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April Garden Activities
March 21, 2018
Mother Nature set us back a bit with garden planning but it’s best to work with her than against her. So we will attempt to set up a schedule for the beginning of April and see what happens: Garden Meeting: Tuesday, April 24th @ 7pm, Province Center Pea Planting: TBD Earth Day: Sunday, April 22nd. ...
Read MoreHelping Hands in the Garden
March 21, 2018
Many young people contributed time and talent to the garden in recent days. We thank students from UCONN who helped with some Spring cleaning during their Spring break and a local scout troop for building raised garden beds for the School Garden as an Eagle Scout project.
Read MoreFence Raising
March 21, 2018
The Fence for the newly relocated Community Garden went up in just over a day last week! Now we look forward to preparing the soil for planting.
Read MoreMarch Garden Activities
February 28, 2018
3/1. 3/15. 3/22 – Greenhouse planting continues: 10:30 – Noon. Note: No planting March 8th. 3/8 – Service Day: College Students will participate in garden activities 3/17 – Pea Planting: Kick off the new garden season for St. Patrick’s Day! Beginning at 10am 3/20 – Garden Meeting: 7pm at the Province Center More Events to be added...
Read MoreOur farm family is growing
January 23, 2018
Under the care of Sr. Ana Dura our farm at Redeemer Valley Garden is expanding. In addition to the chickens, roosters, ducks, rabbits and goats we now have three sheep. They are all female. Two are East Friesian Dairy Sheep. You’ll easily be able to recognize them because they have tails. Socks is black and...
Read MoreIntroducing: Summer Garden Internship!
January 18, 2018
SUMMER GARDEN INTERNSHIP SERVE at Redeemer Valley Garden for 3 weeks. LEARN about sustainable growing practices. GROW spiritually and live together in community sharing meals and prayer. Responsibilities can include: – Daily Garden Care: planting, weeding, watering, harvesting – GreenhouseManagement – Farmers Markets: coordinating, harvest, set up, sales – School Garden Assistance – Animal Care...
Read MoreJanuary / February Garden Events
January 18, 2018
1/25 @ 10:30 am – Greenhouse planting begins! St. Joseph Manor Greenhouse. 1/26 @ 6pm – Garden Gathering at Province Center. The Evening will begin at 6pm with brief garden updates and dinner followed by viewing of the film “Just Eat It!” Please bring a favorite dish to share. 2/1 @ 10:30am – Greenhouse planting...
Read MoreWelcome New Dairy Goats!
April 18, 2016
Welcome the two newest members of the Garden family – two dairy goats! Joy and Lucy, arrived the week of April 18th and they are quickly getting settled into their home!
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