Two Weeks in Late August

Naomi writes:

                                     Check out the new garden chairs

                              Asparagus and lush weeds

       The harvest: beans, romaine and red lettuce 

Getting the beds ready for planting.

Sunday, August 25
22 families yesterday.  We harvested chard, tomatoes, jalenpeno peppers, beets, leeks, beans, and herbs.  We also planted the fig tree we were awarded in the front corner of the garden by the bench. Green pepper plants were pulled and fava beans and Chinese cabbage seedlings were planted.  Larry demonstrated a garden "chair" and Art volunteered to purchase six of them for the garden and for any interested members.


Saturday, August 31
There was a large turnout of 28 families today given that it was Labor Day Weekend.  Art delivered the chairs which were used and then hung in the garden shed. A bed of beans was harvested and pulled, preparing it for next week's plantings of spinach and garlic.
There were barely any zucchini or cucumbers this year due to insect  borers and Larry has generously been sharing some of each from his own home garden.
Weeding was done in the asparagus bed as well as the second new bed outside the garden.
Harvest included tomatoes, beans, red leaf and romaine lettuce, leeks, celeriac, and beets.