Work session tonight. Jess is your garden leader and will be directing the following:
Weeding: Everywhere! There are giant weeds in the pathways that need to go. The dead weeds can be left in the pathways, but GOATHEADS should be thrown in trash. There are lots of goatheads popping up and we need to pay special attention to getting them all out!
Re-seeding: We will be reseeding the areas where we harvested the radishes and spinach as well as the “annual herb” area where nothing is growing (middle of bed) and the chamomile bed and we can take out the peas as well. The irrigation lines should be pulled back, and then the weeds pulled and the soil re-worked with a pitchfork. After leveling the beds back out, replace the hoses. The front bed near road should be planted in summer squash, three seeds per area a couple of feet apart. The other areas should be seeded with kale, broccoli and pok choi cabbage …and mustard greens if we have room.. Those should be seeded in two parallel lines about 8-12" apart, one on either side of the irrigation lines. Please seed these regularly, one seed every ½ inch or so. These do NOT need to be clustered along the holes in the irrigation line. After seeding, cover the seeds, water well with watering cans, and at the end sprinkle all seeded areas with a heavy dusting of diatomaceous earth across the newly seeded beds. We have a lot more bugs than usual this year and this should help with some of them. Label all rows when done!!
Harvest: there are beans to be had, please make sure all of the ripe ones are harvested so they will keep producing. Also people can harvest cilantro and herbs as needed. Please pinch all flowering ends of the basil. And greens (arugula and chard) can be harvested as people want. Encourage people to come harvest lettuce in the early mornings as it is less bitter then.
Fertilizer: I will be buying some fish fertilizer to spray the garden. This should be done at the very end, as it kind of smells! But parts of the garden could use a little boost!
Weeding: Everywhere! There are giant weeds in the pathways that need to go. The dead weeds can be left in the pathways, but GOATHEADS should be thrown in trash. There are lots of goatheads popping up and we need to pay special attention to getting them all out!
Re-seeding: We will be reseeding the areas where we harvested the radishes and spinach as well as the “annual herb” area where nothing is growing (middle of bed) and the chamomile bed and we can take out the peas as well. The irrigation lines should be pulled back, and then the weeds pulled and the soil re-worked with a pitchfork. After leveling the beds back out, replace the hoses. The front bed near road should be planted in summer squash, three seeds per area a couple of feet apart. The other areas should be seeded with kale, broccoli and pok choi cabbage …and mustard greens if we have room.. Those should be seeded in two parallel lines about 8-12" apart, one on either side of the irrigation lines. Please seed these regularly, one seed every ½ inch or so. These do NOT need to be clustered along the holes in the irrigation line. After seeding, cover the seeds, water well with watering cans, and at the end sprinkle all seeded areas with a heavy dusting of diatomaceous earth across the newly seeded beds. We have a lot more bugs than usual this year and this should help with some of them. Label all rows when done!!
Harvest: there are beans to be had, please make sure all of the ripe ones are harvested so they will keep producing. Also people can harvest cilantro and herbs as needed. Please pinch all flowering ends of the basil. And greens (arugula and chard) can be harvested as people want. Encourage people to come harvest lettuce in the early mornings as it is less bitter then.
Fertilizer: I will be buying some fish fertilizer to spray the garden. This should be done at the very end, as it kind of smells! But parts of the garden could use a little boost!
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