This week's harvest donation = 16 pounds, YTD = 37 pounds
On Tuesday Carl side-dressed the corn and onions with nitrogen. Carl and Stephanie both tackled the weeds at the front of the garden where the tomatoes will be planted shortly. On Wednesday and Thursday, Stephanie shifted focus from the Garden and helped Jan and Twila landscape two Habitat homes in North Memphis with some of the plants grown in the plots next to CVG.
On Wednesday, the three of us also high-tailed it back to Collierville to meet Val as we hosted the 5th grade Roots and Shoots Garden club. The 12 students and one younger sibling accomplished much in the Garden including planting zinnias in one of the 4 front beds outside of the garden, dwarf sunflowers across the back of the demonstration beds, pole beans in the front archways, decorative gourds in the back archway, and more than a dozen varied (hot and sweet) pepper plants, cucumbers, eggplants, and one acorn squash in the north "corner" beds. All of the garden was watered and any open spots growing in the cinderblock beds were over-seeded with bush beans. Some of the north cinderblock holes were planted with curly parsley, basil, and chocolate mint. The students enjoyed taste-testing the strawberries as well..... On Thursday, Carl harvested and donated to the Collierville Food Pantry about half of the cabbage and some sweet peas for a total of 16 pounds. Year-to-date the harvest total is 37 pounds.
Next week's work opportunities:
On Monday, 5/12, (since that seems to be forecasted as rainless, so far), Stephanie will be at the Garden from 9:30 am - 11:30 am to move the rest of the available compost into some big containers north of the garlic beds and plant some sweet potatoes. I also plan to sow some mammoth sunflower seeds across the back of the Garden and maybe lay the last bit of landscape fabric around the back water spigot, and clip the garlic scapes if needed
On Tuesday, 5/13, from 5:30 pm - dusk, we will be moving yards of mulch into the P4H bed that we emptied for the cinder block beds. Please bring shovel and cart/wheelbarrow, if possible.
On Sunday, 5/18, from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, we will be hosting a Girl Scout Troop visit to finish seeding the zinnia beds and paint some vases for the Zinnia Project (to donate arrangements during the growing season to Page Robbins, Dove Rehabilitation, etc).
Also this week....stay tuned for time.... Carl will be planting a couple dozen tomato plants.
Things to do around the garden:
-Commit to watering, etc schedule for summer
-Add snake barrier to bluebird posts
-Weed and snipe scapes in the garlic
-Continue garden clean-up as needed
-Keep watering as needed, but especially the strawberries and peppers in cinder block holes
-Complete landscape fabric/pine needle mulching at back water spigot. The fabric is next to the back shed.
-Start thinking some whimsy fairy garden focal points
-Prepare a couple of the pallets for vertical planting
-Keep turning the new composter and fill the second one....
-Keep hummingbird feeders stocked with fresh sugar water and the mealworm feeder filled
On Monday, 5/12, (since that seems to be forecasted as rainless, so far), Stephanie will be at the Garden from 9:30 am - 11:30 am to move the rest of the available compost into some big containers north of the garlic beds and plant some sweet potatoes. I also plan to sow some mammoth sunflower seeds across the back of the Garden and maybe lay the last bit of landscape fabric around the back water spigot, and clip the garlic scapes if needed
On Tuesday, 5/13, from 5:30 pm - dusk, we will be moving yards of mulch into the P4H bed that we emptied for the cinder block beds. Please bring shovel and cart/wheelbarrow, if possible.
On Sunday, 5/18, from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, we will be hosting a Girl Scout Troop visit to finish seeding the zinnia beds and paint some vases for the Zinnia Project (to donate arrangements during the growing season to Page Robbins, Dove Rehabilitation, etc).
Also this week....stay tuned for time.... Carl will be planting a couple dozen tomato plants.
Things to do around the garden:
-Commit to watering, etc schedule for summer
-Add snake barrier to bluebird posts
-Weed and snipe scapes in the garlic
-Continue garden clean-up as needed
-Keep watering as needed, but especially the strawberries and peppers in cinder block holes
-Complete landscape fabric/pine needle mulching at back water spigot. The fabric is next to the back shed.
-Start thinking some whimsy fairy garden focal points
-Prepare a couple of the pallets for vertical planting
-Keep turning the new composter and fill the second one....
-Keep hummingbird feeders stocked with fresh sugar water and the mealworm feeder filled
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