Cupcakes, Bug Boxes, and T-shirts

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Ms.Sandra Riley's class from the Spring Garden Chidren's Center celebrated their last summer day at the farm before heading back to school.on Monday. The class enjoyed cupcakes made with the butternut squash they helped to harvest and performed an original play about recycling for family and friends. 

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Everyone recieved an Easton Urban Farm T-shirt
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Terra Cafe Coffee and Butternut Bars

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Coffee and Butternut Bars at the Easton Urban Farm this morning.  Come to the Farm this evening from 5 to 8 pm and have ice tea and tapas. (little bites).  The Easton Urban Farm is located on the South Side behind the Easton Area Neighborhood Center at 902 Philadelphia Road.

Vegetables, herbs, and plants avialable for a donation.

Everyone raved about the Butternut Bars so here is the recipe.

Butternut Bars

These butternut squash bars are made with an oat crust with brown sugar and crumbly topping.

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats

1 1/4 cups flour

3/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed

1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon soda

3/4 cup butter, room temperature

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Filling:

2 cups butternut puree

2/3 cup milk

1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice *

Preparation:

Combine oats, flour, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup chopped pecans, 1/2 teaspoon salt, the baking soda, and the butter; beat until mixture is crumbly. Reserve about 1 1/2 cups of the crumb mixture and press remaining mixture into a lightly buttered 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes.

Prepare filling. Beat filling ingredients until well blended and smooth. Spread filling over the crust; sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. Return to oven and bake 25 minutes longer. Cool and cut into bars.

*The following can be combined to make pumpkin pie spice

 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 3/4 teaspoon ground fresh ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

Flowers are blooming at the Community Gardens.

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Rosa visited the gardens off of Lehigh Drive one evening just to smell the flowers.

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An Invitation From Rosa

Get to know your

Urban Farm

 

Tuesday, August 21st

Drop by in the morning or evening to tour and learn about the farm

 

Morning Coffee at the Farm

7am-10am

 

Evening Tea and Tapenades at the Farm

5pm-8pm

 

The farm is located behind the

Easton Area Neighborhood Center at

902 Philadelphia Road 

 

Sponsored by the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership

For more information 610 515 0891

 

 

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Alligator Dragon

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Saturday was Zucchini 500 Race Day at the Easton Farmer’s Market (fast food comes to the Farmer’s Market) of course Rosa was there and donated two zucchini’s from the Walnut Street Neighborhood Garden to the Monster Truck division. Both squash were entered and both raced valiantly, one of the zucchinis “Alligator Dragon” won the grand prize in the Monster Truck division!

Visit Rosa’s facebook page to see more photos of the Zucchini 500

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Community Garden Potluck

July 20, was a rainy and cold Friday but that did not deter a hardy (or foolhardy) group of gardeners and garden lovers from holding the monthly potluck at the Community Garden located behind the Jacob Nichols House on South 5th Street off Ferry. The garden is small, surrounded by a white picket fence, it fits right in with the Historical Society setting at the Jacob Nichols house and people often ask if the garden is part of the tour when the house is open to the public.  Well, yes and no, the garden is not run by the Historical Society but is located in a historic district. The garden is supported through funds from the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership, a program of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, and is cared for by neighborhood volunteers who live on the block near the garden. The garden is open to all that want to volunteer there or just want to enter the gate, take a stroll, or sit for a while in a quiet space to smell the flowers.

Above the garden is an open space perfectly suited for the monthly potluck where neighbors and friends of the garden gather to share food and conversation. So far  the potluck has a perfect score, for over two seasons it has yet to be cancelled due to the weather. This is why a group of hardy souls were out there on Friday eve as scheduled. We put up an awning, but really did not need it, for the rain stopped as the evening commenced and did not start again until after all was cleared away.

On this particular Friday we had the pleasure of live music in the form of a mini concert by 11 year old Clara Kewley on her viola. Past potlucks have featured jazz pianist Patrick Poladian, a neighbor of the garden. All agreed that music was a perfect addition to an otherwise lovely evening. So musicians, singers, and music lovers all take note, along with your covered dish, please feel free to bring instruments to the garden, plates, cups, utensils, food to share, and a warm audience provided.

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Photos of the garden at South 5th and Ferry.

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Rosa visits the Pollinator Garden

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On Thursday, Rosa visited the Pollinator Garden at the Burnside Plantation in Bethlehem, PA to learn about native bees. Did you know that there are many different kinds of native bees? bumble bees, carpenter bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees, sweat bees and more, all help to polinate the plants we eat  Other pollinators are, bats, birds, moths, beetles, flies, and butterflies. Every third bite of food we eat comes from a plant that depends on insect pollination. Rosa likes the bumble bees best!