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Hi Pickers,

Yey! We finally have rain! That’s the good news!

Finding time between the showers – that’s the tricky part.

Looks like it should be (mostly) dry on Sunday, Dec. 8 between 10 am – 12 noon.

Let me know if you can make it by filling out our our volunteer form here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sHlMPrx31zNc5-0crH7-hoL0wHRVhkY1pcc_4E1MfhU

We should have lemons, apples and persimmons – the full spectrum.

I will provide the joining location and other information with your RSVP.

Thank you
Jillian Saxty
ABG Project Pick Coordinator

Hi Pickers!

What a year we had in 2019! Think we can beat 7,500 lbs in 2020? Let’s start working on that this Sunday, January 12 at 2PM.

If you can join our team in picking lemons, oranges and grapefruits, please fill in this form:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sHlMPrx31zNc5-0crH7-hoL0wHRVhkY1pcc_4E1MfhU

I will let you know where to meet up when I get your RSVP.

Please bring a hat and gardening gloves if you have them.

Thank you!

Jillian Saxty

Hi Pickers!

Please let us know if you can join our team in picking citrus this Sunday by fill in this form:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sHlMPrx31zNc5-0crH7-hoL0wHRVhkY1pcc_4E1MfhU

I will provide joining instructions and additional details when I receive your RSVP via this form.

Please bring a hat and gardening gloves if you have them.

Picking dates are subject to change and weather dependent. We will keep you posted if we change pick dates.

Thank you for all your help!

Jillian Saxty

Hi Pickers!

Please let us know if you can join our team in picking citrus this Sunday by fill in this form:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sHlMPrx31zNc5-0crH7-hoL0wHRVhkY1pcc_4E1MfhU

I will provide joining instructions and additional details when I receive your RSVP via this form.

Please bring a hat and gardening gloves if you have them.

Picking dates are subject to change and weather dependent. We will keep you posted if we change pick dates.

Thank you for all your help!

Jillian Saxty

Hi Pickers!

Please let us know if you can join our team in picking citrus this Sunday by fill in this form:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sHlMPrx31zNc5-0crH7-hoL0wHRVhkY1pcc_4E1MfhU

I will provide joining instructions and additional details when I receive your RSVP via this form.

Please bring a hat and gardening gloves if you have them.

Picking dates are subject to change and weather dependent. We will keep you posted if we change pick dates.

Thank you for all your help!

Jillian Saxty

Hi Pickers!

THIS PICK IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE RAIN FORECASTED ALL WEEKEND.

Please let us know if you can join our team in picking citrus this Sunday by fill in this form:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sHlMPrx31zNc5-0crH7-hoL0wHRVhkY1pcc_4E1MfhU

I will provide joining instructions and additional details when I receive your RSVP via this form.

Please bring a hat and gardening gloves if you have them.

Picking dates are subject to change and weather dependent. We will keep you posted if we change pick dates.

Thank you for all your help!

Jillian Saxty

Save the Date for a family friendly seed planting workshop at the Alameda Free Library! This is a free, family-friendly, hands-on workshop.

Join Marcus Carini, founder of Newfound Foodscapes and board member of Alameda Backyard Growers, for a hands-on Family Seed starting Workshop designed to empower families to grow their own food and cultivate a lifelong connection with nature. This interactive session will demystify the seed-starting process, providing practical tips and techniques for creating thriving gardens, even in small spaces. Participants will learn the basics of seed selection, proper soil preparation, planting depth, watering techniques, and how to nurture seedlings until they are ready for the garden or patio. Participants will leave with tips and tricks for seed starting and will prepare their own seed trays to take home and watch grow.

This workshop is perfect for families of all experience levels who want to enjoy the benefits of fresh, homegrown food and a deeper connection to the natural world. All materials will be provided; bring your excitement!

What You’ll Learn & Do:

• Get hands-on experience in seed starting.
• Start your own seeds during the workshop to take home and grow in your own garden or patio.
• Learn tips and tricks to grow healthy, thriving plants throughout every season.
• All materials will be provided; bring your excitement!
• Recommended for ages 7 and up

WHERE: Stafford Meeting Room, Alameda Main Library, 1550 Oak St., Alameda CA

REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/afl-abg-mar25

Time: Mar 29, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Location: Main Street Linnear Park, Main St, Alameda, CA 94501, USA

About The Event

Join 100K Trees for Humanity & ARPD! Help plant a greener future for Alameda and the bay area! 100K Trees for Humanity, a nonprofit organization committed to environmental sustainability, is proud to announce a community tree planting event in partnership with the Alameda Recreation and Parks Department.

• Tree planting
• Free seedlings giveaway
• Acorn seed planting
• Kids zone: sidewalk chalk drawing, coloring books & Kenny the Clown!
• …and more!

Alameda Backyard Growers will once again have a table with our our Spring Plant Sale at this fun community event! ABG volunteers have worked hard and had fun preparing for weeks to be able to offer you a selection of organic tomato, veggie, flower and herb starts!

As always, we grow tomato starts that we know from our own experience do well in Alameda. This year, we took some hints from our February Tomato Poll and selected what you told us you would love to grow. We’re also growing starts of cucumbers, zucchini, squash, peppers, and herbs. Due to last year’s popular demand, we’ve increased our offering of flower starts. Attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators to your garden, secure in the knowledge that our flower starts have been grown from organic seed, and are free of neonicotinoids.

We’ll also have activities for kids, and information on all the programs and projects ABG does around growing and sharing food in our community.

Join us, rain or shine, along with a field full of vendors, bouncy houses and other activities at the Alameda Point Gym & Field and get there early before supplies run out! Let’s celebrate spring and gardening – for ourselves and our families, for the sake of Mother Earth, or just for the sheer pleasure of it all!

Learn the basics of composting and how to turn your food scraps into rich soil for your garden – because compost happens! Lori Caldwell of StopWaste will be doing a hands-on demonstration at Ploughshares Nursery.

Learn:

• How easy it is to transform yard and food waste into gardener’s gold
• The benefits of composting
• How to make, harvest and use composted soil
• Hot and cold composting, Hugelkultur and worm composting.

Join us and have fun!