Tuesday July 27th - no more weeds !

5 gardeners met at 5.30. Jonas, Carol, Chris, Penny and Ian joined forces and let all the weeds in the boys gaden have it. Water got sprinkled, edges got trimmed, sunset was adored - perfect evening.
Unfortunately no boys joined us, but we got a lot done anyway.
I am not sure exactly who the new cook is, but both cucumbers and yellow pumpkins are ready to be harvested.
Since Mika and I have had little luck this season we could plant pumpkins if needed at our plot.

Best
Jonas

Weeding Buddies

Tuesday evening in the garden was a cool respite after a long heat spell. You can see the effects of the boys' helping out with watering though. The tomatoes are holding their own, and the summer squash was pushing out little baby squashes in a most encouraging display. We had the company of Alex, who had come out to re-wed an area that will be planted in pumpkins. J.R. was to bring pumpkin seeds later in the week. They are hoping for a cash crop!
Jeff, Chris and Tim and I (Ruth) were encouraged to have Alex really need our help for a specific goal, and between all of us, the pumpkin plot is ready. It is on each end of the second third and fourth rows, between the peas and the tomatoes. The Hubbard squash on the seaside end of the garden is rearin' to go. It is trying to obliterate what few green bean bush plants that have survived the heat. I marked them with some little bamboo stakes.
I planted some chard in the very first row, where the lettuce crop continues to be assaulted by the woodchucks. I covered the new chard seed area with a little row of rocks since I didn't have a garden marking stick.
Jeff was ebullient at the harvest of his first cucumbers- victory!

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Tuesday was a beautiful day at the garden. Ruth and I arrived at 5:30 followed shortly thereafter by Chris and then Tim. A special "high five" goes to Alex. Alex is a tremendous help and he's been watering the garden daily. Yesterday, Alex showed us what we needed to weed so that he could plant pumpkin seeds. We weeded an entire row and made a square bed for the pumpkins. JR is bringing seeds so they can be planted today. We also tied the tomato plants to the stakes. Chris is going to check and see if she has other seeds which we can plant for the boys. Has anyone seen or heard from Jonas? He was scheduled on the calendar for 7/13 and 7/20, but he was m.i.a. He's also on the calendar with Penny for next Tuesday, 7/27. Hope everyone is having a great summer! -- Jeff

Rain Rain Rain...Please

Hi All -- I was solo at the garden today. I spent about an hour mostly weeding around the tomatoes and pulling-up weeds throughout the garden. I was afraid to do too much in some of the rows because I'm not sure what are weeds and what are veggies. The garden is very dry. I also pulled a few weeds from the circle in front of the Home. As I was leaving, Alec was walking out to water the garden...he's been a great help.

I'm scheduled for next Tuesday, also. Hope to see some people then. Take Care.

Dry Dry Dry

Jeff Krieger and I enjoyed the company of Diarro during our Tuesday work time. He helped tremendously by watering the parched garden. We weeded through a row that may have been planted but did not survive heat or possibly woodchuck attack- the row needs to be replanted with something. The row next to the tomatoes. The row of beans may succeed. The lettuce is all nibbled down except where a bitter plant grew up amongst it, and I was able to harvest some salad from that area. I do not think the peas will amount to anything. They are all nibbled off.
Jeff and I noticed that the crops not so popular with rodents are chard and radishes. These could still be planted and harvested for a cash crop. Zucchini or summer squash plants might be still available for purchase and would succeed. But on the whole, it is really necessary to keep watering!
The front circle garden is not finished. What I planted with Andrew in June has grown, despite not being watered, and weeds have sprung up where the strips of black barrier cloth did not overlap. The end nearest the driveway entrance was never finished, weeded out or planted. There is not nearly enough mulch to cover the barrier cloth. Much needs to be done in this garden, as well as to replant the empty rows in the boys garden.
Despite he heat wave, Jeff and I enjoyed a delightful cool breeze off the ocean at 5 PM on Tuesday. Give it a try!

Happy Fourth of July

Stacia and I were at the garden this morning. The boys' garden is really starting to come together. If you haven't signed-up for Tuesday gardening slots, please do so. Everyone who has a plot on the community side needs to commit to six Tuesday sessions. Send me an e-mail with your selected dates, and I'll put them on the Google Calendar. We're moving forward with some good energy and we want to make sure that we have at least two or more gardeners at each Tuesday session. By the way, the boys are camping during the week of July 5th. I hope everyone has a fantastic Fourth.