DCG Sweet Potatoes, Grass Clippings, and Beehives

Hello Dundee Community Garden Members and Friends,

Sweet Potato Planting and Greens Harvest Sat. May 26:  It's time to get those sweet potatoes in the ground!  Last year we grew over 700#s of sweet potatoes.  This is your chance to learn how it's done!  We also have lots of greens, and some giant radishes, to harvest from our food pantry plots to donate to the Underwood Tower across the street.  We'll be there from 9-12-- come when you can.  

Work Days/ Harvest Times are every Saturday morning, 9-12... come when you can.  Our Dundee Merchants have very generously donated gift certificates to our working volunteers-- must be present to be entered in drawings held each work day!

Grass Clippings Still Needed:  and as always, we can use grass clippings throughout the season to mulch our flower and vegetable beds.  Thanks to whoever has mulched the flower beds along Underwood!

Have extra vegetable starts, or seeds?  The Yates Community Center for Refugees is looking for seeds and starter plants for vegetables for their new community garden.  If you've got extras to pass along, please bring to our work day Saturday, or contact Mary at megreen4@cox.net

Reminder Note about Squash and Cucumbers:  Last year our squash crop throughout the garden was DECIMATED by the squash bug, and we also had terrible problems with the cucumber beetle.  We're going try to control these pests by restricting the plants they love, so we are recommending that no squash or cucumbers get planted at DCG this year.  If you do choose to plant these crops, please keep a close eye on them and remove right away if the bugs take over-- and if we find infested plants, we'll have to pull them out.  

Ice Cream Social Sat. June 16, 3-5 p.m.  Mark your calendars now-- more information coming!

COMMUNITY EVENTS:

Subject: Beehive Presentation @ Hands To Harvest!

Hi! I'm with the Hands to Harvest community garden.

As you may not be aware, we have recently begun hosting a beehive in our garden. This is working out really well and has some fantastic benefits.

First, according to The Omaha Bee Club, there are beekeepers all over the city who need a location for their hives and what better place for them than a community garden? You get your plots pollinated, you get to help out a local beekeeper, and best of all, you get to purchase local, organic honey that you actually helped create. How often does anybody get to do that?

We would like to share this experience with other community gardens, so we are hosting a presentation. Tony Sandoval, President of the Omaha Bee Club, will be talking to us about the benefits of hosting a beehive and answering questions. We are inviting community garden members hoping they will attend this presentation and decide to host a beehive as well.

Location: Hands to Harvest Community Garden

            1113 S. 31^st St, Omaha

Date: Monday, June 11 starting at 5:30 PM

Would you please distribute this invitation to the garden networks? No RSVP is necessary.