The Harvest Moon has come and gone and the days are getting noticeably shorter. Out at Alemany Farm, we’re still harvesting peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and squash thanks to the recent warm spell, but we’re already thinking about winter. It will be nice when things slow down a bit and the rains come.
In the meantime, though, we have a busy fall: A big international day of action to combat climate change and our 6th Annual Autumn Harvest Festival.
So please mark your calendar:
Saturday, Oct 9, Noon to 5 PM, regular workday
Sunday, Oct 10, 10 AM to 2 PM, work party as part of the 10-10-10 global day of action to address climate change. If you haven’t yet, please check out www.350.org for more information on how you can get involved. At Alemany Farm, we’ll be mulching our redwood circle, clearing out some beds and making compost, and doing the tillage on our winter onion beds and planting out onions. We’ll also have a very casual BYO potluck BBQ and a bluegrass band. … If you can’t make it out to Alemany Farm, and want to find other events in your neighborhood, please visit www.350.org. At the end of the day, we’ll be heading over to Hayes Valley Farm for the 350.org end-of-day celebration.
Monday, Oct 11, 1 PM to 5 PM, regular workday.
Sunday, Oct, 17, Noon to 5 PM, regular workday.
Saturday, Oct 23, 11 AM to 5 PM, is our 6th Annual Autumn Harvest Festival. We’ll have a BBQ (please bring side dishes or desserts to share), games for kids, plus the traditional planting of our 2011 garlic!
And if you or anyone you know is looking for a space to garden, we encourage you to take part in the SF Park Trust’s upcoming bicycle tour, a great chance to scout for new gardening spaces in the City.
Finally, we’d like to ask you to take a second to support an important effort to address childhood obesity in our City. Supervisor Eric Mar has introduced legislation that would ban children’s toys from being given out with fast food.
Thanks, as always, for your work to make SF more food secure.
The Farm Team