On Monday Oct 8, Jan, Leah and Anthony, Selby and Sammy and Jesslyn(sp?), and I cleaned out half of the last plot (number 1) and planted 4 rows of daikon reddishes and 2 rows of collard greens. We also cleaned out 2 of the raised beds and planted them with rutabagas. Then we planted plot 5 as our late (third) turnip green plot. Thus we have most of the winter garden planted. The children were very well behaved and actually did help. Hershel had brought a truck load of bags of grass clippings. We used some of them to mulch the new reddishes and collards.
Today Thursday Oct 11, I watered the new seed beds and picked 3 bushels of mustard greens, three bushels of turnips and turnip greens, plus an assortment of aigplants, onions, jalapeno peppers, pak choy, and maters. Total 53 lbs which I took to the Food Pantry.
3,922 + 53 = 3,975 year to date lbs!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Almost 2 tons: 4,000 lbs!
Monday 430-6pm we will pick the remaining mustard and most of plot 2 of the early turnips and replant that area with something.
Aint God good!
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| turnips and greens |
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| beautiful cabbages |
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| picking mustard greens |
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| mustard greens, aigplants, onions, peppers, maters, and pak choy |
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| wow! what a turnip!!! |
1 comment:
It's wonderful how the idea is catching on! AmpleHarvest.org has a database of almost 5,500 pantries across America. It's easy for pantries to sign up to the list and easy for gardeners of all types to find a pantry near them. Power to the goodness in peoples hearts!
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