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Prep Work Begins on the CROPS Garden!

Our Community Service crews are hard at work clearing blackberries and prepping the soil for our first volunteer day at what locals affectionately call the "Pig Farm". There is still time left to sign up, just go to Hands On Greater Portland to reserve your spot. All produce grown on the site will be distributed to those in need by the Oregon Food Bank Network.

Here's what the garden site looked like last week:

County CROPS before.JPG

Take a look at the site today, after the jump:

What? NO blackberries? Woot!

Follow our progress on this blog and join us for planting and harvest days all summer long!

Posted on June 5, 2009

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