Houston Community Garden

Hello Friends,

We're about to find ourselves mid-July, and surprisingly aren't being baked to a crisp! yet. While most things are late, the garden is growing nicely and we have two regular harvest days (Monday and Thursday) for area seniors and the food shelf. Harvests are modest right now, but as more ripens, I expect we'll add two more days a week and be looking for homes for food on "off" days. Thanks to the handful of volunteers who have been peeking in to do some weeding and watering. It makes a difference and keeps the unwanted growth in check!

Today, Cardy Lewison, myself and four kids had a great time painting the shed and information booth a lovely barn red with white trim. It looks fantastic! In the process, we talked about adding some fun art, maybe in the form of barn quilt on the shed or a mural on the otherwise very unattractive water tank. Wouldn't that be a neat project for some artsy people! Any volunteers?

And speaking of water, we are still in the process of acquiring money to fund the well. So far, we have roughly $3400 towards our goal of $5,000 or so. As long as the weather continues to provide us with cooler temps and some rain, we won't feel the pinch as we have in the past.

Most importantly at this moment is the upcoming second annual PESTO FEST-O

On Saturday, July 19th, beginning at 6 pm. If you came last year, you know we had a great time visiting and sampling pestos and Roger's wine. This is a free event, but donations are always welcome to support the garden.

How it works: People bring in Pesto for others to sample.(This could be you!) People taste all the pestos and vote on their favorite pesto. The Best-o of the Fest-o awards are given. Fame (and not-so-much fortune) follows.

Won't you join us!?

If you do plan to attend and bring some pesto, please drop me an email. I like to have an idea of how many pestos we'll have. I'll be making several kinds to make sure we have an assortment of offering...

Hope you all are having a fantastic summer and I hope to see you at the pesto festo with friends!

Audrey