DCG Tomato Cage Question and Ice Cream Social

Hello Dundee Community Garden Members and Friends,

We're planning for the Ice Cream Social next weekend-- Sat. June 16.  Hope you can come!  e-Creamery is donating the ice cream, and they're planning to make a special basil ice cream for our event!!!  More information below.

Question for our members and friends:

Do you want to buy a sturdy rebar tomato cage for $15, or two for $25?  We will sell them at the Ice Cream Social, if we have enough demand for them.  Let us know if you're interested-- we need commitments to buy at least 10 cages in order for us to purchase the rebar to make them next weekend!  

Work day this Saturday June 9, 9-12, come when you can.  We've got lots of snow peas and greens to harvest for the Underwood Tower!

Ice Cream Social, Sat. June 16, 3-5 p.m.:

Sundaes for $1, featuring e-Creamery ice cream

Free Face Painting for the kids

Free "Paint your garden plot stake" for our members!

For Sale:  DCG t-shirts, re-usable mesh produce bags, and (possibly) tomato cages

COMMUNITY EVENTS:

Benson Plant Rescue Vegetables and Flowers

This is a great resource for free or inexpensive vegetables and flowers!  Check it out!

TODAY, FRIDAY, MEMBERS ONLY, 4-5 -- first pick on new stuff

Today, Friday, everybody,  5-dark

Tomorrow, Saturday, 9-2

New veggies and flowers expected in this afternoon.

PERUVIAN DAFFODILS AND MOSS ROSE -- only a few left.

HUGE CHERRY TOMATO plants in 2+ gallon containers.  Already producing fruit.  We offered these earlier this week to community gardens and now they are available, first come, first served, to anyone.  Only 16 left.

Many new SHRUBS.

THANK YOU for growing community and not just plants.  Hope to see you soon.

-- Dr. D.

Dr. David J. Hibler, Sr.

Benson Plant Rescue
3103 North 50 Street
Omaha, NE  68104-3747

BensonPlantRescue@cox.net

"Growing Community, Not Just Plants"  since 1999.

(402) 933-3867

P.S.  -- DON'T FORGET  the Munroe-Meyer Garden Walk is this Sunday, June 10.  Details online at their site.

 Beehive Presentation  Monday June 11 at 5:30 p.m.

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.