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September 22, 2017
Hello all,
We are coming into the home stretch of harvest. This week we harvested 100 lbs. of butternut squash! The squash held its own this year, and produced only 5 lbs. less than the sweet potatoes. Both patches were the same size, so they are what I call good balancing crops! Balancing crops are similar in size and nutritional values.
I want to thank Bob Beck for keeping the garden tilled - it looks really nice this year.
It is always interesting to find different uses for plants in the garden. Recently, we cut some marigolds, okra flowers and eggplant flowers and used them as center piece displays for a dinner this week. It looked great! Some of the foods in the demo garden box were used for cooking demonstrations at the library, and some of the herbs were part of a give-away at the Bellevue Open Air Market this year. All of these ideas have fueled ideas for next year’s garden.
It has been a good year and we are starting to plan for next year. Students from Bellevue High School's Leadership Class will come to the hospital on October 16 to help with final harvesting and clean-up.
If you get a chance, stop by the garden and look at what is there. It really is marvelous! Chris Norris and Jennie Kindler have been a big help this year with harvesting and planting.
Thank you to EVERYONE for a terrific year!
Patti Keller, RD, LD, CDE