Bringing in the harvest at Giving Garden
November 15, 2022 2:06 pm
• Last Updated: November 15, 2022 9:39 pm
Mike Herod pushes carrots through the root vegetable cleaner as volunteers at the Giving Garden at Coogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center in Mystic bring in one of the last harvests of the season Tuesday, November 15, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Volunteer Kathy Calnen trims and bundles Swiss chard at the Giving Garden at Coogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center in Mystic during one of the last harvests of the season Tuesday, November 15, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Fresh harvested carrots await cleaning as volunteers at the Giving Garden at Coogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center in Mystic bring in one of the last harvests of the season Tuesday, November 15, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Volunteers Hilary Wenzel, left, and Mike Herod, set a wheelbarrow of kale with the rest of the harvest awaiting processing at the Giving Garden at Coogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center in Mystic during one of the last harvests of the season Tuesday, November 15, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The day’s harvest menu is posted for volunteers at the Giving Garden at Coogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center in Mystic during one of the last harvests of the season Tuesday, November 15, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Volunteer Mary Jo Bailey wheels harvested carrots to the processing area at the Giving Garden at Coogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center in Mystic during one of the last harvests of the season Tuesday, November 15, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Koralee Lawrence, assistant manager at the Giving Garden at Coogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center in Mystic, weighs a 20-pound Eastham turnip as volunteers bring in one of the last harvests of the season Tuesday, November 15, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Volunteer Mile Herod pulls a 20-pound Eastham turnip from the soil at the Giving Garden at Coogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center during one of the last harvests of the season Tuesday, November 15, 2022 in Mystic. Tuesday’s harvest included kale, Swiss chard, carrots, beets, and the garden’s crop of heirloom Eastham turnips. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mystic ― A frost greeted the volunteers arriving Tuesday morning to help with one of the final harvests of the season at the Giving Garden at Coogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center.
Tuesday’s harvest included kale, Swiss chard, carrots, beets, and the garden’s crop of heirloom Eastham turnips.
The Eastham turnips are a new crop for the Giving Garden, most weighing in at over 20-pounds.
The harvest is headed to the United Way’s Gemma Moran food center.
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