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Ever Growing
Summer 2008
Gardeners In Community Development 901 Greenbriar Lane Richardson, TX 75080 www.gardendallas.org
In this issue:
P. 1 P. 1 P. 2 P. 2 P. 2 P. 3 P. 3 P. 3 P. 3 P. 3 P. 3 P. 4 P. 5 P. 5 P. 5 P. 5 P. 6 P. 6 O.S. Parade 20th Anniversary Plant Sales East Dallas Market Support GICD Our Saviour Blessing Reduce Carbon Footprint GICD Featured in Book A Bountiful Harvest Harvest Donation Carbon Footprint Reduced Garden Gleanings Water Wise Tour Pioneer Gardener ED featured on KERA-FM Interested in volunteering Papayas in Dallas? Dont Forget
from Heifer International, and even a dog, horse, and pet goat took part in the annual Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce Cinco de Mayo parade. Dressed as farmers, some participants rode in a colorfully decorated float and others pushed wheelbarrows along the 2.3
Celebration Sept. 6
Plans are currently underway for the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the East Dallas Community Garden to be held on Sept. 6 from 10:00-3:00 at the garden. Tentative plans include entertainment, speakers and food. Join GICD as we celebrate two decades of great gardening and other contributions to the Dallas region. Conceived as a project to assist refugees from Cambodia and Laos, this garden flourishes as a much appreciated haven for new immigrants, visitors from around the world, and long time Dallas residents. This is a Dallas treasure. An exhibit of the East Dallas Garden and refugee experiences will be on display during August at the Casa View
Former Mayor Annette Straus at opening ceremony in 1988
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How To Support
Fresh From the East Dallas Community Gardens Market
For the freshest, most locally grown produce available in Dallas, come to the East Dallas Community and Market Garden, 1416 N. Fitzhugh. Now that the weather is hot, hot, hot, look for all those specialty tropical Asian crops such as bitter melon, water spinach, Asian eggplant, long beans, taro stem, etc. For those of us wondering how to cook with some of these vegetables, check out archived issues of Growing People News on GICDs website for recipes.
Bitter Melon
Buy really local !! Produce that travels ZERO MILES to reach its market !!
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and sermon in the church, the congregation and guests walked to the pavilion to conduct the mass and garden blessing. Canon Lambert was very supportive of
the garden, the churchs mission, and its ability to give back to the community. As a show of support, he has already reserved a plot in his name. Following the ceremony, the congregation and guests had a wonderful potluck lunch served by the women of the church.
A Bountiful Harvest
Our Saviour Garden in DMN
Were a little-bitty church but doing a pretty good ministry said Our Saviour Community Gardens coordinator, Rebecca Smith, in a front page article written by Sam Hodges about the garden in the June 25, 2008, edition of the Dallas Morning News. The article recounts how the garden has revitalized the small church, reached out to the community, and has donated over 18,000 pounds of produce to the food pantries since beginning in 2003. For a copy of the newsletter article plus a a letter to the editor about the article, go to GICDs website, www.gardendallas.org and click on GICD in the News.
2165 Pounds
donated to area food pantries from January-June
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Garden Gleanings:
Talking Harvest Time Blues***
Well, it starts with a catalogue that comes in the mail in the middle of the winter... And there on the cover sits THE juicy, red, ripe homegrown tomato youve had dancing in your head. Never mind you said last August that youd had it up to here with the hoeing and the weeding-thats what you say every year! Then its on to peas and carrots, lima beans and beets and kale. And youve never tried kohlrabisay the lettuce is on sale! Well, the days turn to weeks and the next thing you know theres a robin at the feeder and the last patch of snow disappears bout the time that a UPS truck backs up to your house and you stand there, awestruck as 47 Perishable-Plant Right Away- marked boxes are unloaded on your porch as you say, Are you sure? Yes, maam, need your signature here Looks like someones gonnna have em quite a garden this year! Well, you watch him drive away, then you sink to your knees cause you feel a little woozy: 47 boxesPlease! God I knows Ive got a problem and weve had this talk before, but help me this one last time I wont order anymore! .some months later after unexpected freezes/etc ..and even when the rabbits take your lettuce and a fungus coats your kale cause its rained for two weeks solid do you falter? Do you fail?
Yep!!
You throw the hoe down, stamp your feet and call it quits Declare to all the neighborhood that gardening is the pits and youll never plant another and this one can bloody rot, then suddenly the sun breaks through the clouds and, like as not, you see a couple of weeds you must have missed the last go-round and shake your head and meekly pick your hoe up off the ground; and hoe and keep on hoeing till your romas dangle red, ripe and juicy on the vine, sweet corn towers overhead. Beans hang from their trellis, big orange pumpkins sprawl about and you get that satisfying feeling once more when you shout:
Harvest time (Break out the canning jars!) Harvest time (Man the pressure cooker!) Harvest time (you have to take zucchini were related!)
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about everything he believed in and loved. Jacks final project was to help design a handicapped accessible garden at Our Saviour. It will cost about $10,000.00 to complete this project. If you would like to help make Jacks vision a reality, please send a donation in Jacks memory to GICD.
Gardeners in Community Development A 501 c (3) Non-Profit Organization Board of Directors Cathi Haug, President
Amanda Brown, Vice-President Carolyn Bush, Secretary Nancy Wilson Helen Harrell Azenath Wright Gerald Askew Paul Thai Don Lambert, Executive Director Rebecca Smith, Education Assistant Support Community Gardening Your tax-deductible donation will support GICDs community gardening programs. Any and all donations are gratefully accepted!! Please make your check payable to: GICD and send to 901 Greenbriar Lane, Richardson, TX 75080
Savorn Touch and Nuon Chun with translation by Lt. Paul Thai. They talked about fleeing from Cambodia and the importance of the garden in maintaining their heritage, culture, and providing supplemental income. To read a copy of the radio transcript go to GICDs website, www.gardendallas.org and click on GICD in the News.
Interested in volunteering?
East Dallas Community Garden: contact Don at (972) 231-3565 or grower@flash.net Hope Community Garden: contact Nancy at (214) 348-1126 or nhw-home@swbell.net Our Saviour Community Garden: contact Rebecca at ( 214) 564-5801 or jim.becky@sbcglobal.net
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Papayas in Dallas?
Though normally considered a tropical fruit needing a very long growing season to ripen, it is possible to grow papayas here in North Texas and even eat them. Three years ago, Hope gardeners (and bee experts) Susan and Brandon Pollard found a papaya seed sprouting in their compost pile. On a whim, they planted it in their plot at Hope Community Garden.
Green papayas at Hope Community Garden
them to ripen, but an internet search showed that green papaya salad is a favorite dish in Thailand. So, if you want to grow an unusual plant and eat its fruit, you might try:
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pour the dressing over the salad and garnish with the tomatoes, peanuts, and cilantro. Yield: 4 servings Recipe Source: Delightful Thai Cooking by Eng Tie Ang (Ambrosia Publications)
To everyones surprise, it grew into a beautiful six foot very tropical looking tree that actually produced papayas along the stem. Unfortunately, our growing season was not long enough for
Papaya plants recently seen for sale at Jimmys Food Store on Bryan!!
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