July 13-18, 2014 Work Progress and Harvest Update

This week's harvest donations:
to the ladies of Harris Cove= 43 lbs; 
to the Collierville Food Pantry = 52 lbs
Total YTD harvest donation = 885 lbs

Monday's 43 lbs of cukes, purple hull peas, corn, okra, tomatoes to Ms. Julia and Harris Cove:

Tuesday's 5 lbs purple hull peas and rattlesnake beans harvested by the Girl Scout volunteers and donated to the Collierville Food Pantry:

Thursday's 47 lbs of cukes, peppers, tomatoes, purple hull peas, corn, first sugar baby watermelon and cantaloupe-- donated to the Collierville Food Pantry:

Next Work Opportunities:
Monday 8:30 am - 10:30 am--weather permitting-- garden maintenance, tree branch removal, start making tire planters
Tuesday 8:30 am - 10:30 am --weather permitting--continue garden maintenance, etc.
Tuesday 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm -- Girl Scout visit for zinnia harvesting
Thursday 7:30 am - 9:00 am -- Harvesting and any necessary garden maintenance
This week's work progress:
This week Lauryce and Stephanie weeded all of plot 1 except one walkway and reseeded the plot 1 raised beds with crowder peas. Carl mowed and weed-eated around the garden and harvested. After the storm Monday night, Stephanie and Twila on Tuesday used bamboo stakes to secure the new corn in plot 6. The high winds during the storm also blew large portions of a tree onto and around the compost area fence that will require significant chainsaw work and muscle to clean up next week.... On Tuesday night, assisted by Amy, Latanya, Twila, and Stephanie, Girl Scout volunteers harvested nearly a dozen quart-sized mason jars full of zinnias and more than 5 lbs of purple hull peas. The zinnias were delivered to Dove Rehabilitation Center.

Downed tree branches around the compost area:

Happy garden pollinators: