The Central Rappahannock Regional Library is “Cultivating Community” in 2012 (www.librarypoint.org/cultivate)! “Cultivating Community” is a community-wide program designed to share information in the Fredericksburg region about farm-to-table and sustainable food communities. Events will include a “Big Read” of Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and programs at our libraries and local farmer’s markets and community gardens. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-29793671-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @librarycultivatingcommunity)http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m83a0w7ZlO1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Week 15 in the garden and we have cultivated and donated 178 lbs of fresh vegetables!</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/28496264474http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/28496264474Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:29:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6l7tbPfn21rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>As the tomatoes come in, we have already harvested 97 pounds of produce from the Porter Library SERVE Garden!</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/26418370710http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/26418370710Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:51:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m60ytjB2mf1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Another 10 pounds of produce from the Porter Library SERVE garden!</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/25648671990http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/25648671990Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:24:55 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5vt6hxyxq1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Recent harvest of 10 pounds of fresh produce from the Porter Library SERVE garden! The colossal cucumber is the biggest one I have ever seen!</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/25454282884http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/25454282884Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:35:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5gpzhD1Fv1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Fifth harvest from Porter Library SERVE garden yields 10 lbs of squash!</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/24890972310http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/24890972310Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:02:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5bdcta0CI1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The Porter Library garden after just 6 weeks of growth! Cucumbers are on their way!</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/24695099377http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/24695099377Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:41:17 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m577wsIEw51rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Third harvest from Porter Libray SERVE garden. Five summer squash, one large zucchini and a nice pile of romaine lettuce!</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/24538209685http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/24538209685Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:53:16 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m53kbtEjBz1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The second harvest from the Portet Library SERVE garden! Nine pounds of squash and zucchini harvested on June 4th.</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/24403079654http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/24403079654Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:31:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4sf63fkyQ1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The first bounty from the Porter SERVE vegetable garden! Romaine lettuce, green and Big Bertha bell peppers, yellow squash and zucchini.</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/23996373972http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/23996373972Tue, 29 May 2012 10:06:03 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46olgAgDZ1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Our garden continues to grow and we have harvested our first crop of romaine lettuce!</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/23244085921http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/23244085921Thu, 17 May 2012 16:22:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46msaxm7m1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>First we have the beautiful squash blossoms, followed shortly by delicious yellow squash and zucchini.</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/23241807532http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/23241807532Thu, 17 May 2012 15:43:22 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46m4uokyY1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Cucumber plants at Porter SERVE garden are growing very fast!</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/23241054619http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/23241054619Thu, 17 May 2012 15:29:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46m16JA111rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The Big Bertha peppers are getting bigger!</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/23240942146http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/23240942146Thu, 17 May 2012 15:27:06 -0400<a href="http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/frontburner/2012/05/07/1779/">Introducing…The Front Burner CSA Club</a>: <p>A new blog feature from Fredericksburg.com for “for folks participating in the various CSAs in our area to share recipes and other ideas for using the seasonal bounty that comes in each week’s box.”</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/22777874237http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/22777874237Thu, 10 May 2012 09:29:52 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3rxh0ltLb1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A Big Bertha bell pepper will probably be the first harvested food from the Porter Library SERVE garden.</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/22734351262http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/22734351262Wed, 09 May 2012 17:10:12 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3gdkfiDGI1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Tiny green peppers that will grow into big bell peppers over the next few months in the Porter Library vegetable garden.</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/22322513175http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/22322513175Thu, 03 May 2012 11:26:39 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3gdeqGFaE1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Tiny green tomatoes already growing at the Porter library vegetable garden.</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/22322399524http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/22322399524Thu, 03 May 2012 11:23:14 -0400““We hope over the course of the summer, with our children’s programs, children can go out to the garden and see how the tomatoes grow and pick them,” Hutzel said. “They’ll know they grew here.””<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/newsdesk/2012/04/29/porter-library%E2%80%99s-new-garden-blossoming/">http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/newsdesk/2012/04/29/porter-library%E2%80%99s-new-garden-blossoming/</a></em>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/22195624527http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/22195624527Tue, 01 May 2012 11:40:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m35jucRpsd1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>One of our many volunteers helping with the SERVE garden at Porter Library!</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/21924096890http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/21924096890Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:08:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m35f9beafZ1rqfcuio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Planting butterfly attracting flowers at the Portet SERVE garden.</p>http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/21919686286http://librarycultivatingcommunity.tumblr.com/post/21919686286Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:29:35 -0400