DCG Update July 26

Hello Dundee Community Garden Members and Friends,


Thanks to everyone who contributed to our food drive for Together's Emergency Hunger Relief Program-- we donated 52 pounds of canned and boxed food items this morning! If you'd still like to contribute, we'll be collecting again at our Edible Weeds Workshop on Wed. Aug. 8.


Harvest Day/ Work Days on Saturdays Our Work Days continue on Saturday mornings, starting at 9 a.m.. Now that the weather is slightly cooler, it would be great to see some more people on Saturdays! We need help watering all the plots, and picking from the community beds for the Underwood Tower across the street. So far this year we've already donated over 95 pounds of produce!!! If we have enough people to help, we can also get some weeding done and pick up the beer bottles and other trash that's accumulating in our border beds. Please come help!


Grass Clippings We can use more grass clippings for mulch-- please bring some over for the vegetable plots if you've got any-- preferably grass not treated with lawn chemicals.


Upcoming DCG Events:

Edible Weeds Workshop

Wed. Aug. 8, 7-8 p.m.

The Dundee Community Garden invites you to attend a free workshop on "Edible Weeds" led by John Pollack and Karen Berry. We'll meet at the garden, 4902 Underwood Ave., on Wed. Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. We'll be learning ways to eat and utilize the weeds in the garden. This event is free, but we are asking for donations of canned or boxed kid-friendly healthy foods for our food drive for Together's Emergency Hunger Relief Program.

Event is open to the public. — please join us! http://www.facebook.com/events/395546210506457/


Dundee Day Sat. Aug. 25 We'll be marching in the parade on Underwood with out giant carrot, and we'll have a booth at Dundee Day selling fresh flowers, vegetables, t-shirts, and re-usable mesh produce bags. We'll be posting a sign on the bulletin board if you'd like to join us in the parade or at our booth.


Community Events:

The Green Omaha Coalition, in partnership with Metropolitan Community College (MCC), is happy to offer Green Living Workshops this summer. Learn how to save money, improve your family's health and be good to the environment. In addition, MCC is offering courses on Urban Farming, and the Community Bike Project Omaha is helping to offer the Bicycle Maintenance and Repair series. All classes are $19 unless otherwise indicated. Find complete course descriptions online athttp://www.mccneb.edu/green/glw.asp.

Food Preservation (two sessions)

When: Friday, August 3rd from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. AND

Saturday, August 4th from 9:00 a.m. - Noon

Where: MCC's Fort Omaha Campus, Building 22 (30th & Fort)

Cost: $50 (Included in the tuition cost are supplies, including jars, salts,

produce, etc.)



Fall Vegetable Gardening

When: Saturday, August 4th from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Where: MCC's Fort Omaha Campus, Building 29 (30th & Fort)