Saturday May 14th 10am-noon, Romero House in Ames, Seed and Plant Sharing event - bring any seeds and plants to share and take home some fun new things to plant in your garden. it's ok to just come and get plants even if you don't have any to share - share your company and wonderful selves! We had plenty of plants last year. We will also have our beginning garden kits available to take home. If you are able to label your plants and seeds - that's very helpful!

OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN BRING TO SHARE:
**pots and trays for starting seeds or growing plants
**clean berry containers for Mustard Seed Community Farm to re-use
(we actually only need the standard pint sized container right now)

Well we've been having a cool wet spring! Our pond is finally full again after 2 years of drought dwindling it to a puddle. This weather has been challenging for us humans, but we are grateful for all the rain, and the trees are very happy. Starting today, the weather is looking warmer, sunnier, and dryer, and things are really starting to happen - fruit blossoms, asparagus shoots, workdays, events, workshares!

*TOMORROW WORKDAY Saturday 5/7 1-4pm Now that we've had a few dry days, we are hoping to catch up on all the spring planting!
Come help us get all the cool crops in the ground, finish our pruning, prep garden kits, and weed some of our perennial crops. Volunteers will get to take home eggs, garden kits, and the wonderfully nutritious spring nettles! please RSVP if you plan to come by replying to this email or texting alice (978-471-8414)
(if you are busy in the afternoon - the Food at First garden is having a workday in the morning - contact Jessica for more info jnel@iastate.edu ) or work in gardens all day long on this beautiful day!!

*GARDEN KITS! - Good Food Everyday - Resilience Garden Kits - great for beginners - this kit has 10 little plants and 3 seed packets - all varieties are chosen to be easy to grow and productive in central Iowa and to provide a steady supply of flavor and nutrition throughout the growing season. (IN your kit is one instruction booklet, and Plants: 1 Juliet tomato, 1 Ace sweet pepper, 2 rainbow chard, 2 kale, 2 broccolin, 2 herbs. Seeds: lettuce, cilantro, radish)
These will be available for sale for $15 or for gift to beginner gardeners. Let us know if you would like one for mother's day!

*WORKSHARE TRAINING STARTS NEXT WEEK:
Join our amazing team of harvesters on Tuesday or Friday mornings and take home big boxes of veggies. The regular shift is from 7-10am, but the first 2 weeks of training are from 8-10am. For more info go to our website:
http://mustardseedfarm.org/?q=node/307

peace,
alice mcgary
mustard seed community farm
366 W Ave
ames, ia 50014
978-471-8414