On Friday, Jan and Stephanie transferred the soil from the spent sweet pea pots into garden holes (from harvested potatoes), carefully sprayed the weeds in the central walkway and added a few more wheelbarrows full of mulch. Added mulch around the work bins.
On Saturday, Carl harvested the remaining elephant garlic and weeded and mulched in the garden. Leah, Anthony, and Stephanie worked some worm castings into the archway pots between plots 1 and 2 and sowed 3-4 ornamental gourd seeds in each pot. They also weeded one of the raised beds in plot 1. Anthony added nitrogen to the comfrey bed and Stephanie added nitrogen to the south large cinder block bed. Stephanie watered the archway pots, the cinder block raised beds, the baled tomatoes, and all of the fresh nitrogen, and continued to work on weeding the previously garlic area. They tried to dispose of the weed bags in the church dumpster but it was full.... so most of the weed bags were placed on top of the garlic area weeds in hopes they would start to smother them (ha!).
Next work opportunities and plans:
Monday 8 am - 11 am
--Work in a 2-3" layer of available compost to the previously onion and mustard raised beds to ready them for planting crowder peas and big zipper cream peas.
--Dispose of weed bags, if possible
--Continue weeding garlic area; hill up a row next to okra and plant a double row of corn; create hills about 6 feet apart in-between corn row and sweet potatoes for Girl Scouts to plant honeydew and more cantaloupe and more Beauregard sweet potatoes, if possible
--Water, water, water
Tuesday 8 am - 11 am
--Continue Monday's work plan
Tuesday 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
--Assist Girl Scouts in weeding their zinnia beds and (maybe) harvest some zinnias; plant beets in-between okra; maybe plant corn or honeydew or canteloupe; taste-test some different mints in lemonade, and maybe taste-test a CVG veggie or two; maybe divide some Plants 4 Habitat plants
Thursday 7:30-8:30 am
-Harvest available produce (cucumbers, peppers, maybe some corn??) and bring to C'Ville Food Pantry
-Water
Last of the elephant garlic
Leah and Anthony adding worm castings to the archway pots and planting gourd seeds
Anthony adding nitrogen to the comfrey
Plot one weeded, ready for compost add and planting.
Acorn squash, banana peppers, cucumbers, and rattlesnake beans looking good!
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