July 28 - 31, 2014 CVG Progress and Harvest Update

Next Work Opportunities:
Friday (tomorrow) 9 am - 10:30 am -- water if necessary, spray newly acquired BT on mini-pumpkin leaves/stalks and rutabaga leaves if no rain in forecast, other garden maintenance
Monday 8:30 am - 11:30 am -- harvest, garden maintenance and watering (It's the first day of school so I'll try not to be late after dropping off my son.)
Tuesday 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm -- Girl Scout visit for zinnia harvesting and light garden maintenance
Thursday 7:30 am - 9:00 am -- Harvest for Collierville Food Pantry and any necessary garden maintenance

This week's 240 lbs of harvest donations:
to the The Salvation Army Center of Hope in Memphis = 123 lbs;
to the Girl Scout and Tuesday evening Volunteers = 28 lbs;
to the Collierville Food Pantry =  89 lbs
Total YTD harvest donation = 1,242 lbs

Harvest Donation to The Salvation Army:

Harvest Donation to the Collierville Food Pantry

Girl Scouts determining the winner between a "Sugar Baby" Watermelon and a volunteer hybrid watermelon that we've nicknamed "Pink Lemonade":

John and his prize eggplant:

Work Progress:
On Monday Lauryce, Twila, Val, Carolyn, Teresa, and Stephanie harvested 123 lbs for The Salvation Army and Lauryce delivered.  Carolyn, Teresa, and Stephanie worked on taming the weeds of plot 4 and Stephanie reseeded the northern-most/outer raised bed with crowder peas and watered. Stephanie continued her war on squash borers.

On Tuesday morning Twila, Jessica, Dylan, Cori and Stephanie watered the garden and planted a few onion sets donated by Mr. Herschel where the acorn squash plant succumbed to the evil borers. Dylan and Cori sprayed the rutabaga leaves with witch hazel mix. They also harvested some comfrey leaves and "seedless" (thanks to the birds) sunflower stalks and added to the compost barrels. Stephanie ordered some BT and a new gallon pressure sprayer to hopefully get a handle on the leaf eaters (and squash borers) of the future fall crops.

On Tuesday evening Twila, Judy, and Stephanie assisted many girl scouts in the zinnia harvest for Dove Rehab Center and Paige Robbins. Judy's husband sprayed a vicious wasp nest. Much was harvested for Thursday's donation to the Collierville Food Pantry. The Girl Scouts were also quality control testers for two varieties of watermelon. What wasn't eaten was fed to the composers.

On Thursday Carl, Twila, Carolyn, Teresa, and Stephanie harvested for the C'Ville Food Pantry and Carolyn and Stephanie delivered.

Dylan planting onions:

 Girl Scouts harvesting green beans:

Girl Scouts and their basketful of harvest for the Collierville Food Pantry:

Compost Duty:

Girl Scouts receiving their merit badges:

Carl harvesting in plot 2 for the Food Pantry:

Teresa, Stephanie, Twila and Carolyn posing in front of the mammoth sunflower:

White Wedding zinnia: