Saturday, October 29, 2016

End of the Season

The helpful members from the Sandy Utah Central Stake volunteered this morning with end of season  clean  up by helping clean out the remaining  grow  boxes, removing the remaining weed cloth from the field and general  clean up and organization of the garden and  building.

Butternut  squash was taken  to  the  Bishop's  Storehouse.

To date this season, the Sandy Utah Vegetable Project has provided  over 28,000 lbs of produce for the Bishop's Storehouse.

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Fall Harvest Clean Up Continues

The faithful members of the Sandy Utah Hillcrest Stake and the Draper Utah Crescent View Stake served  tonight harvesting butternut  squash and tomatoes. They also helped put away the remaining weed cloth.

The Sandy  Vegetable  Project  has  provided  the  Bishop's  Storehouse  with  27,744 lbs  of produce to date this  season.

We appreciate  our  many  dedicated  and  hard  working  volunteers  from  many  different  stakes who have volunteered this  season.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Fall Clean Up Continues

The helpful volunteers from the Sandy Utah Granite South Stake  and the Sandy Utah Mount Jordan Stake assisted missionaries with removing the several weed cloth from the field. The volunteers  also assisted with harvesting and gleaning various types of squash, Roma tomatoes, celery, pumpkins, cantaloupe, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and three small watermelons.

The Sandy Vegetable Project has  provided the Bishop's Storehouse with an  accumulation  of  26,650 lbs of produce to date.

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Wrapping up the Fall Harvest

The helpful  volunteers  from  the  Sandy  Utah  Lone  Peak  Stake  and  the  Salt  Lake  Cottonwood  Stake  assisted  missionaries  with  harvesting  tomatoes, zucchini, a single watermelon, cantalupe, and  various  types of  squash. 
In addition, the bell peppers were removed.

The Sandy  Vegetable  Project  has  provided  the  Bishop's  Storehouse  with  24,671 lbs of  produce  to  date.

Saturday, October 15, 2016

A Typical October Harvest

The helpful volunteers from the Salt Lake Big Cottonwood Stake and  the  Salt Lake Butler West Stake assisted  missionaries with harvesting spaghetti squash, green peppers, pumpkins, corn, cauliflower, zucchini, cantaloupe, watermelon, carrots, tomatoes, butternut squash.

The missionaries and volunteers also continued to winterize  the farm by removing weed cloth and cleaning out the empty grow boxes.

The Sandy Vegetable Project has provided the Bishop's Storehouse with an accumulated 23,905 lbs of produce to date.

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Fall Harvest and Capital Improvements

The dedicated  volunteers  from  the  Sandy  Utah  Crescent  Park  Stake  and  the  Sandy  Utah  Crescent  View  Stake  served  tonight. The volunteers  assisted  missionaries  with  harvesting  pumpkins, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, cantaloupe, zucchini, tomatoes.and carrots.

The Sandy  Vegetable  Project  is  currently  undergoing  capital  improvements with new sewer, water and Internet lines being added.

The Sandy  Vegetable  Project  has  provided  21,581 lbs of  produce  for  the  Bishop's  Storehouse  to  date.

Thursday, October 6, 2016

The Fall Harvest is Winding Down

The helpful volunteers from the Sandy Utah Granite View Stake and the Sandy Utah Alta View Stake members   served tonight harvesting carrots, various types of peppers, various types of squash, and various types of melons.  Most of the zucchini and the yellow crookneck squash crops have completed their plant cycle and were removed  from the growboxes.

The Sandy Vegetable Project has provided the Bishop's Storehouse with 20,062 lbs. of produce to date.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Fall Harvest Continues

The helpful volunteers from the Sandy Utah Granite Stake and  the  Sandy Utah Midvalley Stake served tonight harvesting various types  of squash, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, various types of melons and  various types  of  peppers.   

The  Sandy  Vegetable  Project  has  provided  19,109 lbs of  produce  for  the  Bishop's  Storehouse  to  date.

Thursday, September 29, 2016

The end of the Cucumbers

Helpful volunteers from the Sandy  Utah  West  Stake  and  the  Sandy Utah Cottonwood Creek Stake assisted missionaries with harvesting  celery, various types of squash, zucchini,  broccoli, cucumbers, tomatoes, and various  types  of  sweet  and  peppers. The cucumber crops  have  completed  their  plant  cycle  and  were  removed  from  the  growboxes.

The Sandy  Vegetable  Project  has  provided  18, 027 lbs  of  produce  for  the  Bishop's  Storehouse  to  date.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Another Great Evening to Volunteer

The hardworking  members  of  the  Sandy  Utah Willow  Creek  Stake  and  the  Sandy  Utah  Granite  South  Stake  assisted  missionaries  with  harvesting  cucumbers, tomatoes, various  types  of  squash, various  types  of  melons, and zucchini.

Saturday, September 17, 2016

A Great Morning to Volunteer

Dedicated  volunteers  from  the  Draper Utah Mountain Point Stake and the South Jordan Utah River Ridge Stake assisted  missionaries  with harvesting cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, various  types  of  squash, and various  types  of  melons. The two beds of cucumbers were pulled out  because  the crops were  completed.

The  Sandy  Vegetable  Project  has  provided  14,431 lbs  of  produce  for  the  Bishop's  Storehouse  to  date.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Fall Harvest

The helpful volunteers from the Sandy Utah Crescent South Stake and the South Jordan Utah River Stake assisted  missionaries with harvesting cabbage, various types of squash, cucumbers, tomatoes and various types of melons.

The Sandy Vegetable Project has provided 13,572 lbs of produce for the Bishop's Storehouse to date.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

A Bountiful Harvest

Faithful  volunteers  from  the Sandy Utah East Stake and the Salt Lake Cottonwood Stake assisted missionaries with harvesting carrots, various types of squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, various types of melons, cabbge,  and various types of onions.

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Faithful Volunteers Make a Difference

Helpful volunteers from the Salt Lake Butler Stake and the Sandy Utah Lone Peak Stake harvested  lettuce, broccoli, cucumbers, various types of squash, various types of  peppers, tomatoes and melons. 

The  Sandy Vegetable  Project has provided 12,144 lbs of  produce for the Bishop's  Storehouse to date.

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Many many Hands Make Light Work

Hardworking volunteers from the Draper Utah Stake and the Salt Lake Cottonwood Heights Stake assisted  missionaries with harvesting melons, cucumbers, zucchini, various types of squash. The farm is  in full  production.

The Sandy Vegetable Project has provided 10, 538 lbs of vegetables for the Bishop's Storehouse to date.

Thursday, September 1, 2016

A Windy Evening to Volunteer

Helpful  volunteers  from  the  Salt  Lake  Brighton  Stake  and  the  Sandy  Utah  Crescent  North  Stake  harvested  cucumbers, zucchini, various  types  of  squash, bell peppers, melons, lettuce and  tomatoes.
The  Sandy  Vegetable  Project  has  provided  9, 150 lbs  of  produce  for  the  Bishop's  Storehouse  to  date.

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

A Hot August Night

Hardworking  volunteers from the Sandy Utah Alta View Stake assisted  missionaries with harvesting melons, hot  peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, various types of squash, and zucchini.

The Sandy  Vegetable  Project  has  provided a total of 8,296 lbs of produce for the Bishop's Storehouse to date.

Saturday, August 27, 2016

A Quiet Morning in the Garden

The faithful  members of the  Sandy  Utah  YSA  Stake  served  this  morning. The missionaries  and  volunteers  harvested  carrots, cucumbers, spaghetti  squash, zucchini, yellow squash, melons, corn, bell peppers and tomatoes.

The Sandy  Vegetable  Project has  provided 7,542 lbs of produce for the Bishop's Storehouse to date.

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Another Ideal Evening to Volunteer

Helpful volunteers from the Sandy Utah West Stake and the Sandy Utah Crescent Ridge Stake assisted  missionaries with  harvesting  cucumbers,  sweet  peppers, hot  peppers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, melons, spaghetti squash and corn.  In addition, zucchini was planted.

The Sandy Vegetable Project has produced 6,132 lbs of vegetables to date.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Many are Called and Few are Harvesting

Faithful volunteers from the Sandy Utah Hillcrest Stake and the Draper Utah Eastridge Stake assisted  missionaries with harvesting tomatoes, zucchini, yellow  squash, cucumbers, zephyr  squash. Volunteers also cleaned out several  boxes. Missionaries and volunteers planted additional zucchini and yellow crookneck  squash crops.

Saturday, August 13, 2016

A Perfect Time to Volunteer

Missionaries  and volunteers from the Sandy Utah Central Stake and the Sandy Utah Crescent North Stake     harvested cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, cherry tomatoes, winter squash and lettuce. As always, there was weeding in the field and between the growboxes.

The Sandy  Vegetable  Project  total produce accumulation to date is 4,602  lbs.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Harvesting Weeds

Helpful volunteers from the South Jordan River Stake and the South  Jordan Utah River Stake assisted with harvesting cucumbers, yellow  squash, zucchini, corn, spaghetti squash.  Missionaries  and  volunteers weeded in the field where the weeds are growing  well.

The total vegetable accumulation to date  is 4,281 lbs.