Sunshine Community Gardens

18 June, 2020

www.sunshinecommunitygardens.org

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Harvests for Micah 6 Food Pantry

Dana Kuykendall Thanks Gardeners for Donation

Thanks to all the Sunshine gardeners for their generous donations of fresh produce to the Micah 6 Food Pantry.

5/30/20	100 lbs
6/4/20	104 lbs
6/6/20	145 lbs
6/10/20	154 lbs
6/13	156 lbs

In addition, we have received wonderful donations of non perishable pantry items and those are also given to the food pantry. Thanks so much. We are making a difference!

Many thanks to Mary Gifford, Walter Kuhl, and Dana Kuykendall who all volunteer to tend the Micah 6 Garden and organize the donations to the Micah 6 Food Pantry.

Food donation: If you have extra produce, please consider donating it to the Micah 6 Food Pantry. Produce from Sunshine Gardens is delivered to Micah 6 Food Pantry year round at 9:00 am every Saturday morning. During peak harvest times there is an additional delivery at noon on Thursdays. Since the trailer is currently closed due to COVID-19 you will need to leave your harvest in or next to the white cooler on the trailer porch. Micah 6 volunteers check the cooler at least twice a day and move produce inside for storage.

Central Texas Food Bank is also in need of financial support during these times of unprecedented need. Sunshine Garden has donated $1000 to support their efforts. There are many needy organizations at this time, but CTFB is well organized, efficient, and worthy of support. Thank you for your help!

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Webinar for Friday, June 19th 10am

All About Ants Presented by Wizzie Brown

Identification, biology & management for common ants you'll find in and around your home. Friday, June 19th 10am

Meeting Information

Meeting number: 145 176 4264

Password: 2Tj3puCG3kJ

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Service Hours Reminder - Deadline June 30:

Board Addresses Spring Service Hours

Please read this link for modifications to Service Hours.

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Sunshine Community Gardens Elections

Its election time! Make your garden voice heard.

Please see the candidate's bios. We have some excellent candidates.

Two options for voting:

• In Person - we will accept paper ballots on Saturday June 27 from 8:00 am until noon. Garden President Steve Uecker will be present during this time if you have anything you would like to discuss or share.
• Online - begins the day after and will go for 6 days from Sunday June 28th thru Friday July 3rd.

Details on how to vote online can be found on this page in about a week. The link will not be available until Sunday, June 28.

Do your part! Thank you.

Nominations Committee for Next Year's Election

Also, we are looking for volunteers for the 2021 nominating committee. If you are interested in being on the nominating committee email Polly Porter (pporter_scg@austin.rr.com) and Janet Adams (jartdaht@gmail.com).

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Are Birds Pecking Your Tomatoes?

If so, here is some advice from Ila Falvey:

What to do with your bruised/little bit pecked tomatoes? Here are some ideas.

Ila requests: If you don't want to use the bruised or pecked tomatoes, please leave them by the chicken coop in the white bucket as the chickens enjoy them.

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What are you doing with your Garden Produce?

Janet Adams and Randy Thompson submitted the following photos of using their produce taken from the same dinner.

 

Looks yummy - send your recipe along, Randy and Janet, and we will print it in next week's Weeder.

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Weeder Content

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