Donate Your Excess Produce

Please donate your excess produce from your garden to the Brashear Association Food Bank. Donations should be placed in the purple milk crate by the water buffaloes. The collections will be picked up on Monday/Wednesday for the Brashear Asssocation Food Bank. Please no rotten food.

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Grow Pittsburgh’s sustainability survey results for Bandi Schaum

Grow Pittsburgh provided us with some great information and recommendations based on results from their Community Garden Sustainability Survey we took earlier in the season. The report shows how we stack up against Grow Pittsburgh’s criteria for successful garden stewardship and growth. Here is the Grow Pittsburgh letter and attached report:

Dear South …

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Organic Fertilizer

Have you been watering and weeding and watching your plants but just not seeing the growth you would like? Maybe its time to add some fertilizer. As you know, only organic fertilizers are permitted for use at the Bandi Schaum Community Garden. But what exactly does that mean anyway? Organic …

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