with others. Sharing meals regularly can also decrease feelings of loneliness and depression." It is organizations like this that we seek to support with produce grown in the 20 donation beds and small orchard that make up part of the community garden. While today's harvest is small, it is comprised of perennial crops. Most other crops have only recently been planted or won't be planted ...
