CVG 2015, July 5 - July 11 What's Happening in the Garden!
CVG's schedule July 12 - July 18
Monday and Thursday mornings starting at 8 am, Tuesday evening starting at 5:30 pm
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| Bees gathering pollen! |
Volunteers Twila, Margaret, Arlene and Jan
- Garden rain gauge had 4" in it Monday morning
- Arlene cut zinnia and sunflowers; delivered to Page Robbins
- Margaret planted corn in plot #1
- Rain stopped us from placing black plastic on plot #4
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Volunteers Twila, Patree and Jan:
- Patree delivered 62# harvest of tomatoes, eggplant, carrots, cucumbers, beans, potatoes, corn, herbs and mint and hot peppers
- Fertilized corn in plot #2
Tuesday afternoon/evening, July 6
Volunteers Charles, Twila, Cindy, David, Janice, and Jan
- Jan tied up more tomatoes in plot #2. Twila guided Arkansas Traveler tomatoes between the twine in plot # 4
- Charles and Jan finished pulling rotted wood out of plot #4
- Charles and David carted dirt from plot #4 t.o plot #6 raised beds
- Charles added dirt to sweet potato bins
- Twila and Janice divided and potted donated daylilies - very dark purple, almost black with yellow throat
- Cindy pulled weeds, placed straw around sweet potatoes in plot #5 and guided the sweet potato vines
- Jan sprayed corn silks and pepper plants
- Irrigation was turned on
Thursday, July 8
Volunteers Arlene, Twila, Patree and Jan
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| Okra |
- Patree delivered 34# harvest of carrots, corn, beans, tomatoes, okra, eggplant and cucumbers to Collierville Food Pantry
- Weeded plot #5 and 6.
- Thinned beans in plot #2
- Trimmed brown and yellow cucumber leaves and tomatoes.
- Covered the rest of plot #4 in black plastic
- Leveled raised beds with dirt in plot #6 and planted one sweet potato plant in each.
- Continue to guide watermelon, cantaloupe, pumpkins in plot #8
Friday, July 9
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| Beautiful! |
- Sprayed corn silks, peppers and tomatoes
- Covered pumpkins and variegated liriope in plot #8 with white frost cover
- Weeded walkways and placed contractor grade fabric barrier in place
- Spread plot #4 Arkansas Traveler tomatoes raised bed with pine straw
- Laid black plastic in a few areas
- Separated, labeled or re-labeled color of day lilies
- Readied pots for cantaloupes and melons
- Topped and guided Juliet tomatoes
- Trimmed, suckered and guided Arkansas Traveler tomatoes
- Staked leaning sunflower
- Cleaned dropped leaves from all plant areas.
- Screwed irrigation hose back on that had been unscrewed and adjusted spray.
Volunteer Twila
- Check irrigation and water bean boxes
Sunday, July 11
Volunteer Twila
- Check irrigation and water bean boxes
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