Food Exchange This Monday

Aloha Gardner's-

Don't forget co-op swap this Monday night. I'll be bringing red leaf lettuce and some other goodies.

I'm hoping to pick up some citrus from someone. I had to buy lemons at the market this week, not only did they look plastic and processed but they were very expensive. Boo on that!

See you Monday, happy growing!

Seeds Available For Trade

Aloha-

Here is a list of seeds I have available for trade. They are all perfect to grow now. If you are interested in any of these let me know.

Golden Detroit Beets (High Mowing Seeds)
Japanese Turnip (Kitazawa Seeds)
Yellow Cylindrical (Baker Creek Heirloom)
Red Cloud Hybrid (Cooks' Garden)
Rat's Tail Radish (Baker Creek Heirloom)
Chioggia Beets (The Cook's Garden)
Flat Of Egypt (Baker Creek Heirloom)

First Harvest

Its not enough to share but its a lot to be excited about. Its the first summer squash I have ever grown. The plant is very compact and does not even need the trellis I put up. The tomato's probably needed another day or so but I was scared something was going to eat them. I ate them 2 seconds after I took this picture.

Happy growing!

Food Exchange Tomorrow!

Hello fellow gardeners tomorrow is another co-op swap. Its growing season so I hope we have good things to share or at least stories of things to come.

Sorry to say I might not make it to the swap. Please have a great time and send pictures if you happen to take any.

and to Lisa and Mauna, I can't wait to hear about your tree planting adventure.

Thanks,
Sasha

Last Night's Exchange

Big thanks to everyone who participated. I gave away lots of lettuce and I gained an eggplant seedling and tons of lemons. I will use them all.

After the meeting adjourned there was some talk of people building raised beds and getting rid of their lawns. Its such great news. Eat more homegrown, love that.

Looking forward to next month. I wonder who is going to be the first one with tomatoes. I hope for bushels and bales.

Exchange Tonight

Dont' forget the exchange tonight!

I have lots of empty seed packets to give out along with homegrown red leaf lettuce.

What will you be bringing?

Food Exchange

Don't forget our next exchange is coming up. April 6th we will be there. I know I have some beautiful red leaf lettuce I will be bringing. What about you?

Hope to see you all there.

Food Exchange Pictures

Thanks to Adriana for taking pictures on Monday night. Thanks to everyone for bringing lots of goodies. I even ended up with a bunch of lemons, loquats and tangerines.

Yay for fruit!

Exchange Tonight

Don't forget! Adriana will be there running the show. Please stop by and she what she has to offer. I heard its going to be a good one...

January Food Swap

Happy New Year to all my Wrigley Farmers!

I hope you all have been having a wonderful holiday season. The weather has been perfect for all our root vegetables. Hopefully you have all had a nice winter harvest.

Few things to mention. We have still been having activity on the Chalkboard. Please remember, food exchanges can happen at any time, not just the first Monday of the month. We have had postings for citrus. That would be so refreshing right about now.

And speaking of the food swap I need your help. This is what will make this truly a co-op. I have been unable to make the meetings and I'm sorry to say that its not looking good for the new year. If anyone is willing to set up the table before the Wrigley Association meetings, your help would be appreciated. If you are interested let me know.

The set up is very simple and you do not have to "attend" the table. It runs itself. Let me know and i'll explain the basics to you.

Thanks for your interest in this program and if you are available to help with our table that would be great. Next swap is this monday the 5th.

Have a great New Year!

Food Exchange

Thanks Candy for the California Native grape seeds. I was wondering what to plant along my fence. Now I know. She brought 2 exchange packets filled with seeds. I am going to use one packet but still have 1 up for grabs.

Tonightʻs Exchange

Dont forget tonight is the Food Exchange. This week I will have lots of yellow and white iris for trade. I dug them up yesterday. Now is the perfect time to plant.

See you tonight.

Co-op Swap

Tonight 6:45. I'll have lots of seed packets for you to take, fill up and bring back.

Have a great day!

Co-op Swap

Next swap Sept 8th @ 6:45

Thanks For Last Night

Big mahalo to everyone for coming to the exchange last night. We were a great success. Not only do I now know what lemongrass is suppose to look like my tomato bowl has been refilled.

The seed bin had a big dent taken out of it. I hope to see all those fruits and veggies back on the co-op table next season.

There was great participation from all parts of our community. Hopefully our exchange will grow with each growing season.

Thanks again and happy growing.

Exchange Tonight 6:30

I got wind that there was some confusion with the wording of our food exchange. We have changed food exchange to co-op. Hopefully there will be no more confusing our fresh grown produce with canned goods.

See you all tonight!

Available For Trade:

Okra Seedlings - 2 available (AM)

Seed Exchange Packets

These seed packets are great. Thanks to Adriana and Erica for helping me with them.

Mahalo

Big thanks to everyone who participated in the first "official" food swap. I think we were a huge success. Our table was rockin' and we had a great assortment of veggies up for grab.

Thanks to Adriana and her hod, Dave and Carol for the mint, Rachael for the chard, parsley and yummy tomatoes. Also thanks to Annie who brought a huge the bowl of golden tomatoes and a bunch of oregano that I have drying in my kitchen.

See you all again on August 4th.

Seeds: Available For Trade

All seeds are certified organic, heirloom, or a hybrid. (AM)

A
Arugula Mediterranean, Rocket Salad, Roquette Certified Organic

B
Basil-Genovese Certified Organic
Basil-Sweet Certified Organic
Bean Pole (Snap)-Kentucky Wonder
Bean Pole-Romano
Bok Choy Tatsoi, Rosette
Bok Choy, White Stem
Broccoli Certified Organic

C
Cauliflower-Purple of Sicily Heirloom
Cantaloupe-Hearts of Gold Certified Organic
Carrots-Scarlet (Nantes type) Certified Organic
Celery-Tendercrisp Heirloom
Chives Certified Organic
Cilantro Certified Organic
Collards, Georgia Southern
Corn Sweet (Suse)-Argent (White)
Corn-Sugar Dots Hybrid
Cucumber-Armenian Burpless
Cucumber-Straight Eight Certified Organic

E
Edamame Green Soy Bean, Butterbean
Eggplant, Black Beauty Certified Organic

L
Lavender
Lettuce Looseleaf Heatwave
Lettuce-Paris Island Cos (Romaine)
Lettuce-Rocky Top Lettuce Salad Heirloom

M
Mustard Greens, Southern Giant Curled

O
Okra-Clemson Spineless Certified Organic
Onion-Flat of Italy Heirloom
Onion-Bianca di Maggio Heirloom
Onion-Evergreen Bunching Certified Organic
Oregano Certified Organic

P
Peppermint
Peppers-Anaheim Heirloom
Peppers-Serrano Tampequino Heirloom
Peppers-Bajio Heirloom

R
Radish-Cherry Belle Certified Organic
Radish-Icicle

S
Squash-Black Beauty Zucchini Certified Organic
Snow Peas
Spearmint
Spinach Early Prolific Hybrid
Summer Squash Sunny Delight Hybrid

T
Tomato-Beefsteak Certified Organic
Tomato-Brandywine Certified Organic
Tomato (Pole)-Cherokee Purple Certified Organic
Tomato-Green Zebra Certified Organic
Tomato (Bush)-Italian Roma Heirloom
Tomato (Pole)-San Marzano Certified Organic
Tomato (Bush)-Silvery Fir Tree Certified Organic
Tomato (Pole)-Speckled Roman Certified Organic
Tomato (Cherry)-Sun Gold
Tomato-Sweetie Certified Organic
Tomatillo Verde Heirloom

W
Watermelon-Moon & Stars Certified Organic