The focus of the work party will be tilling a portion the food bank area and completing work on some of the major garden paths. Anyone with a large store of cardboard at home, feel free to bring it for use as a weed barrier for pathways. See you there! Jen
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Garden Work Party
Sat, April 18, 2pm – 4pm
The focus of the work party will be tilling a portion the food bank area and completing work on some of the major garden paths. Anyone with a large store of cardboard at home, feel free to bring it for use as a weed barrier for pathways. See you there! Jen
The focus of the work party will be tilling a portion the food bank area and completing work on some of the major garden paths. Anyone with a large store of cardboard at home, feel free to bring it for use as a weed barrier for pathways. See you there! Jen
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Hello Community Gardeners!
While the wacky snow last night might make it seem otherwise, spring is nearly upon
us, and that means it's time to start thinking about our community garden.
To kick-off the start the 2009 gardening season, we'd like you to join us in a community garden potluck.
When: Saturday, March 21st, 1-2 p.m.
Where: St. Andrew's Catholic Church meeting room
In addition to sharing in a meal, we'll take some time to sign
up new gardeners, take dues and share ideas about the year ahead.
We'll also have volunteer sign up sheets available and will be looking
for volunteers help "wake up" the garden during some early season work parties!
We could use a few volunteers willing to help with set-up and clean-up for the potluck;
anyone interested, please let me know.
Also, a big thank you to Ruth Ann Stacy for obtaining permission from the church
for use of their facilities!
We hope to see you all there!
Jen, Jim, Ed, Jean & Joan
While the wacky snow last night might make it seem otherwise, spring is nearly upon
us, and that means it's time to start thinking about our community garden.
To kick-off the start the 2009 gardening season, we'd like you to join us in a community garden potluck.
When: Saturday, March 21st, 1-2 p.m.
Where: St. Andrew's Catholic Church meeting room
In addition to sharing in a meal, we'll take some time to sign
up new gardeners, take dues and share ideas about the year ahead.
We'll also have volunteer sign up sheets available and will be looking
for volunteers help "wake up" the garden during some early season work parties!
We could use a few volunteers willing to help with set-up and clean-up for the potluck;
anyone interested, please let me know.
Also, a big thank you to Ruth Ann Stacy for obtaining permission from the church
for use of their facilities!
We hope to see you all there!
Jen, Jim, Ed, Jean & Joan
Saturday, August 23, 2008
With all of the beets I've been seeing around the garden lately, I thought everyone might appreciate this delicious recipe I made the other night. It comes from Orangette, a wonderful food blog I've been reading lately. She has a plethora of amazing sounding recipes. This one was wonderful, and since I could not unearth my tart pan in the midst of cooking, I instead made several mini-tarts, instead, which were quite adorable. Enjoy!
Beet-Feta Tart
From Orangette
1 half-recipe Martha Stewart’s pâte brisée without sugar (flaky pie dough, enough for one 9” tart)
2 medium-sized red beets, washed, roasted (at 400 degrees in an aluminum foil packet for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until very tender; you don’t want a crunchy beet here), and peeled
2 large eggs
¾ cup milk (I used whole)
4 oz French feta, crumbled
A pinch of salt
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the pâte brisée into a circle large enough to line a 9” round removable-bottom tart pan. Transfer the dough into the pan, pressing it gently to the edge and up along the sides. Line the dough-lined tart pan with a sheet of aluminum foil, and place enough beans, rice, or pie weights in the aluminum foil to cover the base of the tart pan in a single layer. This will prevent the dough from puffing when you blind-bake it. Place the tart pan in the oven, and bake for 15 or so minutes, until the edges of the tart shell look set and barely golden. Remove the aluminum foil and weights from the tart pan, and continue baking until the tart shell is light golden. Remove the tart pan from the oven and allow to cool.
Turn the oven down to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Meanwhile, cut the roasted and peeled beets into ¼-inch slices. Mix the eggs, milk, feta, and salt in a small bowl or measuring cup.
Arrange the beet slices in the blind-baked tart shell, taking care to cover the base of the shell as well as possible. It is preferable to only have one layer of beets, although you may want to add an extra beet here or there to cover an empty spot. Pour the egg mixture over the beets.
Bake the tart for 40 minutes to an hour, until the filling is set and lightly golden in areas. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Beet-Feta Tart
From Orangette
1 half-recipe Martha Stewart’s pâte brisée without sugar (flaky pie dough, enough for one 9” tart)
2 medium-sized red beets, washed, roasted (at 400 degrees in an aluminum foil packet for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until very tender; you don’t want a crunchy beet here), and peeled
2 large eggs
¾ cup milk (I used whole)
4 oz French feta, crumbled
A pinch of salt
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the pâte brisée into a circle large enough to line a 9” round removable-bottom tart pan. Transfer the dough into the pan, pressing it gently to the edge and up along the sides. Line the dough-lined tart pan with a sheet of aluminum foil, and place enough beans, rice, or pie weights in the aluminum foil to cover the base of the tart pan in a single layer. This will prevent the dough from puffing when you blind-bake it. Place the tart pan in the oven, and bake for 15 or so minutes, until the edges of the tart shell look set and barely golden. Remove the aluminum foil and weights from the tart pan, and continue baking until the tart shell is light golden. Remove the tart pan from the oven and allow to cool.
Turn the oven down to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Meanwhile, cut the roasted and peeled beets into ¼-inch slices. Mix the eggs, milk, feta, and salt in a small bowl or measuring cup.
Arrange the beet slices in the blind-baked tart shell, taking care to cover the base of the shell as well as possible. It is preferable to only have one layer of beets, although you may want to add an extra beet here or there to cover an empty spot. Pour the egg mixture over the beets.
Bake the tart for 40 minutes to an hour, until the filling is set and lightly golden in areas. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Fundraiser Subcommittee Meeting
The first meeting of the Fundraiser Subcommittee, also known as "Clase de ceramica" will be at Martha's house, 608 N. Ruby St., 4 p.m. Saturday. Modest refreshments will be served.
Bring anything you might have already made and come prepared to look at each others' items and be inspired. Martha will get out many ideas to show some of the range of possibilities of things to make.
If you are already part of this subcommittee, or would like to be, please come join us.
Bring anything you might have already made and come prepared to look at each others' items and be inspired. Martha will get out many ideas to show some of the range of possibilities of things to make.
If you are already part of this subcommittee, or would like to be, please come join us.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Welcome to the Blog
A review of what was in the email, so you don't have to flip back and forth once you've logged in...
Posting:
To post a new discussion, follow the link “new post” in the very top right corner. Enter your topic title, text and label(s) for the post. You will see sample labels to the right – “Flower Area, Food Bank, Irrigation, Things To Do”, etc. We should try to keep some common labels, which will make it easier to read only the topics that you are interested in. That way later you can click on “Irrigation”, for example, under Labels, and it will bring up all of the topics that have been labeled as such. If your post would be appropriately filed under an existing label, please use that one. You can also use multiple labels, if appropriate.
Alternatively, if coming here to post feels like too much, and you just want to post quickly from your email account, you can send an email to Eberggarden.newpost@blogger.com and it will be posted directly. This won’t post with a label, but I will go in from time to time and clean up the site to remedy this. This is a different option for posting to our blog.
You can also post pictures with your posts by clicking on the “add image” box there.
Posting Comments:
This is how Posts turn into Discussions. If you click on any given post, it will bring you to a page showing just the text for that post, and a link to “Post a Comment.” If you are interested in participating in a discussion, please post comments, instead of new posts, so that we can more easily follow the conversation (like an email thread). When you post a comment, you are given the option to receive emails whenever a comment is added to that particular discussion – just click the box before posting your comment and you will stay plugged in on that particular thread.
Calendar:
With the help of Ed, I have posted a Google calendar at the bottom of this page. If you scroll down below the posts, you will see it. It is currently empty, but should be a great tool for things happening. I will post information to the blog soon on how to add an event to the calendar.
One thing I forgot to mention earlier - comments, suggestions, requests, etc. are very welcome. I expect there are folks out there who know a lot more than I do about blogging and/or web miscellany, and also folks who have good ideas about what might make this a more useful tool. Please feel free to speak up - it takes a village, and all that jazz... cheers!
Posting:
To post a new discussion, follow the link “new post” in the very top right corner. Enter your topic title, text and label(s) for the post. You will see sample labels to the right – “Flower Area, Food Bank, Irrigation, Things To Do”, etc. We should try to keep some common labels, which will make it easier to read only the topics that you are interested in. That way later you can click on “Irrigation”, for example, under Labels, and it will bring up all of the topics that have been labeled as such. If your post would be appropriately filed under an existing label, please use that one. You can also use multiple labels, if appropriate.
Alternatively, if coming here to post feels like too much, and you just want to post quickly from your email account, you can send an email to Eberggarden.newpost@blogger.com and it will be posted directly. This won’t post with a label, but I will go in from time to time and clean up the site to remedy this. This is a different option for posting to our blog.
You can also post pictures with your posts by clicking on the “add image” box there.
Posting Comments:
This is how Posts turn into Discussions. If you click on any given post, it will bring you to a page showing just the text for that post, and a link to “Post a Comment.” If you are interested in participating in a discussion, please post comments, instead of new posts, so that we can more easily follow the conversation (like an email thread). When you post a comment, you are given the option to receive emails whenever a comment is added to that particular discussion – just click the box before posting your comment and you will stay plugged in on that particular thread.
Calendar:
With the help of Ed, I have posted a Google calendar at the bottom of this page. If you scroll down below the posts, you will see it. It is currently empty, but should be a great tool for things happening. I will post information to the blog soon on how to add an event to the calendar.
One thing I forgot to mention earlier - comments, suggestions, requests, etc. are very welcome. I expect there are folks out there who know a lot more than I do about blogging and/or web miscellany, and also folks who have good ideas about what might make this a more useful tool. Please feel free to speak up - it takes a village, and all that jazz... cheers!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Flowers on the berm
July 5: If water is in fact available on the berm now, we could put half of the cosmos that are in the pot in Plot #37 up there, plus the sunflowers that have been waiting in pots on the greenhouse shelf. In a short time, the berm would bloom and everyone around would feel happy just seeing it.
(July 5): In Becky Chambers' Plot #37, there's a large pot full of cosmos. These need to be set into the flower area soon. The flower area is also becoming carpeted with a low-growing weed that's not hard to remove, yet. Once flowers are set in and the area weeded, heavy mulch might be the next thing on the list. Thanks!
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