Friday Blogging

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Our pollinator gardens in action! Buzz away bee – not really!! We love bees, we love pollinators, & we love the ESSWCD’s Billie Fitzgerald Memorial Grants program for their support!  This trumpet creeper is a native plant that is great for pollinators and we encourage the planting of Eastern Shore Native Plants!
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We love this shot of our sign and some of our beautiful day lilies!
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Zel washing dishes – Theresa says, “Where’s his apron?”. She also says he should get an award for all the helping he does at No Limits!
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DJ helped YouthWorks wash our vans. He has a sponge in his hand, ready to work!
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Our berries look GOOD. These grow wild at the edge of our yard. Our cultivated berries are coming along too!
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Another product of the Eastern Shore Soil & Water Conservation District’s Billie Fitzgerald Memorial Grants program, our butterfly bush is looking great! This bush not only survived the move from Onancock, it seems to love it here in Tasley!
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David, Theresa and Amy getting ready to roll ’em out, making dog biscuits for our local SPCA and Animal Control shelters…the YouthWorks kids were jealous of their skills!!
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Keep an eye on this site. This is the BEFORE picture. We are locking down plans for accessible outdoor pathways and shade in our pollinator garden and it will be beautiful!
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Cucumbers growing!
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Cucumbers harvested! The first of the season!
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Our little girls are growing up! Stay tuned for more info on Cute Chicken Wednesday, we released the 9 young hens from their coop and let our ladies mingle for the first time.  The short video below captures the release. They are very happy to free range in the yard!

Earth Day Blogging

On Earth Day (April 22) No Limits Eastern Shore recruited volunteers to assist in cleaning up the Food Bank of the Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shores Community Garden. We had a great turnout and got lots of great work done.

Our main goal for the day was getting the hoop house cleaned up.
Our main goal for the day was getting the hoop house cleaned up.
Mission accomplished!
Mission accomplished!
Happy people outside working.
Happy people outside working.
Thanks to all of the volunteers who came out to help. NIce work!
Thanks to all of the volunteers who came out to help. Nice work!
Brandon explaining the benefits of a greenhouse. Yeah Brandon!
Brandon explaining the benefits of a greenhouse. Yeah Brandon!
Rosemary stopped by the lend us a hand.
Rosemary, our Board Chair, stopped by to lend us a hand.

Help Clean Up the Foodbank’s Garden!

HELP!!  We need volunteers on Earth Day (Friday, April 22nd) to join No Limits Eastern Shore as we clean up the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore’s Community Garden and get it ready for spring planting!  Come and get your hands dirty with No Limits in order to help your community – please bring your own hand tools and gardening gloves (if you are able).  Water and resting areas will be provided.  Come out and lend a hand in getting the Community Garden ready to feed the hungry this growing season.

If you are unable to come out on Earth Day – no worries, you can still help!  Please contact No Limits Eastern Shore (757) 789-3990 or the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia at (757) 787-2557 to learn about other volunteering opportunities.

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Brandon & DJ volunteering with others to care for tomatoes in the Foodbank’s Hoop House in June of 2014.

Save the Date – Earth Day Foodbank Garden Clean-Up!

When is it?

  • Earth Day 2016 – Friday, April 22nd!
  • 10 A.M. – 2 P.M.

What is it?

  • A day to help clean up and prepare the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore’s Community Garden for new planting!
    • The Foodbank of Southeastern VA’s Community Garden has 2 main purposes:
      1. To provide local, fresh, and healthy foods to our surrounding community, while at the same time serving as:
      2. A valuable educational tool providing workshops and teach-ins for all community members on the Eastern Shore of VA.
    • To learn more about the Foodbank of Southeastern VA’s Community Garden please click here: http://www.foodbankonline.org/EasternShore/ProgramsAndServices/Community%20Garden.aspx.
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David posing with zucchini harvest from the Foodbank Community Garden in June of 2014.

Where is it?

The Foodbank of Southeastern VA & the Eastern Shore’s Tasley location

24530 Coastal Boulevard

Tasley, VA 23441

  • For directions please contact:
    • No Limits Eastern Shore (757) 789-3990
    • The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia & the Eastern Shore (757) 787-2557

Who is it for?

  • The Foodbank of Southeastern VA provides food for the hungry in the cities of: Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Franklin, and Virginia Beach – as well as the counties of: Southampton, Northampton, Sussex, Isle of Wight, and Accomack.

 

  • Did you know that the Foodbank© of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore helps to serve approximately 182,000 hungry individuals each and every year by providing hunger relief in the form of canned, boxed, fresh, frozen, and prepared food? Through a variety of programs designed to feed the hungry the Foodbank© of Southeastern Virginia has served over 245 million meals to those suffering from food insecurity to date.  Please save the date and come help do your part to end food insecurity in Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore!
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Brandon amazed about the amount of weeds that can grow in one Spring season (April 2014).  We cleared the Community Garden then and we can do it again this year!  Please come help!

Friday Blogging by Amy with Rachel

DJ and Zel volunteering at the FoodBank (with her!)
DJ and Zel volunteering at the FoodBank (with her!)
Our newest member John helping Zel set up our dedicated herb garden funded by a grant from Eastern Shore Healthy Communities. Work on men, with your bad selves! Don't hurt nobody!
Our newest member John helping Zel set up our dedicated herb garden funded by a grant from Eastern Shore Healthy Communities. Work on men, with your bad selves! Don’t hurt nobody!
Jason & Chris - tell us what's so funny please!
Jason & Chris – tell us what’s so funny please!
Look at our beautiful lettuce...mmm, mmm, we're hungry now!
Look at our beautiful lettuce…mmm, mmm, we’re hungry now!
David & Maryann working on the herb garden - y'all can season us up now please!
David & Maryann working on the herb garden – y’all can season us up now please!
Get those hands dirty!!!
Get those hands dirty!!!
Maryann, David, Zel, John & Diane visiting the Denbigh House this week - thank you guys for your hospitality! It was great to meet you!
Maryann, David, Zel, John & Diane visiting the Denbigh House this week – thank you guys for your hospitality! It was great to meet you!

06/21/13 Friday Blogging Amy, Jackie, David and Beth with Suzie

"The delivery man, cookie time!"-  Amy    Here is Jackie on his way to deliver cookie for the Dash of Hope!
“The delivery man, cookie time!”- Amy         Here is Jackie on his way to deliver cookies for the Dash of Hope community meal at The Onancock Market Street UMC.
David making sweets for the Dash of Hope!!
David making sweets for the Dash of Hope!!

"Staple away, Go on with your bad self!!"- Amy    Jackie and Suzie getting newsletters ready for delivery.“Staple away, Go on with your bad self!!”- Amy          Jackie and Suzie getting newsletters ready for delivery.

Two men hard at work!!  Thanks guys, it looks fantastic!!
Two men hard at work!! Thanks guys, it looks fantastic!!
David hard at work and Maryann is having too much fun!!
David hard at work and Maryann is having too much fun!! They are cutting up squash and zucchini that we grew in our garden, yum yum!!

January 11, 2013 by Amy with Rachel & Zel

We discovered Eileen who works for the CSB & brings a group up for the United way exercise Group, can sing!! Scroll down to hear her.
We discovered Eileen who works for the CSB & brings a group up for the United Way Exercise Group, can sing!! Scroll down to hear her.
Christmas Cleanup! Everybody working hard to clean up.
Christmas Cleanup! Everybody working hard to clean up.
Amy's watching Durell make a cake for Maryann's birthday. Mix it up Durell, mix it up!
Amy’s watching Durell make a cake for Maryann’s birthday. Mix it up Durell, mix it up!
Volunteer Margaret Ann Harris helping Diane make a birdfeeder - the birds love you for feeding them!
Volunteer Margaret Ann Harris helping Diane make a birdfeeder – the birds love you for feeding them!
The group at work...lucky birds!
The group at work…lucky birds!
Cooking for the RTCOM Soup Kitchen - Durell's getting a steam facial!!
Cooking for the RTCOM Soup Kitchen – Durell’s getting a steam facial!!
Isaiah's cutting hair! Doing some plant cleanup.
Isaiah’s cutting hair! Doing some plant cleanup.