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Pennypack Pickings
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September 18, 2011
Volume 9, Issue 33
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Weekly Harvest
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eggplant
lettuce
onions
basil
peppers
winter squash
chard
okra
beans
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Harvest Festival
Volunteer Opportunities | |
Time to clear out your  book shelves!
We are now collecting books for the Harvest Festival book sale. We especially need books for babies, kids and teens. For adults we prefer recent fiction and non fiction, classics, lifestyle, cooking, self help, nature, gardening and coffee table books. No encyclopedias, technical books, how-to books, text books of any type, or very old books. Please drop off your books to the 1st shed in the Edible Classroom - look for the yellow door in the children's garden area. Your book donations are greatly appreciated!
Bake Sale
We are looking for volunteers to make bake sale items for the Harvest Festival. Items will need to be dropped off in the harvest house the morning of the festival. If you are interested please contact Meghan Coleman at meghan_coleman@hotmail.com and let her know what you will be bringing.
Festival Volunteers
Volunteers for the Harvest Festival are needed. This event is held on Saturday, October 1, from 11 AM to 5 PM. Volunteers are need to assist with set-up, clean-up, food sales, tickets sales, kids activities, book sale, parking and the hayride. Please contact Jocelyn Crosby at ppfharvestfest@gmail.com to volunteer.
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Your friendly reminder...
We did it again! We made it into the final round of another fabulous Facebook contest. This time around Pennypack Farm & Education Center is competing in Birds Eye Vegetable's "Share the Wonder" Grant Program.
PLEASE help us win a $20,000 grant by voting daily on Facebook.
Your vote will help us connect families to their food, and share the wonder of vegetables!
Take it one step further and forward this message to your friends and family! The first organization to 10,000 votes wins. Every vote counts!
Step 1: Go to the Birds Eye Facebook page
Step 2: Login to your Facebook account
Step 3: "Like" their page, and allow access
Step 4: Vote for Pennypack Farm everyday by clicking on the red "vote" button
Step 5: Tell your friends!
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Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 1, 11:00am - 5:00pm 
Pumpkin Painting Hay Rides Bug Safari Scarecrow Making Book Sale Live Music Food Vendors    |
It takes a village...
A minimum of 4 hours of service are requested from each member household to keep the farm and our special events up and running. By neighbors this farm was started, and by the helping hands of neighbors this farm will continue to flourish! I send a great big hug of gratitude to those who have offered their time to our great community. Thank you.
There are still plenty of opportunities to offer your support, and in order to be invited back for membership next year... you must fulfill your hours! (or opt out by paying a small fee, but we much prefer to meet you and work side by side with you!)
- Volunteer at the Harvest Festival Saturday October 1, help set up, clean up or help somewhere in between. Contact Jocelyn at ppfharvestfest@gmail.com.
- Volunteer in the fields (no rsvp necessary)
Saturday, September 24, 10am-4pm
Monday, October 10, 9am-3pm (Columbus Day)
Friday November 11, 9am-3pm (Veterans Day)
Hope to see you this Fall,
Raina Ainslie
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| Fall Calendar
 Inspired by the garden tour?
Make your own: Hypertufa Garden Planters
Saturday, September 24, 1-3pm, $30 - only 3 spots left
Create your own hypertufa pot in this 2 hour hands-on workshop. These earthy planters make great settings for cacti gardens, and bonsai. More info...
 Hunt for Shaggy mane mushrooms with "Wildman" Steve Brill
Sunday, October 9, 1pm-3pm
Learn about wild edible plants from the "Wildman" on a 2 hour walk through the trails of the Pennypack Trust. Wild mushrooms, autumn fruits and nuts are at their peak!
More info...
 Easy as Pie!
Tuesday, October 18, 7-8pm, $20
Impress your family this holiday season with homemade pies. Learn the basics of working with pie crust in this hands-on class.
More details...
 Ferment Your Food
Tuesday, October 25, 7-8:30 pm, $20
Fermented food is more nutritious than fresh food, it is full of beneficial pro-biotics and it tastes good! Learn to make sauerkraut and ginger carrots.
More details...
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Crop Update
by Farmer Andy
If you read last week's report on the status of the vegetable crops, you know that wet weather has has taken its toll on the crops and our ability to plant, weed, cultivate and otherwise care for them.
At this point, we've lost about 40% of the total crop that we would have at this point under normal weather circumstances. The younger crops that have survived are now starting to grow again with the abundant sunshine we've been having for the past week or so and are looking good if the weather continues to cooperate.
In the interim, for these next couple of weeks, pick ups will be a little different due to the decreased quantity and variety of crops available to us now. Expect to choose between a couple of different green leafy crops and fill the rest of your share with storage crops such as potatoes, winter squash, onions, and hopefully coming soon - sweet potatoes. The fading summer crops - tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and okra - will also be available in more limited quantities and rotated throughout the pickups times.
Meanwhile, we are weeding, cultivating and seeding at every available moment. We have seeded approximately 150% of what we would normally do under normal weather conditions in order to compensate for the losses and "catch up" to where we would normally be at this point.
Thanks again for your support and understanding of this situation and please always feel free to be in touch with any questions or comments you may have. |
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