Special Thanks: Bill Kocher cutting tomato stakes, Quality Farm & Fleet for fertilizer. Larry Rae, Follansbee Volunteer Fire Department for assisting with water to sprinklers. Wesbanco and RSVP Volunteer Tom Townsend for monetary donations. Volunteers: Edward Wilkerson, Bill Kocher, Jim Brooks, Rich Rees, Bruce Russell, Anthony Santangelo, Guy Pinacchio and Roger Shrine. To get involved stop by the garden at 930 Virginia Ave., Follansbee, Mon - Sat 7:00 p.m. to help with weeding. Produce will be given to Garden Volunteers, Seniors and Low-income citizens. Lu Tate, Follansbee Italian Grill, Business Owner, Follansbee Mayor David A. Velegol and Lewis & Nancy Brooks for Donations to help with WATER costs. Also, Follansbee City Council and Paul & Carol Scurti, Scavati’s Restaurant, Owners, for future plans to assist with Water at little or no cost. Follansbee garden has produced approximately 80 zucchini and 100 cucumbers, some tangy radishes, sweet basil and medium hot peppers donated to local seniors who have manned the garden and seniors at the Brooke County Senior Center. To get involved stop by the garden at 930 Virginia Ave., Follansbee, Volunteers usually there Mon-Sat 7:00 p.m. or help at your convenience. Our Benwood/McMechen garden currently has knee high corn, will be picking soon! Pictured above Julia Stankevich. Special thanks to volunteers Eddie Wilkerson and Bill Kocher who have been hard at work picking and distributing vegetables to local seniors throughout the Brooke County Senior Center, Dalessio Manor and seniors in the local neighborhood.
There have been an estimated 50 lbs. of green beans, 80 zucchini, and 100 cucumbers, plus tomatoes, eggplants, sweet basil and radishes that have been distributed or picked in the community garden by RSVP volunteers. We are expecting at least 16 watermelons and have at least 11 pumpkins starting to develop from the garden.