Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Lynda Hopkins of Scottsdale, AZ, talks about seed saving with Margaret Hadderman
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Co-Director Kristen Lundgren chats with Jackie Cusick
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Pancakes made of mesquite flour, white corn and blue corn for the tasting.
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Victoria Gallop and Lorenzo Trout cull through apples and cut them up for the cider press.
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Apples fresh from the harvest
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Hop Kleihauer and John Conway man the press
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Azima Forest helps at registration table as Nancy Cliff signs in
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Hop Kleihauer puts apples into the cider press
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Orien MacDonald chooses the best mesquite pods for milling.
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Rachel and David Pedigo help with the mesquite bean culling along with Chelsea Rittchen
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Matthew Guevara, 9, cuts his jack-o-lantern
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Emiila Guevara chooses to paint her pumpkin
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Thomas and Frank Guevara work another family pumpkin
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Anne Maurer, with her daughter Lark Shriver and Anne's father Paul Maurer decorate a pumpkin with paint.
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Hazel Schultz colors and her father, Matt Schultz, watches.
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The Commons holds Harvest Festival 101417
Sacaton grass grows well at The Commons
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The Volunteer Center, housed at The Commons, hosted a Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. Inside the building, people talked seeds, saving and sharing, In the commercial kitchen, pancakes made of mesquite flour, white corn and blue corn flour were available for the tasting. Also inside, was a cider press, with people cutting up apples to put into the press.
Outside, other picked out the best mesquite pods to mill with a donated hammer mill.