Greenacres Garden, Ligonier, PA

2020 was a tough year to say the least, but we were happy to still be able to give back to the community. Hoping for an even more fruitful year and one that brings health and happiness to all.

The Garden's Total Production for 2020! As promised, following are the details of our total output for last season! ***The headline is that we made 33 distributions of fresh produce to four different local aid organizations and food pantries.***... Our distributions were comprised of our most diverse range of crops to date, with several seasons’ bests: 1 pumpkin 1 lb., 2.75 oz. of basil 3 lbs. of snow peas 3 lbs., 12 oz. of radishes 5 butternut squashes 5 spaghetti squashes 5.3 oz. of spinach 6.7 oz. of red & golden beet greens 8 lbs., 2.3 oz. of mixed lettuces 11 yellow summer squash 14 lbs., 14.4 oz. of snap-style bush beans 20 parsnips 20 sprigs of dill 21 zucchini 25 cabbages 35 cucumbers 64 red & golden beets 95 green (and a few green-red) bell peppers 103 cherry & slicing tomatoes 118 red & yellow onions 221 carrots Thanks, as always, to our volunteers and many supporters, and onward into 2021! Sincerely, The Greenacres Garden Group

Hello, everyone! First and foremost, we hope that each of you is staying safe and well, and that 2021 will be a much better year than last! Obviously, given all the complications of 2020, it's taken us nearly a year to update our page (), but that doesn't mean that last year wasn't a successful one! Stay tuned here for additional updates, including our total output and number of donations, as well as some beautiful pictures. In the meantime, a quick update: we got our rai...n barrels!! Thanks both to the enterprising work of Michael Cook, one of our members, and to the generous donation of DeLallo in Jeannette, we were able to repurpose enormous olive barrels for our rain barrel array! We captured hundreds of gallons of rain water in an area (Green Acres Lane) much prone to flooding, and we discovered that the barrels could sustain the garden through even mild to moderate drought! Overall, it's an amazing addition to the garden, and we're looking forward to learning more in the coming season!

The Garden's Total Production for 2019! It's been a busy "off season" for the garden and its gardeners, but we've crunched the numbers and compiled the details of our total output for last season! :-) Please continue to read below to learn more! ***The headline is that we made 38 distributions of fresh produce (an increase of 46.2%!) to eight different local aid organizations and food pantries.***... These distributions were comprised of a much more diverse range of crops: ~2 heads of garlic 3 butternut squashes 3 gallons of spinach 3 large slicing tomatoes 3.5 gallons of red & golden beet greens 11.25 gallons of red-leaf & romaine lettuces 17 zucchini (beating last year!) 21 red-skinned potatoes 30 green peppers 30 red & golden beets 38 cucumbers (beating last year!) 44 jalapeño peppers 47 red & yellow onions 62 banana peppers 123 Roma tomatoes 225 snow peas 292 radishes 591 cherry tomatoes 1,246 ~4" sprigs of basil 3,255 snap & filet-style beans (beating last year's total by 56.5%!) As always, we're grateful for everyone's interest and support, and please do feel free to be in touch if you have comments and/or questions! :-) Sincerely, The Greenacres Garden Group

A Brief Pictorial Retrospective: The 2019 Season. Well, Greenacres Garden’s 2019 season is drawing to a close, and it’s been a successful, full, and hectic one! :-) While we’ll have more to share in the coming months regarding our total number of distributions and end-of-season tallies, I thought I’d share some of the photos we snapped in between various tasks and welcome everyone inside the garden for a closer look. From the first flush of spring and our bean and pea plants,... to midsummer basil and tomatoes, to late-season beets, spinach, and fledgling parsnips & carrots, you’ll get a sense of the changing looks and seasons of the garden. Also, Joe, one of our founding members (seen here modeling our last batch of spring radishes), has just relocated to Meyersdale, PA, so we of course wish him well and thank him for all of his early contributions! :-) Thanks also to all those who have contributed various forms of support (from moral to financial), and for your ongoing interest in our work! We’ll have more to share here soon. :-) See more