The Garden of Eat'in

The Garden of Eat'in Feeding the Hungry Food Pantry (serves nearly 550 families each month). The Garden of Eat'in is a 1 acre with 50 varieties of fruits and vegetables.

The Garden of Eat'in was established to provide fresh fruit and vegetables for our local soup kitchen, Kenneth Butler Memorial Soup Kitchen (KBMSK serves 100 meals per day M-F), and provide excess to our Hancock Co. And we have had over 300 volunteers assist in the garden success since inception in 2011. Our goal for 2014 is a 3 prong approach. First, to have enough volunteers to plant, maintain a

nd harvest the produce enough produce for KBMSK's 100 meals and to have enough excess to fill the their many freezers full to use during winter months. Secondly, to build a community of people with the single purpose of stopping food insecurity (don't know where their next meal is coming from). Thirdly, to have patrons of the soup kitchen and food pantry to be involved in the garden process from early spring to late fall, providing each family with fresh produce for working in the garden. A strong educational component will be included on preparing and preserving the produce.

10/08/2014

Thanks to all of you who made the garden successful.

A special thanks to my key volunteers who worked in the garden weekly throughout the season: Dina Burkett, Justin Roland, Rose Reiser, Denise Smith and Chris Wade. Thanks to the Elanco Corporation for sending nearly 200 employees to the garden regularly and TriKappa for sending groups bi-monthly.

10/08/2014

A huge thanks to my 2014 sponsors who provided in-kind or cash donations:
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Current Sponsors
Bentcil Marketing Company
1755 Midwest Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46214
317 271-4536

CLM Mulch Solutions, Inc.
3103 W. 1000 North
Fortville, IN 46040
317-485-4080
www.clmmulch.com

Cross Creative Marketing
1 Courthouse Plaza
Greenfield, IN 46140
317 572-7677
www.crosscreativemarketing.com

Gordon Plumbing Services
8711 Castle Park Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46256
317-845-1805
[email protected]

Harvest Land Coop
230 W Osage St
Greenfield, IN 46140
317 462-5551
www.harvestlandcoop.com/index.cfm

Park Chapel Christian Church
1176 E. McKenzie Rd.
Greenfield, IN 46140
317-462-4513
www.parkchapel.org

Kenneth Butler Memorial Soup Kitchen
202 East Main Street
Greenfield, IN 46140
www.kbmsk.org

Norris Septic Tank Service, Inc.
Steve Brenneman
6927 W 700 N
Fairland, IN 46126
317-835-8258

Sunnyside Greenhouses
3185 E 700 North
Greenfield, IN 46140
317 326-3129
www.sunnysidegreenhouses.blogspot.com

Tuttle’s Orchard
5717 N 300 W, Greenfield, IN 46140
Phone:(317) 326-2278
www.indianapolisorchard.com

Tractor Supply Company Noblesville
2375 Pleasant St.
Noblesville, IN 46060

True Value of Pendleton
Rob Mathews
1810 Fairfield Lane, Pendleton, IN 46064
truevalue.com/mathewstruevaluehomecenter

Walmart-Greenfield
1965 North State Street
Greenfield, IN 46140
(317) 462-4241

Country Critters 4-H Group

Tri-Kappa of Greenfield

Mark Moeller

10/08/2014

Here are a few facts about the 2014 garden season....

• 3954 total pounds of produce given away
• 276 people volunteered at the garden at least once
• 1198 total volunteer hours (does NOT include the hundreds of hours to process, prepare or preserve the produce at the soup kitchen)

10/08/2014

I really need your help next year or the garden will not happen due to lack of volunteers and donations:
• a minimum of 12 committed volunteers to work weekly or bi-weekly (individuals or groups)

10/08/2014

• Budget needs (actual items donated or cash contributions to purchase)-please let me know if you can help with any of these items
$250 for onion sets (200+), seed potatoes (200 lbs), lettuce variety seed, kohlrabi seed, carrot seed, spinach seed, pea seed, turnip green seed, sweet corn seed, green bean seed, beet seed, radish seed, wild flower seed, pumpkin and gourd seed
$350 for 1 flats sweet potato plants, 2 flats tomato variety, 2 flat broccoli, 1/2 flat brussel sprouts, 1 flat squash, zucchini, 1/2 flat watermelon, 1/2 flat cantaloupe, 1/2 flat herb varieties, 1 flat cucumber variety, 1 flat cabbage variety, 1/2 flat kale, 1/2 flat eggplant
$250 garden gloves, garden stakes, garden markers, garden tools, garden tubs, garden hose, misc. items
$300 for fertilizer and insecticides
$150 irrigation drip line and plugs
$300 w**d barrier
$50 soil testing
$50 bottled water for volunteers
$300 equipment repair; gas, tiller parts
$100 mulch
$300 web hosting and re-design
$300 portable restroom cleaning, soap, cleaning supplies
$300 promotional material, business cards

If you or anyone you know would like to volunteer at the garden, please complete volunteer form at the website: www.the...
10/08/2014

If you or anyone you know would like to volunteer at the garden, please complete volunteer form at the website: www.thegardenofeatin.org or contact me via email.

10/08/2014
09/23/2014

Volunteer Opportunities (we still have green beans, lima beans, brussel sprouts, broccoli, melons, peppers, tomatoes, peas, zucchini, squash and pumpkins to harvest)

Saturday, Sept. 20 from 8:30-noonish
Tuesday, Sept. 23 from 9:30-11:30 serving with Midtown Mental Health
Thursday, Sept. 25 from 5-8 serving with Tri-Kappa
Thursday, October 2 from 8-12 Noon- Elanco's Global Day of Serving we have a large group closing out the garden ( and )

Thanks to....Elanco new employee orientation group, Otterbein Church members, Tristan Balch, Dina Burkett, Justin Roland, Rose Rieser and Chris Wade for picking and/or processing produce!

Pounds Given Away to date this season: 3081

Needs:
• used 3 point hitch tiller
• committed weekly or bi-weekly volunteers for 2015 season
• plants and seeds for 2015
• large cloth or heavy duty plastic bags for storing produce

09/10/2014

Scheduled Garden Volunteer Opportunities:

Saturday, Sept. 13 from 8:30-Noon
Monday, Sept. 15 from 5-7 PM serving with Crystal Starkey's Church (sorry, I don't know the church name)
Thursday, Sept. 18 from 6'ish-8'ish
Or any convenient time, just email or call me

Thanks to......
• Elanco new employee orientation group (12), Park Chapel Christian Church Youth Group (58 people), Patty Dresser, Dina Burkett, Justin Roland, Rose Reiser and Chris Wade for harvesting, tilling, and/or preparing/preserving produce.
• Joe Paxton for donating w**d killer and winter crop seed (plus the airplane to drop the seed....we are up on the latest agricultural practices at the Garden of Eat'in....thanks to Joe ;-)
Produce Given Away to date: 2889 lbs

Needs:

-Used 5 foot 3-point hitch tiller < $1000
-Donated refrigerator
-20 people committed to working the 2015 garden season weekly or bi-weekly, please contact me if you have questions or may be interested in serving
-2015 garden season we will need donated vegetables and fruit plants, fertilizer, garden seed, gloves, drip irrigation line and mulch

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Fortville, IN
46040

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