CVG Work Progress April 18, 2016 - April 24, 2016

Thank you!

* Girl Scout Troop 13111 for donating a scarecrow to the garden this week— using only recycled materials!

* Donut Hutt and Sophia for donating coffee grounds for the compost bins!

This week's CVG Organized Work Opportunities

Monday  — 4 pm - 6 pm - at the garden

                       

Thursday— 7:45 am - 10 am - at the garden

Sunday May 1 - 11 am - 1 pm - Collierville Christian Church Thank You Day,

                        "Ask a Master Gardener" table, CVG fresh vegetable tasting, check out "Save CCC berm" project.

Harvest donation

YTD Harvest Donation total = 138 lbs

39 lbs of mustard greens, collard greens, turnips, lettuce, spinach, onions, and radish to Fayette County Project Outreach

20 lbs of mustard greens, turnips, and strawberries to the Collierville Food Pantry

 CVG - Save the Date!

Sunday May 1 - 11 am - 1 pm - Collierville Christian Church Thank You Day,

             "Ask a Master Gardener" table, CVG fresh vegetable tasting, check out "Save CCC berm" project.

  signed up - Dawn, Jan, Twila, Val

  

Saturday June 4 - CVG is on the MAMG “Through our Garden Gates/ TOGG” Garden Tour

  signed up - Twila, Stephanie, Teresa, Val

Work Progress:

On Monday April 18 - Janet, Twila, Teresa, Stephanie, Val, Jan

Harvested 39 lbs of mustard, collard, turnip, lettuce, spinach, onions, and radishes for Fayette Cares. Shona picked up and delivered. Irrigation system was put back into service.

On Tuesday April 19 - Stephanie sprayed BT on cabbages and neem on mustard and turnips. Met Lee and toured the garden, talking pony manure, tomatoes, and the master gardener program.

On Thursday April 21 - Twila, Leah, and Stephanie harvested 20 lbs of turnips, mustard, and strawberry for the Food Pantry. Stephanie delivered.

“Tokyo hybrid” turnips

On Friday April 22 - Jan and Twila prepped the two flower outer beds, transferring volunteers to one bed and seeded with zinnia and strawflower in the other. Girl Scout Troop 13111 delivered a new scarecrow to the garden. Stephanie sprayed BT on the cabbage and neem on the turnips and mustard.

On Saturday April 23 - Teresa and Riley hilled up potatoes and finished installing tomato stakes and twine in plot 1 future Arkansas traveller tomato bed. Stephanie bought and planted “easy pick gold” zucchini plants in plot 5 then ran all 3 irrigation zones in the vegetable area for 5 minutes each. Started adding compost to center of Arkansas traveller bed.

On Sunday April 24 - Stephanie checked on the new zuke seedlings then ran all 3 vegetable irrigation zones for 8 minutes each.

Beauty in the Garden!

“Renegade" Spinach

Ever-bearing Strawberries

“Peas-in-a-pot” Peas

Plot 5 bed filled with peas, swiss chard, spinach, rosaine and romaine lettuce and “Little Finger” carrots

Plot 6 filled with growing garlic as the new scarecrow takes a break from her duties

CVG Work Progress April 11, 2016 - April 17, 2016

This week's CVG Organized Work Opportunities

 

Monday  — 4 pm - 6 pm - at the garden

**Girl Scout visit from 6 -7 pm cancelled**

                       

Thursday— 7:30 am - 10 am - at the garden — weather dependent (looks like it might rain!)

                                            

Rain cancellations by 6 am at:  https://sites.google.com/site/colliervillevictorygarden/calendar

 

Harvest donation

 

21 lbs of mustard greens, red mustard greens, turnips, red romaine lettuce, and mini Bok Choy to the Collierville Food Pantry on April 14, 2016

 

YTD Harvest Donation total = 79 lbs

CVG - Save the Date!

 

Sunday May 1 - 11 am - 1 pm - Collierville Christian Church Thank You Day,

                        "Ask a Master Gardener" table, CVG fresh vegetable tasting, check out "Save CCC berm" project.

  signed up - Dawn, Jan, Twila, Val

  

Saturday June 4 - CVG is on the MAMG “Through our Garden Gates/ TOGG” Garden Tour

  signed up - Twila, Stephanie, Teresa, Val

Work Progress:

 

On Tuesday April 12 - Jan, Arlene, Teresa, Twila, Janet, Mary, Stephanie prepped for intern visit. Then Jan and Twila visited Crosswind Elementary “Roots and Shoots” garden club to talk composting.

On Wednesday April 13 - Leah, Jan, Teresa, Val, Dianne, Janet, Judy, Arlene, Susan P., Stephanie and Twila hosted the 2016 MAMG interns during a visit to CVG. Stations included dividing and planting perennials, side-dressing garlic and cabbage and planting vegetable transplants, “bad” garden bugs and seeding using toilet paper, and composting. 

On Thursday April 14 - Twila, Teresa, Stephanie harvested 21 lbs of mustard greens, red mustard greens, red romaine lettuce, turnips and mini bok choy. Stephanie delivered to the Collierville Food Pantry.

CVG Work Progress April 3 - April 10, 2016

This week's CVG Organized Work Opportunities

Tuesday  — 1 pm - 4 pm - at the garden - - sorry for changes this week, trying to work around the forecasted rain

                   3 pm - 4 pm - volunteer teacher practice for MAMG Intern Field Trip to CVG

(please attend one practice if you are signed up for this event )

Wednesday - 8 am - noon — MAMG interns visit the garden

Thursday— 7:30 am - 10 am - at the garden

                                            

Rain cancellations by 6 am at:  https://sites.google.com/site/colliervillevictorygarden/calendar

Harvest donation

22 lbs of mustard greens, collard greens, and red mustard greens to the Collierville Food Pantry on April 6, 2016

YTD Harvest Donation total = 58 lbs

CVG - Save the Date!

Monday April 18 - 6 pm - 7 pm - Girl Scout Troop visits the garden

  signed up - Jan, Twila, Teresa, Dianne

Sunday May 1 - 11 am - 1 pm - Collierville Christian Church "Thank You" Day, 

"Ask a Master Gardener" table, CVG fresh vegetable tasting, check out "Save CCC berm" project.

  signed up - Dawn, Jan, Twila,

  

Saturday June 4 - CVG is on the MAMG “Through our Garden Gates/ TOGG” Garden Tour

  signed up - Twila, Stephanie, Teresa, 

Work Progress:

 

On Monday April 4 - Jan, Twila, Teresa, Val, Dianne, Janet, Stephanie - Worked in plots 7 and 8, pulled rotten potatoes out of plot 3, started filling empty beds with soil, talked intern visit plan.

On Thursday April 6 - Jan, Teresa, Arlene, Leah, Stephanie - harvested 16 lb mustard, 6 lb red mustard and collard greens. Patree delivered. Moved lots of promix and compost into garden containers for intern visit, emptied water out of buckets, added dirt back into plot 3 beds, disposed of hay bales and scarecrow, installed pvc prototype trellis for cowpeas, added diatomaceous earth to some of the turnips and spinach leaves, talked specifics about plant placement and installed trellises in plot 2.

On Saturday April 8 - Stephanie started installing tall tomato trellis stakes and bean trellis in plot 1, started weeding around plot 1 tomato bed, led 30 minute tour/discussion with a community visitor.

Beauty in the Garden:

Tokyo hybrid turnips

CVG Harvest and Work Progress March 28 - April 2, 2016

Thank you! 

Leah for the Red Fanfare Daylilies and Purple Magnus Coneflowers!

Patree for the bird bath and tomato cages!

Anonymous for the new-to-us chairs!

This week's CVG Organized Work Opportunities

Monday — 4 pm - 6 pm - at the garden

                    5 pm - 6 pm - volunteer teacher practice for MAMG Intern Field Trip to CVG

(please attend one practice if you are signed up for this event )

Thursday— 7:30 am - 10 am - at the garden

                      9 am - 10 am - volunteer teacher practice for MAMG Intern Field Trip to CVG 

(please attend one practice if you are signed up for this event )

                                            

Rain cancellations by 6 am at:  https://sites.google.com/site/colliervillevictorygarden/calendar

Harvest donation

5 lbs of collard greens and red mustard greens to the Collierville Food Pantry on March 31, 2016

Total 2016 YTD vegetable harvest donation = 36 lbs

Total 2016 YTD perennial plant donation = 165+ to the Spring Fling, 20 to Elmwood Cemetery. 

CVG - Save the Date!

Wednesday April 13 - 9 am - noon - 2016 MAMG (Memphis Area Master Gardeners) Interns Field Trip

  sign up - Jan, Twila, Stephanie, Teresa, Dianne, Val, Judy, Janet and Susan

  Please let me know ASAP if you are available to help with this event.  We’ll need as many CVG volunteers as possible and want to meet a few times prior to the event to make sure we’re all set with the garden teaching stations.

Monday April 18 - 6 pm - 7 pm - Girl Scout Troop visits the garden

  sign up - Jan, Twila, Teresa, Dianne

Sunday May 1 - 11 am - 1 pm - Collierville Christian Church "Thank You" Day, 

"Ask a Master Gardener" table, CVG fresh vegetable tasting, check out "Save CCC berm" project.

  sign up - Dawn, Jan, Twila,

  

Saturday June 4 - CVG is on the MAMG “Through our Garden Gates/ TOGG” Garden Tour

  sign up - Twila, Stephanie, Teresa, 

Work Progress:

On Monday March 28, Teresa and Jan placed dirt and tomato cages in plot #2.  Judy and Jane came for the teacher meeting from 5 to 6 pm.  Teresa and I brought them up to speed on the garden.  Janet stayed and help us finish up the tomato cages. 

On Tuesday March 29, Twila, Leah and Jan practiced putting the shade canopy up. Tough! We'll be faster with four and practice.  Twila watered the perennials divided on Friday. We finished planting and watering the lettuce in plot #2 and the 1' x 4' arbor beds.  Jan treated the church's crape myrtles, checked the berm - all the monkey grass (liriope) is coming back and trimmed the front arbor clematis.  Connie stopped by with an interest in cutting Zinnias on Monday evenings.  Applied Fire Ant killer to storage benches. Refilled clean Osmocote containers.  Water for irrigation is on.

On Thursday March 31, Stephanie harvested 5 lbs of red mustard greens and collard greens until it started raining then delivered the harvest to the Collierville Food Pantry and delivered chairs to the garden.

On Saturday April 2, Twila and Jan divided, repotted, fertilized, treated labeled, and watered several perennials.  Plot #7 is finished except for the north rows of pink dwarf mexican petunias. Stephanie represented the garden on the WKNO show “The Family Plot- Gardening in the Mid-South” to talk about growing cabbage.

Beauty in the Garden:

Red Mustard Greens ready for first harvest:

Mustard greens really does make a pretty ground-cover/crop cover!— but it’s ready for thinning out.