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 [...]
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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 [...]
Avon Community Garden Continues To Thrive
July 20th, 2010 Gene Carey On our way back from a trip to Libertyville we made a stop at the Avon Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm and took a couple of photos to show how well it is doing. Even with all the hot and humid days we had over the last few days, it appears as though the [...]
Avon Community Garden Full Of Activity
June 28th, 2010 Gene Carey The Avon Township Food Garden, officially known as the Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm, keeps showing improvements with each and every visit. Since the Community area was planted, many additional plots have been planted as you can see from the slide show below. Besides the older white picnic table that was available, it looks [...]
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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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 [...]
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