Victory Garden status Sep 30, 2011

Victory Garden status 9/30/11

YTD 1,238 lbs + 75 lbs this week = 1,313 lbs!!!

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Monday Sep 26 our friend Hershel picked up and brought an entire pickup truck load of bags of grass. Somehas been spread in the middles, and rest needs spread.

Wednesday Sep 28:
Whit, Jimmy, and Carl conducted a tour of the garden for group from VA hospital.
Whit mowed.
Whit, the Duda family, and Carl dug the sweet taters. 423 lbs now curing in my garage. Will report that weight next week when I take them to the Food Pantry.

Thurday Sep 29:
Carl picked 11 crammed full WalMart bags of turnip greens by thinning 3 of the 10 rows in the early fall garden. About 5 bushels. 30 lbs.

Friday Sep 30:
Les, Peggy, and Carl planted Savoy cabbage and rutabagas where the sweet taters was and found another 30 lbs of orphant sweet taters. Also picked 6 bags of turnip greens 15 lbs and took them and the taters to some people south of the tracks.

We need to spread the remaining bags of grass into bare middles. And we need to move the tater vines behind the compost area. And water every 3 or 4 days.

Aint God good!
cw

Victory Garden status Sep 17, 2011

Victory Garden status 9/17/11

YTD 1238 lbs + 4 lbs onions this week = 1272 lbs!!!

Pic of fully planted and mostly mulched fall garden with sweet taters ready to dig.

Tuesday Sep 13 me, Chris Norris, Patt Hardaway, and Jimmy planted plot 6, mulched 12 bags of grass clippings into the middles, stored away some of the mater cages, and moved some of the pea and mater vines behind the storage area. I pulled 4 lbs of onions and took to the Food Pantry on Thursday.

Thursday the Rawlins Redbirds baseball team moved all the remaining piles of vines to the big pile in back, and I moved all remaining cages to storage.

Friday me, Whit, and CW planted all of plots 4 and 5 and mulched with 24 more bags of grass clippings, and peeked at the sweet taters and picked one nice big fat one.

The fall garden is completely planted except for some Swiss chard I will find a place for soon. When we harvest plot 2, we will plant the garlic garden there late November.

We have chinese lettuce and korean turnips and chantanay carrots and rutabagas and collards and mustard and lots and lots of turnips.

Halls Feed Store donated all the seeds and fertilizer for this week's planting. Mary Iberg donated a $25 speaking honorarium which was sent is for deposit in our bookkeeping account.

I am watering every 2 or 3 days. We need a light soaking rain.

Aint God good!
cw

Victory Garden status Sep 10, 2011 next wrok day Tuesday 5pm RSVP

Victory Garden status 9/10/11 Next Work Day Tuesday 9/13 5pm

YTD 1238 lbs + 30 lbs this week = 1268 lbs!!!

Saturday Sep 10, 2011 Sherry and Tony and moi cleaned out the rest of plot 4 and all of plots 5 and 6 and harvested 30 misc lbs and delivered them to Mrs Johnson south of the railroad tracks. Also spread mulch in middles of plot 3, and picked up another 12 bags of grass clippings to spread, and tilled lightly plots 5 and 6 to be ready for hilling and planting.

Pix

Next work day is 5pm on Tuesday. Please RSVP by email to me if you can help. WE NEED SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS for this one last planting push.

What needs done:
1. Hill up rows in plots 5 and 6 and smooth them.
2. Plant turnips: 2 1/2 inch furrows in each hill, sprinkle lightly Osmocote, sprinkle lightly liquid fertilizer, sprinkle lightly seeds, walk the rows for good seed to soil contact, water rows, and pray for the Good Lord to give the increase.
3. Plant carrot and rutabaga seeds in raised beds in plot 4 and outside row plot 2.
4. Move piles of vines to dumpster, not to exceed dumpster half full.
5. Mulch middles of all rows with the bags of grass clippings.

Aint God good!
Carl

Victory Garden status Sep 3, 2011

Victory Garden status 9/3/11 Next Work Day Tuesday 9/6 5pm

YTD 1209 lbs + 24 + 5 lbs this week = 1238 lbs!!!

Saturday Aug 27 Lou, Zoe, Les & Peggy & Emma, and I cleaned out plots 2 and 3. Whit had already made a big start on it and moved that to the dumpster.

Monday Aug 29 Peggy, Sherry, and Girl Scout Troop 55 cleaned out plot 4 and moved most of the detritus to the dumpster. We harvested 24 lbs and took to Mrs Johnson.

Tuesday I tilled plots 2 and 3.

Thursday In Sung and I planted greens in plot 3.

Friday I planted plot 2 turnip greens and picked 5 lbs and took to Mrs Johnson.

Friday the Good Lord watered it all real good.

Next to-do's:

1. Clean out all of plots 5 and 6 and the rest of plot 4 after the last few 'lopes are ready in a few days. Take all detritus to the dumpster.

2. Plant more greens in plots 4, 5, and 6.

I am excited about getting the fall garden going and harvesting the sweet taters in October.

Aint God good!