Dear Gardeners,


Pretty cool the last couple of days, but the tomatoes are really coming in now. On our survey, tomatoes were the top vegetable grown by gardeners in our plots. Nothing can really beat the taste of a tomato that is ripened on the vine and in peak flavor.


The Dane County Farmer's Market is sponsoring a series of tomato preservation workshops. If you have more tomatoes than you can eat fresh, this is an opportunity to learn about canning, freezing and dehydrating tomatoes for later use. The classes start tonight (canning demonstration) at 6 pm at Feed Kitchens, 1219 Sherman Avenue. There is a fee for the classes but refreshments and supplies are provided and you can learn from experts. Later classes are Sept. 8 with hands-on canning and Sept. 15 for freezing and dehydrating. More info at :


http://dcfm.org/tomato-preservation-workshop-series/

Tomato Preservation Workshop Series - Dane County Farmers' Market Dane County Farmers’ Market is offering a three-part series on tomato preservation at Feed Kitchens with Master Food Preserver Polly Reott! The peak of tomato season is ramping up. Vine-ripe, sweet and juicy tomatoes are already loading up the tables … Continue reading → Read more...

Our food pantry program has been struggling due to thefts from the bins and we are working on a better system to make sure your donated produce gets to the pantry. This Wednesday's pickups are cancelled and we will try for a different system on Saturday , perhaps with gardeners volunteering to attend the bins and thank the donors.

Not too late to put in a little dill, cilantro, arugula and lettuce for the late fall. The weather is always unpredictable, but we can have some veggies into November.







Gretel, Garden Registrar
ehgardens@rso.wisc.edu
Garden website: http://www.eagleheightsgardens.org