Carrot Toppings

This morning was heating up quick! I believe the temperature was going to reach almost 100 degrees today. We were delighted to see many volunteers from the Sandy Utah Hillcrest and Sandy Utah Mount Jordan Stakes. Our first priority is always the harvest, so we set out a group to pick the broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, summer squash, zucchini, cucumbers, lettuce, beets, and carrots. Overall, we harvested a total of 119 pounds of produce today and got much accomplished.

Here we are putting our wonderful new benches to use with the carrot topping task. These were made as a Eagle Scout project and were just delivered to the farm on Thursday. We love them!  



Since we had such a great turn out of volunteers today, we were able to focus quite a bit on weeding. Our walkways, grow boxes, and field are starting to look overgrown with weeds. We appreciated all of the volunteers to help to tidy up a small section today. We will continue to tackle those weeds all throughout the rest of the season to keep them in control. 



Carrot pickers. 



Weeding in the field.



And more weeding in the grow boxes.



Elder Morgan vacuuming off the squash bugs.



More squash bug removal tactics being executed.



Elder Couron fixing one of our new tables.



And here's a wave from Gary! He served at the farm last year and did a wonderful job. He started back with us this year, but then received a big calling in his ward and wasn't able to do both. His Stake was assigned to serve today at the farm so we took the opportunity to volunteer. We loved seeing him.

Winterizing Continues Full Force

The helpful  volunteers  from  the Sandy  Utah  Crescent  Ridge  Stake and  Sandy Utah Hillcrest Stake along  with  the  dedicated  service  missionaries were busy this evening.   

Weed cloths from the field and growboxes were removed for the  season. The remaining 160 lbs of acorn squash and the remaining orange pumpkins were taken to the Bishop's Storehouse. 

Winterizing Continues

The helpful volunteers from the Sandy Utah Crescent Stake and the Murray Utah YSA Stake along with the  dedicated service missionaries were busy this morning. 

The carrots were covered for the season. The remaining frozen tomato crops were removed.  The tomato cages  were  stacked and stored for the winter.  The remaining weed clothes from the field and growboxes were removed.  The sprinkler misters and sprinkler lines were removed for the winter.

The  Sandy  Utah  Crops  has  provided  the  Bishop's  Storehouse  with  an  accumulation  of  41,324 lbs  of  healthy  produce  and  the  Utah  Food  Bank  with  an  accumulation  of  3,148  lbs  of  healthy  produce  to  date.

Garden Clean Up after the Freeze

The helpful volunteers from the Sandy Utah Willow Creek Stake and the Sandy Utah Canyon View Stake assisted  the faithful service missionaries this evening.

Pumpkin, various other types of winter squash and jalapeño peppers were harvested.  The remaining frozen and destroyed tomato was removed. 

The Sandy Utah Crops has provided the Bishop's Storehouse with an accumulation of 40,949 lbs of healthy  produce and the Utah Food Bank with an accumulation of 3,148 lbs of healthy produce to date.

Many Willing Hands Helping Wind Up Production

The  helpful  volunteers from the Sandy Utah West  Stake  and  the  Cottonwood  Heights  Utah  Brighton  Stake  along  with  the  dedicated  service missionaries were busy this evening.

Various types of winter squash, pumpkins, and tomatillos were harvested. Weed clothes were removed from the field in preparation for the end of season clean up.

The Sandy Utah Crops has provided the  Bishop's  Storehouse  with  an  accumulation  of  39,698 lbs  of  healthy  produce  and  the  Utah  Food  Bank  with  an  accumulation  of  3,148 lbs  of  healthy  produce  to  date.

Harvesting Winding Down

The helpful  volunteers  from  the  Sandy  Utah  East  Stake  and  the  Sandy  Utah  Butler  Stake  with  the  dedicated  service  missionaries  were  busy  this  evening.

Pumpkins, various types of peppers, tomatillos, various types of melons, various types of squash were harvested.  Several weed  clothes were removed from the field.

The Sandy Utah Crops has provided the Bishop's Storehouse with an accumulation of 37,272 lbs of healthy  produce and the Utah Food Bank with an accumulation of 3,025 lbs of healthy produce to date.

A Brisk Evening to Serve

The faithful volunteers from the South Cottonwood Stake and the Sandy Utah Mount Jordan Stake assisted the dedicated service missionaries this evening.

Various types of winter squash, green  bell peppers, zucchini, crookneck  squash, cantaloupe, zephyr  squash, tomatoes were harvested.  After two successive nights of freezing weather, most crops were frozen.  Several field weedclothes were removed for the winter.

The Sandy Utah Crops has provided the Bishop's Storehouse with an accumulation of 36,258 lbs of healthy  produce and the Utah Food Bank with an accumulation of 2,873 lbs of healthy  produce.