Our typical year starts with prepping and planting the garden in March &
April. We work on Tuesday mornings for about 2 hours. Once harvest starts, usually mid-July, we also work on Friday mornings and harvest twice a week through September. We clean produce as needed, pack in boxes and deliver to the food bank. In 2025 we delivered more than 3,500 pounds of vegetables to the Snohomish Food Bank. Our growing methods are organic and sustainable. We compost the garden’s green waste and the leaves brought to us every fall by parishioners.
Growing beds are mulched, paths are wood chipped, and there is an automatic drip irrigation system to handle watering. The Food Bank directs the crops that we grow and typical ones are peas, beans, beets, carrots, potatoes, summer squash, corn, tomatoes and cucumbers. In the “off” season (fall, winter, early spring) we schedule a few work days for clearing out old flower beds, spreading wood chips and planting cover crops.
For more information or to volunteer, please email stmichaelgarden8@gmail.com