A Place at the Table

It started when “my” gardeners and I had a conversation about grant writing.  Dale & Sheila Anderson and colleague Paulette Blaseg have had all of their gardening necessities for a while–greenhouse, transportation, compost bins, netting, tools and of course raised beds.  They had even added new beds to the home garden and assembled a huge new garden in another part of Nampa during the past several years.  I had learned that, at least for the first time you apply, a grant organization prefers to provide start up funds for a new project.  And so, as we sat around the table at Trinity Lutheran Church, I asked, “Do you have any one-time or brand new projects in the works?”  “Well, for a while we’ve been trying to put together this book about gardening.”  As a good friend says, “That sounds intriguing.”

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After our community blessing of the church gardens last spring and a season of growing produce, about thirty of us came together for a celebratory banquet.  Grace Episcopal Church hosted us.  The food, all made with produce from home and community gardens, was delicious.  Tomato vegetable sauce on brochette, rhubarb crisp, veggie stew, sweet corn, sliced cucumber, and  zucchini cake were just a few of the dishes served.

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Last night our food preservation workshop ended with a session on freezing followed by taste testing:

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Thursday night we continued our Food Preservation Workshop with Pressure Canning:

Carrots

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Tomatoes                                                             Salsa

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• Home Canning Made Easy
• Hands-On Pressure Canning
• Freezing

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