Join the Community Backyard Garden Pilot Project for our end-of-season celebration. We will be wrapping up our inaugural growing and sharing season with a social gathering and potluck from 2-4pm on Saturday October 21, 2023 outside the Carp Library. Bring something to share at the potluck and come chat about how your garden grew and your dreams for next year. We will also be collecting any last vegetables you wish to donate to the Food Sharing Stands before they are packed away for winter. 

We will be chatting about the Project's successes and ways to improve for the 2024 season. All are welcome - current project families and interested community members. We are also recruiting new members for our 2024 Organizing Committee. We are happy to chat about this if you might be interested in taking on a leadership role in the Community Backyard Garden Project next year. 

This program will take place on the grassy area behind the library. 

This program will be run by the Ottawa Valley Food Security Project. 

Join us for a discussion of cookbooks and recipes. We will meet once per month at the Blackburn Hamlet branch. Try a recipe from each month’s cookbook selection and tell us what you think! ​
All are welcome!

October book: 

Make This Tonight

Recipes to Get Dinner on the Table

I'm really looking forward to this one! This cookbook has a little something for everyone. Lots of versatility and gluten free options in every category. 

Are you a minimalist in life? Would you like to try it in cooking as well? 

Then join us for a testing of this book. With minimal ingredients and maximum joy in mind, Ali Slagle's no-nonsense, completely delicious recipes are ideal for dinner tonight--and every single night.... Ali combines readily available, inexpensive ingredients in clever, uncomplicated ways for meals that spark everyday magic.  

Meet with fellow food enthusiasts and put a cookbook to the test.

Cookbook selection for October is “I dream of dinner, so you don’t have to”  By Ali Slagle   Oct 30, 2023