DCG Raw Foods and Squash Beetles

Hello Dundee Community Garden Members and Friends,  

Thanks to everyone who attended our Ice Cream Social on June 16-- we had about 100 guests!  Special thanks to e-Creamery for the ice cream donation (the basil flavor was a big hit) and to the Central High School Jazz Combo for outstanding live jazz!  You can see pictures at http://www.facebook.com/DundeeGarden

Work Days Every Sat.:  We're starting at 9 a.m. and usually finishing by 10 or 10:30.  Please come if you can help pick from our "community plots" for the Underwood Tower.  We can also use help watering with all the heat we've been having, and we need to do more weeding, especially in the sweet potato patch!  In May and June we donated 60 pounds of spring produce to the Underwood Tower, including lettuce, spinach, chard, kale, mustard greens, radishes, snap peas, and herbs. 

Note to Members:  Please remember to record your volunteer hours on the chart in the garden-- we ask volunteer members to work at least 8 hours in the garden.

The Squash Beetle is Here:  We had to pull a dead zucchini plant this morning-- the squash beetle had taken over (sorry, Holly!)  Please watch your squash plants carefully, kill any beetles you see, and if your plant succumbs, pull it out immediately and either put it in a yard waste bag and dispose of, or dig into the compost pile.

"Cooking with Raw Foods" with Elle Lien,  Wed. July 11, 6:30-8 p.m. at the Sorenson Community Center, 4808 Cass St.

The Dundee Community Garden invites you to learn about a raw food diet, and how to prepare some simple raw food recipes.  The workshop will include hands-on participation, and tasting of all recipes!  You may know Elle as the chef/owner of the former Daily Grub restaurant.  Reservations appreciated but NOT required.  Let us know you are coming by sending an e-mail to info@dundeegarden.org, attending our event on Facebook at  http://www.facebook.com/events/400887803281175/

Workshop is free, but attendees are requested to bring a food item to donate to Together's Emergency Hunger Relief Program.  Needed items include healthy kid-friendly foods such as peanut butter, oatmeal, cheerios, rice crispies, tortillas, soup, canned chicken or tuna, and boxed mac & cheese.  

Watermelon Feed

Sunday July 22, 3-5 p.m. at the Dundee Community Garden, 49th & Underwood.

Join us for an afternoon of fun as we eat juicy watermelon slice, have a seed spitting contest, and more!  

Community Events:

Art in the Garden Opening July 7th. The show consists of painting on doors by a variety of artists.  All doors were donated by Omaha ReStore and Urban Village.  The painted doors will be displayed at the Hands to Harvest Community Garden located at 1113 S. 31^st Street during that week. 

The opening party is on July 7^th from 4:00 – 7:00 PM. This party is free and open to the public. There will be music by Matt Cronin, Rachel Tomlinson Dick, and Rawr…Shhh. Localmotive will be there with their food truck, and shaded seating will be available.  The doors are for sale by the individual artists, and a small percentage of their proceeds will go to maintaining the community garden.

The Hands to Harvest committee welcomes anyone who would like to spend a few hours listening to great music, looking at fantastic artwork, eating delicious food (cash only, please!), spending time in the garden and visiting local artists and neighbors.