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Hello from Ct

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Post: # 142927Unread post CtGrower
Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:17 pm

Im excited to join this forum!

I currently grow fresh vegetables in a smallish garden for a food pantry with a team of volunteers. The main focus is high yield (and flavor) over variety since the need is greater than our growing space. Looking forward to learning from the community on what has worked best for them as well as sharing our experience.

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Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:22 pm

Welcome from NEPa. Sounds like we can learn from you as well!

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Post: # 142930Unread post Cornelius_Gotchberg
Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:31 pm

Welcome from America's Dairyland!

The Gotch
Madison WESconsin/Growing Zone 5-A/Raised beds above the Midvale Heights spade-caking clay in the 77 Square Miles surrounded by A Sea Of Reality

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Post: # 142933Unread post MissS
Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:29 pm

Hello and welcome to the Junction. You have a very important garden and you are doing a great service for your community. There are other's here that are doing the same thing. You will find each other for sure. I can't wait to learn more about your garden.
~ Patti ~
AKA ~ Hooper

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Thu Jan 16, 2025 4:26 pm

Welcome to the Junction from Down Under @CtGrower

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Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:03 pm

welcome from alaska good luck this season

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Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:11 pm

Welcome from Central Texas.
Worth
25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.

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Post: # 142943Unread post bower
Thu Jan 16, 2025 6:20 pm

Welcome from further north. :) Looking forward to your insights on getting maximum yield in a small space.
AgCan Zone 5a/USDA zone 4
temperate marine climate
yearly precip 61 inches/1550 mm

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Thu Jan 16, 2025 6:38 pm

Welcome from North Florida!
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Thu Jan 16, 2025 6:41 pm

Welcome to the Junction, @CtGrower! Love that you are growing to help others.
~Diane

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Thu Jan 16, 2025 7:34 pm

Welcome to the forum!
Woodbury, NJ zone 7a/7b

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Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:18 pm

Welcome! I recently joined as well. Tell us about your food pantry!

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Post: # 143024Unread post Harry Cabluck
Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:26 pm

Welcome from Austin, Texas...once called Waterloo and about 25 miles northwest of Bastrop, Texas.
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Sat Jan 18, 2025 12:19 pm

Welcome from N.E. Ohio ! Hope you enjoy a good growing season.
Dan

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Post: # 143135Unread post CtGrower
Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:45 am

TerraCayda wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:18 pm Welcome! I recently joined as well. Tell us about your food pantry!
I'm not sure how to post pictures, so I'll just try to describe it.

We started the garden behind the Food Pantry from nothing in the Spring of 2022. The garden today has 300 sqft of raised beds in the back of the Pantry building (garden block, 2x6x8 boards) and 100 sqft of Vego metal raised beds in the front of the Pantry building. Most of the building materials were donated by grants and shoe leather asks to countless businesses and fundraising.

Last year we grew about 250lb of veggies and herbs for the clients. About 200 families facing food insecurity shop at the pantry weekly, so.. this is is a drop in the bucket, but it is something. We are looking to increase our productivity in the existing beds and we have a grant to add more Vego beds to the front in 2025.

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Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:31 pm

Welcome also from CT!

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Post: # 143211Unread post CtGrower
Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:32 pm

Sue_CT wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:31 pm Welcome also from CT!

Where in Ct? I'm in Hebron.

Diane

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Mon Jan 20, 2025 2:28 pm

Enfield

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Mon Jan 20, 2025 2:51 pm

Sue_CT wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 2:28 pmEnfield
Not far

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Post: # 143214Unread post TerraCayda
Mon Jan 20, 2025 3:46 pm

What a wonderful story! I might volunteer in the similar local organic vegetable garden program once my life settles down after moving to a new city. It's done by a university mainly to teach children how to garden.
Good luck going for productivity! Multiflora cherry tomatoes will be your best friend :P .
CtGrower wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:45 am
TerraCayda wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:18 pm Welcome! I recently joined as well. Tell us about your food pantry!
I'm not sure how to post pictures, so I'll just try to describe it.

We started the garden behind the Food Pantry from nothing in the Spring of 2022. The garden today has 300 sqft of raised beds in the back of the Pantry building (garden block, 2x6x8 boards) and 100 sqft of Vego metal raised beds in the front of the Pantry building. Most of the building materials were donated by grants and shoe leather asks to countless businesses and fundraising.

Last year we grew about 250lb of veggies and herbs for the clients. About 200 families facing food insecurity shop at the pantry weekly, so.. this is is a drop in the bucket, but it is something. We are looking to increase our productivity in the existing beds and we have a grant to add more Vego beds to the front in 2025.

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