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Date: Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 7:59 PM
Subject: DPR Communal Farm Weekly Update: Free Pumpkins and Fall Squashes!
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DPR Communal Farm Weekly Update
Hello all,
Hope everyone is well. Below is the weekly communal farm update on
available produce to give away, volunteer opportunities, and requests for
help this week.
**** If you don't want to receive weekly updates or want to only receive
updates about when the produce giveaways start/stop please respond to this
email *** *
Thanks!
* Highlights*
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*Free Pumpkin and Squash Patches at Each Veggie Giveaway this Week*
Big thanks to the DPR Environmental Division for supplying our communal
farms with enough pumpkins and Fall squashes for a free pumpkin/squash
patch at each veggie giveaway this week. Each family can select one item
while supplies last.
*- Giving Away Hydrangea Cut Flowers at Edgewood*
There's several Hydrangea bushes in Edgewood park that's at the end of
their blooms. We're making cut flowers from the leftover blooms. Swing by
Edgewood veggie giveaway this Tuesday 11-12pm if you want some!
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*Available Produce This Week*
*Can self harvest during open farm hours or pick up harvested, washed, and
wrapped produce at the weekly veggie giveaways *
*Edgewood Rooftop Farm *
- Crops ready to harvest
- *Warm Weather crops: Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, beans, cut
flowers, basil*, *herbs*
- *Cool Weather crops: Collards, kale, chard, snow peas, mustard*
- Weekly produce giveaways
- Tuesdays 11-12pm
- Can self-harvest if volunteering during open hours
- Tuesdays 10-1pm
- Saturdays 9-11am
*Lederer Gardens *
- Crops ready to harvest
- *Warm Weather crops: tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, cut flowers,
beans, basil, okra*
- *Cool Weather crops: Collards, kale, chard, lettuce, herbs, bok
choy, mustard, green onions*
- Weekly produce giveaways
- Wednesdays 11-12pm
- Can self-harvest if volunteering during open farm hours
- Mondays 10-2pm
- Wednesdays 9-2pm
- Some Fridays (check schedule below first)
- Saturdays 7-10am
*Powell Communal Farm*
- Crops ready to harvest
- *Warm Weather crops: peppers, cut flowers, beans, basil*
- *Cool Weather crops: Collards, kale, chard, mustard, herbs*
- Weekly produce giveaways
- Thursdays 11-12pm
- Can self-harvest if volunteering during open farm hours
- Thursdays 10-2pm
- Saturdays 11-1pm
*Volunteer Schedule*
*If possible give us a heads up if you're coming any day in case there's a
weather cancellation*
*October Evening Farm Open Hours Schedule *
*Evening Open Hours are for volunteering, self-harvesting, and training
Communal Farm Leaders*
- (Rescheduled) Wednesday October 26th 6-7pm - Edgewood Rooftop Farm
*Weekday Open Hours *
*Monday – Lederer Gardens* – No Open Farm Hours
- We're working on a compost bin at the Takoma Community Garden. Email
us if you want to join and learn some carpentry, deconstruction, and
composting skills.
*Tuesday - **Edgewood Rooftop Farm *- 9:30-1pm
- 10-11am - Harvest and set up veggie giveaway
- 11-12pm - Edgewood Veggie Giveaway
- 12-1pm - Garden maintenance
- Watering, weeding, fertilizing, pest/disease control, etc
*Wednesday *- *Lederer Gardens *- 9-2pm
- 9-11am – Harvest and set up veggie giveaway
- 11-12pm – Lederer Veggie Giveaway
- 12-2pm - Garden maintenance
- Watering, weeding, fertilizing, pest/disease control, etc
*Thursday – Powell Communal Farm* - 9:30-1pm
- 9-11am - Harvest and setup veggie giveaway
- 11-12pm - Weekly Veggie Giveaway
- 12-1pm
- Harvest for Shrine of the Sacred Heart food program
- Garden Maintenance - watering, weeding, fertilizing, pest/disease
control, etc
*Friday **- Lederer Gardens *- No Open Farm Hours
- We're working on a compost bin at Kalorama community garden. Email us
if you want to join and learn some carpentry, deconstruction, and
composting skills.
*Saturday - *various times and places
- *Weekend Farm Open Hours* – Volunteer and self-harvest
- Lederer Gardens – 7-10am
- Edgewood Rooftop Farm – 9-11am
- Powell Communal Farm - 11-1pm
- *Marvin Gaye Urban Farm* - 9-2pm
- 9-11am - Harvest and set up veggie giveaway
- 11-2pm - Veggie Giveaway
- 5000 Nannie Helen Burroughs NE (One block from Lederer and plenty
of street parking)
- Contact: paulsenbarb@xxxxxxxxx
****Weekend and evening open farm hours are for volunteering and
self-harvesting. There's no official veggie giveaway on weekends or
evenings*, *except once a month at Marvin Gaye Urban Farm****
*Weekly Request for Help*
*Looking for Donations to Supplement the Weekly Giveaways*
The weekly veggie giveaways will go till December but as we get less
sunlight and heat we'll have less veggies to give away. Help us supplement
our giveaways with extra nonperishable foods
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(canned foods, dried foods, and anything that doesn't need a refrigerator),
extra veggies from your gardens, toiletries, first aid supplies, school
supplies, etc. Feel free to drop the donations off anytime during our
veggie giveaways or open farm hours. Email us if you have any questions on
what to donate. Thanks!!!!
*Need Produce Bags!!!*
We're running low on plastic bags to use as free produce bags during our
weekly veggie giveaways. Feel free to drop extra bags off at any veggie
giveaway or farm open hours.
*Help us spread the word about our weekly veggie giveaways*
Below is the official veggie giveaway flyer. Please help us share this
flyer with local listservs, civic groups, and if possible print them out
and post them in public areas near the farms.
*Click photo for downloadable PDF*
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Thanks!!!
*DPR Communal Farm Locations*
*Lederer Gardens *
Ward 7 - 4801 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE
Street parking on Nannie Helen Burroughs next to farm
*Edgewood Rooftop farm *
Ward 5 - 300 Evarts St NE
Street parking on Franklin and Evarts (watch out for street sweeping)
*Powell Communal Farm *
Ward 1 - 3149 16th St NW
In park in between tennis courts and church
Parking lot now open!!!
*What to bring? *
- Volunteering - Please bring your own water, garden gloves if you have
them, sun protection if needed, and a mask.
- Picking up veggies - Please bring bags and a mask
Josh Singer
DC Parks and Rec (DPR) Community Garden Specialist
Joshua.singer@xxxxxx
(202) 262-2138
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