Hello Gardeners,
Thistles: The Canada Thistles are beginning to bloom and when they go to seed, they spread easily around the gardens and into the Preserve areas. Please look around your plot and remove any thistles you come across to try to help prevent their spread. Even just cutting off the flower heads before they can produce seed is a help if you’re not able to dig them all out right away. They’re a very invasive weed and unfortunately we have a lot in the gardens right now that we need to deal with. They’re also not nice to have in your garden, and painful to step on.
Ticks: I’ve already heard from one gardener that found a tick on themselves after being at the gardens. Dear ticks can spread Lyme disease, and there are other tick-borne illnesses as well, so please check for ticks and be careful. Here is the DNR website with more information:
Food pantries: If you have more produce from your garden than you expected or know what to do with, you can always donate it to a food pantry. Here is some information about local food pantries. (There are other pantries in the area also):
-Second Harvest Food Bank is accepting donations of food, Mon-Fri 8am-4pm. Their address is 2802 Dairy Dr. Madison, WI 53718
-The River Food Pantry River will accept donations of fresh produce Mon 7am-3pm and Tue-Fri 7am-10am. They’d appreciate a call or email in advance if possible.
Phone #: (608)-442-8815) email: info@riverfoodpantry.org
-St Vincent de Paul food pantry is not currently accepting food donations
Thanks, and happy gardening,
Lily
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