Pennypack Pickings 08/22/2009

Pennypack Pickings
Volume 7, Issue 20
August 22, 2009

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Pennypack Farm & Education Center
685 Mann Road, Horsham, PA 19044
Hosted by the College Settlement of Philadelphia

Quick Picks

Let's try this again! Adults Only Campfire
September 4th @ 7:30pm.
Bring your own beverages and munchies, smore's will be provided. (there will be another family campfire later in September)

PENNYPACK HARVEST FESTIVAL

Saturday, October 3
1pm - 5pm
Come out for a day of fun & fresh air.

Food, Live Music, Pumpkin Painting, Hayrides, Scarecrow Making, Vendors, Used Book Sale,
Kids Activities & More

Harvest Festival Volunteer Opportunities

Help is needed with many activities including: Food Sales, Guides, Book Sale Helper, Parking Assistant, Set-up, Water Table, Hay Ride Ticket Takers, Kids Activites and more.

Please contact Jocelyn Crosby if you can help with any of these opportunities - ppfharvestfest@gmail.com.

Start Rounding Up Those Books
This year's Harvest Festival will once again feature a Used Book Sale. Start gathering up your gently used fiction and newer non-fiction books. This is a great time to clean out those bookcases. Drop off bins will be available starting the last week of September.

Vegan Goodies Needed for Harvest Festival
We are in need of a volunteer or two to help make some vegan goodies for the harvest festival. Many people were asking for dairy free baked goods at last years festival. Let us know if you are able to help bake or have some tried and true recipes you would like to share.

Scarecrow Clothes Needed
Long sleeved shirts and pants are needed to dress this year's scarecrow crop. Bonus points go to those who find some overalls hidden deep in the recesses of your closet to donate. Items to dress up the scarecrows such as hats and old sunglasses are also needed. There will
be a bin in the Harvest House for you to place your donated clothes starting 9/18.

Resurrection Lutheran Church Invitations

The church on the corner is one of our most consistent partners. They frequently host PFEC events and meetings.

They invite us to join them for two special events:

Lawn Concert - Sept. 19, 2:00pm-4:00pm

bring a picnic, enjoy a couple of different musicians/groups.
Blessing of Pets - Oct. 3, 3:00pm
(same day as our Harvest Festival)

Zucchini Recipe

Puree of Zucchini Soup
(serve hot or cold)
1 Onion
2 medium zucchini
2 carrots peeled
1 potato peeled
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 vegetable boullion cubes
1/2 tsp curry powder
salt, if needed
1 cup sour cream (optional)
garnish: chopped parsely

Dice onion, zucchini, carrots and potato. Place in a 4 1/2 quart pot along with garlic, boullion and curry powder. Pour in a quart of water or enough to slightly submerbe vegetables. Cover pot and simmer on a medium flame until potatoes and carrots are soft, about 20 minutes. Stir occasionally. Taste broth to see if salt is needed.
Bring mixture to room temperature. Move mixture and broth in batches to a food processor fitted with a metal blade (or blender) until pureed. Add 2/3 cup sour cream and process again until completely incorporated. Garnish soup bowls with parsley and dollops of the remaining 1/3 sour cream.
Serves 4.
Recipe is from the Jewish Exponent
c/o Hilarie Weiss, CSA Member

In This Issue

Harvest Festival - 10/3

Volunteer Opportunities

Resurrection Church

Zucchini Recipe

Dirt on Education

Farmer Andy Hour - 8/27

Weekly Harvest

lettuce
beets
basil
parsley
onions
leeks
peppers
kale
eggplant
cabbage
cucumber
squash
tomatoes
(limited supply)

upick
beans
cherry tomatoes
berries
tomatillos

Announcing Exciting
Committee Changes!

The CSA and Education Committees have merged into one larger 'Community Education Committee', co-chaired by Kristy Gregory and Janice Blades. The new committee will be fulfilling the same purposes but will be concentrating on integrating education and community activities together. We hope this will make all programs and events at the farm more exciting, and educational! If you are interested in joining (or re-joining) the newly energized group please email janice.blades@gmail.com

Pennypack Ecological
Restoration Trust

Fall Native Plant Sale
Friday, August 28
2p.m. - 7 p.m.
and Saturday, August 29
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Featured for sale will be both native perennials and woody plants.

The Trust is located at 2955 Edge Hill Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006.

For more information, call 215-657-0830.

The Dirt on Education

Pennypack Farm offers a diverse selection of classes and workshops throughout the season and we hope you have an opportunity to participate. Please remember the following when registering for any programs.

Pre-registration and pre-payment is required
To register, send an email to education@pennypackfarm.org
or call 215-646-3943 x3
Please provide the following info when registering:

Names of all attendees, including children
Ages of children
Contact name, email and phone

Farmer Andy Hour
Thursday, August 27 ~ 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.