The garden is going to hold an open house at the Purple Plum on January 24th. We will be serving appetizers and desserts from 4pm-7pm. Come to meet your fellow gardeners and let us know what you liked and didn't like about the previous year. We'll also be giving away free seeds to get you started this spring. All are welcome!
Email us if you have any questions.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Yummy Winter Soup
If you stopped by our booth at the Yreka Chamber of Commerce' Night of Lights, you might have tried our yummy soup. Here is the recipe. Thanks Kate!
Thai Pumpkin Soup
2 TBL oil
1 onion chopped
1 TBL brown sugar
2-4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 small pumpkin, cooked or peeled and chopped into chunks
1 cup water or broth
1 15 oz. can coconut milk
3 TBL hot sweet chili sauce (Mae Ploy)
1 TBL lemon grass, chopped, or 1 TBL grated lemon peel
1 TBL fish sauce (I skip this and just add 1 TBL salt)
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (I skipped this too)
Cook the onion with the oil, brown sugar and garlic until soft. Add the pumpkin, water, coconut milk, chili sauce, lemon and fish sauce (if using). Simmer for about 25 minutes. Remove and puree in a blender until smooth. Yum!
Thai Pumpkin Soup
2 TBL oil
1 onion chopped
1 TBL brown sugar
2-4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 small pumpkin, cooked or peeled and chopped into chunks
1 cup water or broth
1 15 oz. can coconut milk
3 TBL hot sweet chili sauce (Mae Ploy)
1 TBL lemon grass, chopped, or 1 TBL grated lemon peel
1 TBL fish sauce (I skip this and just add 1 TBL salt)
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (I skipped this too)
Cook the onion with the oil, brown sugar and garlic until soft. Add the pumpkin, water, coconut milk, chili sauce, lemon and fish sauce (if using). Simmer for about 25 minutes. Remove and puree in a blender until smooth. Yum!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Leaves Make Great Compost!
Fall is a good time to take stock of compost materials for next year's garden. Leaves from deciduous trees are a great addition to any compost pile, providing the 'brown' or carbon portion needed to break down and stabilize the 'green' or nitrogen portion.
It can also be problematic for some to dispose conscientiously of excess fall leaves. So... our garden is going to help you out. Please see below:
It can also be problematic for some to dispose conscientiously of excess fall leaves. So... our garden is going to help you out. Please see below:
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Tile Mosaic Workshop
Wow! That was a great workshop! We had two days of fun for the kids who attended the workshop. Check out the photos on the right, and stop by the garden to see what wonderful things the kids came up with. Keep in mind that kids as young as SIX YEARS OLD were producing this great looking art. Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Fall Clean-Up and Work Party
Our garden needs some fall clean-up and wrap up for winter. If you are going to garden this winter, that's great too. Either way, we need all gardeners to clean up their plots, compost and weed them and generally help tie down everything before the winds and snow come.
You are invited to join your fellow gardeners for an end of the year
POTLUCK and WORK PARTY on October 29th from 10-3.
If you can't make it on that day, please make time to do your chores before the end of this month.
Fall is a good time to do a little reflecting on what you grew this year too.
Did you like your tomatoes? Did you try that unusual cucumber variety your neighbor had? What would you like more of, less of, none of, for next year? (Even a few notes might be a good idea.) I know I was disgusted with the mini-peppers we grew this year because the effort did not seem to match the result. Did you like being part of the anarchy garden group? Did you wish you had helped harvest for the food bank? What would you change?
We will be having an all gardener meeting this winter to collect your ideas for...
2012.. Here we come!
Ayn
You are invited to join your fellow gardeners for an end of the year
POTLUCK and WORK PARTY on October 29th from 10-3.
If you can't make it on that day, please make time to do your chores before the end of this month.
Fall is a good time to do a little reflecting on what you grew this year too.
Did you like your tomatoes? Did you try that unusual cucumber variety your neighbor had? What would you like more of, less of, none of, for next year? (Even a few notes might be a good idea.) I know I was disgusted with the mini-peppers we grew this year because the effort did not seem to match the result. Did you like being part of the anarchy garden group? Did you wish you had helped harvest for the food bank? What would you change?
We will be having an all gardener meeting this winter to collect your ideas for...
2012.. Here we come!
Ayn
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Art Workshop for Kids at the Garden
Be a part of history! Learn about petroglyphs and create your own with tile. Workshop taught by local tile mosaic artist, Monica Zinda of Moonshine Mosaics.
Two Day Workshop
October 1 10-2 – Design and create your own tile mosaic petroglyph.
October 22 10-12 – Install your petroglyph on a boulder in the Children’s Garden.
This workshop is open to kids
from 7-18 years. $10 Fee
Space is limited, so call now!
To sign-up or get more information, email us at
yrekacommunitygardens@gmail.com
or call Rachel Jereb at 842-3408.
sponsored by the Siskiyou Gardens, Parks and Greenway and
the Shasta Regional Foundation.
Two Day Workshop
October 1 10-2 – Design and create your own tile mosaic petroglyph.
October 22 10-12 – Install your petroglyph on a boulder in the Children’s Garden.
This workshop is open to kids
from 7-18 years. $10 Fee
Space is limited, so call now!
To sign-up or get more information, email us at
yrekacommunitygardens@gmail.com
or call Rachel Jereb at 842-3408.
sponsored by the Siskiyou Gardens, Parks and Greenway and
the Shasta Regional Foundation.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Summer Recipe from Perennial Plate
Check out this very simple pasta recipe for that vegetarian in your life. http://www.theperennialplate.com/recipes/2011/08/sun-gold-tomato-pasta/
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