Work Day at the Garden

A little cleanup fun with a chipper/shredder that breaks down any stalky, woody stuff on site.

And fun was had by all.

Freshness

Eat, Drink, Explore

The inaugural book club meeting was satisfying in many ways.

Many thanks to Isabel, our hostess.

When to Harvest Garlic

TIMING IS EVERYTHING, THEY SAY, AND WITH GARLIC HARVEST that’s especially true. But since the crop is hidden underground, how do you know when this edible Allium is ready—when it’s just the right moment to insure a well-formed head that will also store well through the winter and beyond? Like fortune-telling, it’s all in reading the leaves, apparently.

For more information go here.

Summerize

If you aren’t jazzed about working your plot in the heat, then it is time to summarize all or a portion of it. 

How to summarize:  

- Dig you plants back into your soil (the big stalks can go in the city trash can.

- Cover the bed with 4" compost.

- Cover the compost with a layer of straw.

- Leave it until fall when you can scrape the straw back and dig in the compost.

- While the soil is resting, microbes are busy at work improving your soil for the next planting    season.

- Reduce the amount of water and also the frequency (soil should be kept barely moist).

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. A Year of Food Life

Tomorrow is the get together where food will be served and things learned from this book discussed.  Are you coming?

On Sunday Morning

Transition

Snapshot

Just Look Please

More bugs

They are squash bugs. These are only baby ones, they do get bigger.  They are pretty ugly little bugs and they can ruin your plants.  There doesn't seem to be a lot you can do about them except that neem oil can kill the babies and the eggs but not the adults.

After the Sand Storm

Snapshot

Still Harvesting