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Blackberry · Mint · Plum · Raspberry · Spearmint · Squash · Sweet basil · Tomato
📍 116 Crescent Ave, Louisville, KY 40206, USA
🗓 Season: July · August · September · May · June
🔍 When is it ripe?
Blackberry: Fully black (not red or dark red) and comes off the stem with no resistance — zero pull. Dull rather than shiny; a shiny black berry is still slightly underripe and tart. Eat the same day for best flavour.
Mint: Harvest leaves just before flowering for peak flavour. Cut stems back by a third regularly to encourage bushy growth. Flavour declines after flowering — cut flower spikes off to extend harvest.
Plum: Colour fully develops (purple, red, or yellow by variety) and a waxy bloom appears on the skin. Softens slightly at the tip. Taste-test for sweetness — European plums are better slightly soft; Japanese types can be harvested firmer.
Raspberry: Deep red (or gold/yellow for golden varieties) and slides off the receptacle — the hollow centre is the tell. Does not pull: a ripe raspberry separates at a touch. Extremely fragile; use within hours of picking.
Tomato: Uniformly coloured (red, orange, yellow, or purple by variety) with slight give when squeezed. A ripe tomato separates easily from the vine. Fully coloured fruit stored at room temperature — never refrigerate.
Plum tree next to church garden in back of church by parking lot. Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church Garden is accessible to all, WITH PERMISSION ONLY. Plum tree is ready May - June. Raspberries harvest in April - May. Blackberries ready in July. Church usually plants more cherry tomatoes than can be harvested. Plantings change yearly. Enormous amount of mint (bc that is what mint does.) Church Garden has a children's camp in June that ends mid-July. Please leave lots of produce for the kids who work the garden. Some gleaning by end of July, with permission. Church welcomes volunteers to help tend/weed. email: estebanbartlett@gmail.com for permission.
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