Greetings fellow gardeners last Saturday was a wet drippy damp day. A little on the cool side. Our volunteers worked their way through it, and we were able to plant 450 pepper plants and 110 tomato plants. The garden is really coming to life. The string bean seed and Lima bean seed we planted are up and running. I ran water every day when the sun finally came out and boy did it ever. HOT HOT HOT> I was able to hill our potato rows. Now we have to add some compost to the potato beds so when the spuds start to develop, they are covered and grow under the mulch. This week we will plant our sweet potatoes. You plant "slips" these are plants that grow out of a sweet potato and then vine out eventually forming sweet potatoes at the base of the original slip. Usually around 100 days to harvest. Flowers are on the menu too.
There are a lot of small jobs around the garden that need to be done all summer long. One of those jobs is weeding. Weeds never take a vacation and need to be delt with constantly. I am asking for volunteers to come in during the week and weed as much as you want. The raised beds are the most vulnerable followed by the plants in the plastic. Weeds find their way up through the holes we make to plant the plants. Weeds pull nutrients and water away from our veggie plants and can stun the veggie plants growth if the weeds are not controlled. We do our best to hold the weeds down to a mild roar but a little help from our friends would be appreciated. Let me know if you are up to the challenge and we could work out a time that is right for you. Thank you to everyone who helps out with this mission. Steve, [email protected] 215-872-6616
There are a lot of small jobs around the garden that need to be done all summer long. One of those jobs is weeding. Weeds never take a vacation and need to be delt with constantly. I am asking for volunteers to come in during the week and weed as much as you want. The raised beds are the most vulnerable followed by the plants in the plastic. Weeds find their way up through the holes we make to plant the plants. Weeds pull nutrients and water away from our veggie plants and can stun the veggie plants growth if the weeds are not controlled. We do our best to hold the weeds down to a mild roar but a little help from our friends would be appreciated. Let me know if you are up to the challenge and we could work out a time that is right for you. Thank you to everyone who helps out with this mission. Steve, [email protected] 215-872-6616
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