Harvest time for community garden
Beauty comes at a price. Early frost made for harvesting of this lovely site in Lake Como.
Fort Worth, Texas—In the book of Ecclesiastes the third chapter, King Solomon writes, ‘ There is a time for everything…a time for birth and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot.” Recent cool weather brought along with it overnight frost which means certain death to summer crops.
Sis Ella Burton (l) a volunteer from Como First Baptist and Clarice Abuto dig up the last of sweet potato's
Volunteers Mrs. Connie Russell(front) and Mrs. Hudson (rear) labor in sweat in an effort to clear Como Community Garden
Clarice and lady volunteers work together clearing out the leftover crops
Sis Clarice Abuto, the primary attendant for the Como Community Garden, along with women from Como First Baptist (CFBC) came together and removed what remained in the ground. “I called Mrs. Ella Burton with hopes of a couple of helpers. But Mrs. Ella came with a small army of ’bout nine members from CFBC,” stated Sis Abuto.
Katy Rudd from Tarrant Area Food Bank lent a hand in the fall harvest
Sis Russell of Como First Baptist cleaning out egg plant row
Miss Tia Russell of Como First Baptist shows off okra she picked
Sis Linda Scott, also of Como First Baptist, carries squash roots to be dumped
After the harvest he community's largest sunflower overlooks garden
The army uprooted sweet potatoes, collard and mustard greens, peppers, okra, squash, etc… which helps to make ready for planting of winter crop. Now we can look forward to a time to plant, as Ecclesiastes stated, so volunteers can get ready to help planting when that time comes.
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