Dear Farm Friends,
As we move into fall, we are once again planning events to support and engage our community. See below for details and registration for our September 26 virtual Q&A on fall gardening basics, and a heads-up on our fall plant sale. Together, these events are meant to support you in your home or neighborhood gardening work at a time when we are not able to gather at Alemany Farm.
But first, we want to let you know that all summer long we have continued the essential work of growing and harvesting fresh produce at Alemany Farm for free distribution. Each week, Friends of Alemany Farm co-directors Abby and Jack have worked with RPD staff and a small group of interns to harvest hundreds of pounds of food destined for the Free Farm Stand, the Alemany Apartments Food Pantry and, in partnership with our friends at PODER, for distribution to residents in the Excelsior. We are still unable to welcome volunteers back to the farm, but we look forward to when we can all once again dig into this work together. In the meantime, we hope you’ll engage with us through our virtual events and our real live plant sale!
Ask a Farmer Q&A Series: Basics of Fall Gardening
Saturday, September 26, 10-11:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time
Online webinar – Suggested donation $10, no one turned away for lack of funds
The Ask a Farmer Series is our effort to reconnect and provide resources to our robust and beloved Alemany Farm community! Whether you’re a total beginner or an old farm hand, we hope you’ll join us for this hour-and-a-half long workshop on best practices for fall and winter gardening here in the Bay Area. First, our farmers will cover everything from what crops to plant and when, to autumn garden maintenance and care. This is a chance to anticipate challenges and game-plan solutions in advance. After we briefly cover the basics, the rest of the workshop will be open for an office-hours-style question and answer session.
Find details and register for the workshop
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HEADS UP: Look for more details soon on our upcoming Fall Plant Sale! We will have seasonally-appropriate plants starts available for purchase. (Think broccoli, kale, chard, brussel sprouts, etc., and perhaps a few native and perennial plants.) We’ll be in touch when we have date/time/location and a full plant list set.
If you’re not already on our email list, sign up to receive notices on upcoming events!