The Avon Township Community Foundation in conjunction with Avon Township has doubled the size of this years ‘production farm’. Sam Yingling, Township Supervisor, stated that “The Township is working in conjunction with the Avon Township Community Foundation on this year’s community garden and food pantry production farm. The production farm has been doubled in size this year [...]
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Did Someone Piss Off Mother Nature?
April 18th, 2011 
Gene Carey Even though we’ve lived in Illinois for many years and are aware of the sudden changes in our weather, we were a bit surprised to hear on the evening news that there might be up to THREE INCHES of fresh snow on the ground when we woke up. Sure enough, it snowed! Maybe not a [...]
Avon Community Garden Harvest Begins
August 23rd, 2010 Gene Carey What a difference a month makes when it comes to garden crops. I hadn’t been by the Avon Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm for a month but was in the area today and snapped a few photos. As you can see, if you compare it to the July 2oth post, the garden is [...]
Food Pantry Garden Gets Surveillance Cameras
July 14th, 2010 Gene Carey I had asked before the Avon Township Community Garden was planted if they were going to be adding a closed circuit surveillance system and wasn’t surprised when I stopped by a few days ago to see one installed. I had never seen one of the downspout rain water collection barrels and was quite impressed by [...]
Food Pantry Production Farm Finally Gets Tilled
June 17th, 2010 Gene Carey With a short break in the rainy weather, Landscape Concepts was finally able to get their equipment on site and till the Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm located behind the Avon Township Center. It appears as though the process that was used to stunt the sod and turn it into nothing more than [...]
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Tags: Avon Township Community Foundation, Avon Township Food Pantry, Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm, Landscape Concepts, Round Lake Beach Public Works 
2 Comments »Food Pantry Garden Starting To Take Shape
June 14th, 2010 Gene Carey At Monday night’s Avon Township meeting, Township Supervisor Sam Yingling put on a power point presentation describing in greater detail the planned Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm as it is now being called. It will be headed up by Wendy Warden, President of The Avon Township Community Foundation. The food pantry will be [...]
Posted in Avon Township Food Pantry, Avon Township Office, District 116 Area News, Round Lake News Tags: Avon Food Pantry, Avon Township Community Foundation, Avon Township meeting, Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm, Horticulture Department at the Community College of Lake County, Landscape Concepts, Prairie Crossing Learning Farm, Township Supervisor Sam Yingling, Wendy Warden 1 Comment »
