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09/03/2026

Pick some Shish*to hot peppers (note: they are not actually very spicy).

Busy harvest at the production gardens on a hot day. We harvested many hundreds of peppers and tomatoes and bagged gree...
09/01/2026

Busy harvest at the production gardens on a hot day. We harvested many hundreds of peppers and tomatoes and bagged green beans, kale, and herbs to share at Faith Market Pantry in Colchester and at the First Pres Share Space in Macomb.

We just made a big delivery to the 1st Pres Share Space. 400 E. Carroll in Macomb.
09/01/2026

We just made a big delivery to the 1st Pres Share Space. 400 E. Carroll in Macomb.

Check out the new GG Share space that our Bushnell team set up at the Bushnell Giving Garden.
08/29/2026

Check out the new GG Share space that our Bushnell team set up at the Bushnell Giving Garden.

08/28/2026

Tomato hornworm at the First Presbyterian Church public access garden.

We’re starting to have especially huge harvests in the production gardens (harvests from the production gardens go to lo...
08/27/2026

We’re starting to have especially huge harvests in the production gardens (harvests from the production gardens go to local food pantries and our share space). This week we harvested 451 peppers and 257 tomatoes among other crops to share with our neighbors.

It’s zinnia season! Paula has been a regular summer visitor to our public access gardens and may be the biggest zinnia ...
08/26/2026

It’s zinnia season! Paula has been a regular summer visitor to our public access gardens and may be the biggest zinnia fan in Macomb.

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08/25/2026

Check out the public access garden at Edison School in Macomb for all kinds of things but especially green beans.

We had a good work session at the Project Insight garden in Macomb yesterday evening. Brooks came by and told us that h...
08/21/2026

We had a good work session at the Project Insight garden in Macomb yesterday evening. Brooks came by and told us that he had already picked 3 bouquets and delivered one to his daughter and two to his neighbors.

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08/18/2026

The polinators just can't get enough of all the flowers at The Giving Gardens. Don't worry guys, there's enough for everyone!

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