April 23, 2025
What a glorious Saturday morning at the pantry! It was all hands on deck as we held our regular food shopping opportunity and a tasty Easter meal. Neighbors were offered a ham, potatoes, bok choy, broccoli, rolls, and butter. An extra thank you to our carry out volunteers who helped distribute the extra meal and pushed shopping carts to cars. As you can see in the above picture many neighbors arrived before 7:00 in anticipation of the extra meal. Our second picture was taken by Kim in the garden. If you look carefully you can see two trees in the shape of an "old rugged cross."
April 17th was another exciting day for our garden archives! Thanks to the Deerfield Charitable Foundation we were awarded funds to purchase a second hoophouse. The truck arrived this past Thursday and was surrounded by volunteers eager to assist in unloading our second hoophouse. This additional hoophouse will enable us to grow much needed produce year-round. The structure will be assembled and raised beds built using volunteer labor.
On Tuesday we welcomed Vickie Best and members of the North Asheville garden club for a visit to our garden and pantry. Also, Charlotte Garcia delivered 89 pounds of groceries from a food drive held at Mars Hill College from a group of alumni.
We welcomed 115 families representing 398 individuals and six new families. The three new families represent a total of 8 family members. We continue to need volunteers who can help with Spanish registrations. Once a month would be very helpful!
On behalf of our Pantry Board, we express our heartfelt gratitude for your generous food and monetary donations to our pantry. Your donations will make a significant impact on the lives of those in our community who are struggling with food insecurity.
- Kathy Noyes, for the Executive Committee
News from The Lord’s Acre of Fletcher – Where Transplants Come From The Lord's Acre Fletcher garden has bought hundreds of collard, pepper, and tomato plants over the last few years from Henn’s Plant Farm in Fletcher. They are great folks to work with. This year, we are starting many of our own transplants from seed to save money and to widen the varieties available to us. Marnero, Damsel, Purple Zebra, and Yellow Apple tomatoes, Multipik yellow squash, Diva cucumbers, and Mini Love watermelons. These are started on heating mats and under grow lights and then moved to the hoop house when weather permits. From there, volunteers plant them in the ground, and within weeks, pantry neighbors are enjoying them at the dinner table.
