RIPE Altadena

Offer: Patty Pan squash, a little overgrown. Largest is 7”; then around 6” and 5” Giving the largest 4 in the photo , smaller ones to show size usually eaten. On line recipes say you can bake and eat the insides. Must be able to pick up, I’m giving one to two squash per person. Tell me what you would do with it and I will pick tonight or tomorrow depending on response.

Study: Number of monarch butterflies in California declined by 86 percent in one year The march toward extinction appears to be nearing an end for monarch butterflies in California, whose numbers have declined precipitously over the last two decades.

This Sunday January 28th, at 4:30 meet other RIPE members at Farnsworth Park in Altadena.

2017 MEMORIAL WEEKEND
SHARE FAIRE
IS ON!

Come on by with your extra veggies, fruit and seeds or other
garden-related items. Catch up with some old friends
and make some new garden pals.

Look around your house.
Maybe there’s an extra gardening magazine.
Or some seeds, a succulent cutting,
homemade spice rubs…be creative!

Sunday, May 28, 2017
5:30 – 6:30 pm

Farnsworth Park - Covered patio area
568 E. Mount Curve Avenue, Altadena, CA 91001

RIPE Altadena
(Residential In-season Produce Exchange Altadena)
is a local group of gardeners who meet regularly
to share extra vegetables, fruits
and garden-related items.

ripealtadena.com

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