Category Archives: Garden Corner

Garden News — November 2023

Fall is upon us and the garden committee is working to close down for the season. We had a very successful season this year with a bountiful harvest of strawberries, garlic, snap peas, kale, arugula, green beans, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, … Continue reading

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Appreciation from Building & Grounds

A shoutout goes to Chad, Justine, and family for their hard work in helping to beautify and maintain our grounds. Chad has taken on the task of mowing and weed whacking the property on alternate weeks with Jon. He has … Continue reading

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Garden News!

Our gardens are thriving, with all the sun and rain we have been getting! We are harvesting pounds of cherry tomatoes and cucumbers. The kale this year has been remarkably free of the cabbage moth caterpillar, which had been a … Continue reading

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Fall Cleanup Bash! Saturday, October 7

Save the date for our Annual Fall Cleanup on Saturday, October 7th, 9:30 am-1:00 pm. Join with other members and friends to spiff up our UUFP property and prepare for the season ahead. There is lots of mowing, weeding, weed … Continue reading

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Intrepid Weeders

The UUFP gardens are getting a much needed  facelift. Kim and Mary are clearing out much of the overgrowth that clings to our garden fence. Now you can actually see into the garden without entering through the gate! Many thanks … Continue reading

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Monarch Butterfly Garden

After much determination and effort, the Monarch Butterly Garden is now planted and thriving. It may not look very exciting as the plants are still small, but if all goes well we will have Monarchs (and other pollinators) flying and buzzing … Continue reading

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Garden Club News — March 2022

The garden club is trying a new method for getting ahead of spring planting. It is called “Winter Sowing”. So far we have planted parsley, romaine lettuce and arugula. The concept is to create a mini greenhouse out of a … Continue reading

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Garden Corner — July 2021

Our Gardens Our fellowship garden is thriving and already yielding a substantial amount of produce for the Pottstown Cluster. There was over 3 pounds of sugar snap peas harvested and donated on Wednesday, June 23rd and there are still many … Continue reading

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Our UUFP Garden Beginnings — 2020

On Friday evening, May 11, 2012 members and friends of UUFP gathered to help build six raised vegetable beds. Labor and materials were donated by Triskeles, a non- profit devoted to promoting global sustainability and opportunities for young people of … Continue reading

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UUFP Gardens

It will soon be that time again for planting and watching things grow. How exciting! As always we can use more help with planting and maintaining our vegetable beds. Specifically, we could use a 2 person team to work in … Continue reading

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