The community garden's biggest fundraiser of the year has always been the "Dinner in the Garden." Gerald and I were out of town for last year's dinner and didn't know about it the year before, so it was a new experience for us. Gerald volunteered to do the lighting, which involved installing some poles to hang lights from.
A few days before the dinner, the garden gang met in the garden at dusk to preview the lighting over a glass of wine.
Those of us who cooked for the dinner served what we had cooked. Don and Mary Ann cooked the roast beef and au jus. My assignment was acorn squash, which I honey roasted and served in wedges. There was also a wonderful chile relleno casserole, a medley of sauteed garden veggies, a tomato and mozzarella salad, a green salad and a variety of homemade and artisan breads. Kari Flippen prepared a table full of deserts: pumpkin pie, pumpkin tart, chocolate cake, two types of lemon cakes and about a dozen different type of cookies. It was all yummy.
A number of area musicians volunteered to provide musical entertainment. Emad, the harmonica player, is our group secretary's husband.
Not long after the gates opened, every table was full. It was a wonderful event, and we made close to $650. Not as much as the farm stand, which earned us more than $800, but not bad.
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