to The Salvation Army = 78.5 lbs;
to the Collierville Food Pantry = 40 lbs;
to Ms. Ruth, Ms. Julia and neighbors, Collierville = 16.5 lbs;
to the 3rd graders of Collierville Elementary = 24 lbs.
Total YTD harvest donation = 2,533 lbs
Thursday's mustard harvest--four varieties (red, broad, curly, tender/"spinach"):
Monday Oct 27: 8:30 am - 10:30 am -- Harvest for The Salvation Army then work on "to do" list
Thursday Oct 30: 8:00 am - 9:30 am -- Harvest and deliver to Collierville Food Pantry
Wish List for the Garden/Opportunities to work on your own time:
* Yard bags of pine needles for the cinderblock walkways
* Clean, sharpen, and oil the garden tools located in the shed in the compost area
* Pick up Starbucks (on Poplar) coffee grounds a couple of times per week (mid morning after breakfast rush or early afternoon after lunch rush) for composting
* Bat house / Robin nest platforms/Bird bath
* Goldfinch nyjer seed sock/feeder
Garden Maintenance To Do List this week:
* Fill large plastic containers with pro-mix on the parking lot and move them into side walkways of the Garden for future use
* Pull/Prune back to ground level the raised bed zinnias and dispose....
* Spread last straw bale along "front" edge of plot 3 (this year's tomato/zinnia plot) on top of black plastic. (Assuming fire ants have "moved along".)
* Split uprooted comfrey plants and maybe re-plant elsewhere
* Replace rotten board at central walkway in plot 4
* Harvest seeds off of butterfly weed plants
* Seek out and destroy the pesky cabbage worms..... reapply BT on Friday
* Apply homemade garlic spray/ Witch hazel spray to greens and cabbage
* Weed in cinderblock beds and wooden raised beds
* Empty, clean, and refill bird (seed) feeder/ add mealworms to bluebird feeder "tray"
This week's Work Progress:
On Sunday, Carl mowed around the garden.
On Monday, CVG hosted the Collierville Elementary 3rd graders to the garden. More than 120 students attended and learned about "plant parts", "plant adaptations", "the plant life cycle", a CVG garden tour that included harvesting one vegetable (approx. 24 lbs total), and "composting". Station leaders were Judy, Dianne, Teresa, Val, Lauryce, Carl, Stephanie, Jan and Twila. After the field trip, an additional 78.5 lbs of turnips, mustard greens, peppers, and radishes were harvested and Lauryce delivered to The Salvation Army. Teresa's son Jack raked and donated 2 yard bags full of pine needles for the walkways.
Be on the lookout for possible photo(s) in The Collierville Independent-- Ms. Ruth attended the field trip and took some photographs for them.
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On Tuesday, Stephanie worked on a bingo card update for Wednesday's Crosswind Elementary Roots and Shoots Garden Club visit.
On Wednesday, Judy, Dianne, Jan, Twila, Jim, and Stephanie hosted nearly 2 dozen students for Garden Bingo, Round 2. They made a lot of progress on the garden "to do" list as well as harvested 9 lbs.
On Thursday, 31 lbs of turnips, mustard greens, red romaine lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and radishes was harvested and Stephanie delivered a total of 40 lbs to the Collierville Food Pantry. On the way back, she picked up 9 lbs of Starbucks coffee grounds and added them to the barrel composters.
On Friday, Stephanie harvested 16.5 lbs of turnips, mustard greens, and peppers and delivered to Ms. Ruth and Ms. Julia. She sprayed BT on all cabbages, added miracle gro to plot 1 and green bean pots, moved the volunteer sunflower out of the romaine lettuce row, and applied two more coats of urethane to the work bins.
This week's Beauty in the Garden:
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