Greetings fellow gardeners this week was another hot one in the garden. Monday was very windy; the wind really tore up some of the garden. I ran water everyday somewhere in the garden. Thank you, Jant L, for water duty this week. Last week we harvested over 130 lbs. of cabbage NICE! This was our early cabbage. Zucchini have really hit their stride with over 200 lbs. harvested so far. Cucumbers are picking up the pace and this week we add green peppers to the mix. Red beets are still plentiful. Our potatoes are starting to really die off now. The plants are telling us it will soon be time to dig them up. I think maybe 2 weeks. We may pull our onions at the same time. String beans are flowering, and I will be watching them closely waiting of the first stringers to show up. The seeds our peace campers planted last week have sprouted and I am watering them as much as needed to help keep them going in this heat. Every year we have volunteer plants that show up on their own somewhere in the garden. This year we have a huge pumpkin plant in my compost pile. A few sunflower plants and ground cherries have made their annual appearance. But the champion is our volunteer potatoes. Last year was the first year we planted potatoes on our boxed raised beds. In all the excitement of harvesting them a few were left behind.  These sprouted this spring and I have been digging them up as we harvest what was planted this year. So far, I have dug up over 20 lbs. of volunteer potatoes with more to come. WOW! 
Thank you to everyone who helps out in the garden. Steve, 215-872-6616, [email protected]
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​Greetings fellow gardeners there was a lot of heat this week, I have been running water everyday somewhere in the garden. So far so good. Thank you, Andy Alderfer, for helping out with water duty this week. Last week we had 25 volunteers on Saturday morning. A new record!! WOOHOO give yourselves a hand! To say the least we plowed through our work and were done in no time. We uncovered the last of our veggies, harvested Zucchini, Broccoli and red beets. This week we will add cabbage and cucumbers to the menu.  Our late run Broccoli is now in full head too. But the big news is our String Beans are flowering. Usually, 10 days after full flower we have string beans to pick. I can hear the cheers from here!  Wednesday evening there was a burst of energy in the garden. We were visited by two groups of Peace campers. After a brief tour both groups helped plant our Native American "Three Sisters Garden" Some of the seeds we used were sent to us all way from Oklahoma where our friends from the Lenape tribe live.  The campers also helped harvest a few carrots. Busy busy busy.... but fun!  This Saturday looks to be very hot. I am looking to get out of the garden as soon as we can. Harvest and process what we can and get home before the high heat sets in. That means no extra work this week. Get in and get out. Thank you to all who help out in the garden. It really is true how many hands make the workload light and go by fast. 

​Greetings fellow gardeners, this past week we ramped up our harvesting with Zucchini. Last Saturday we removed the insect netting from the zucchini, and it has been non-stop ever since. Around 30 lbs. harvested this week. Our early broccoli is finished, but the later broccoli is just starting the grow heads. Walking through the garden I noticed our early cabbage has some nice heads and maybe next week we harvest cabbage. Red beets will be on the menu this Saturday. We will remove the netting from the cucumbers and eggplant. I was able to start trimming some of the tomato plants. The corn seed from Oklahoma I planted has sprouted WOOHOO! It looks to be hot next week so I will be running water. The garden has been the center of many wonderful events to celebrate. This year is no exception. Two of our volunteers got married last week! Lewis Leiterman and Taylor (Tess) Strayer tied the knot and then came over to the garden to have pictures taken under the garden wedding trellis! Tess is the daughter of Gary and Sharon Strayer. Tess has been a volunteer ever since her Mom dragged her to the garden when she was in high school. When Tess met Lewis, she brought him along many Saturday mornings. Lewis is the Chef and co-owner of Rivertown Taps. A restaurant in Phoenixville. His time is focused on running a successful business, so his garden time is limited but he still is a big supporter of the garden. Congratulations and many blessings to our happy couple. Steve, [email protected] 215-872-6616