Salford/Advent Garden Update, August 16

Greetings fellow gardeners, this week was peak time for tomatoes. Including todays harvest we picked over 1,400 lbs. of toms this week. That's a lotta BLTs! But with 3 3/4 inches of rain last Thursday/Friday, the tomatoes started to split and with the damp weather they are more susceptible to diseases. String beans are on their last hurrah, but our fall planting is flying right along! The cucumber beetles have finally done in the Zucchini. Our summer plants are slowly fading into the Summer sunset. I do have a few cucumber plants that I hope will produce in September. Hot and Green peppers continue to be plentiful. The tropical storm that moved through last week had some high winds that knocked over our wedding trellis.  I have Bird house gourds planted there this year. They have grown so big and heavy we had to retie the trellis to posts and brace the sides with wooden boards. There are quite a few gourds on the vines. Our fall plants are looking good, but a few insect pests have found their way into that part of the garden, but a little TLC took care of that problem. Summer is slowly winding down; fall will be here before you know it. Think about it we are only 60 days away from our average first frost date. My how time fly's. Thank you to everyone who worked in the garden so far this season, this year we have had a fair amount of rookie volunteers. GREAT to see! always enjoy a new face. Steve 215-872-6616 [email protected]