Salford/Advent Garden Update, September 5

Greetings fellow gardeners and welcome to September. The season has flown by. We still have veggies on the menu just a little less, but our fall produce is chugging right along. Tomatoes are still producing but at a much lower rate. The last of our Roma  tomatoes will be picked this week. Green peppers are still coming in some are turning red. Our fall planting of string beans is in full flower WOO HOO even with the deer nipping off the tops of the plants, in about 10 to 12 days we will have string beans. Our pole string beans are about 5 feet up the trellis on their way to 7-8 feet. Eggplant and Zucchini are still showing up. I noticed our cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower had a few cabbage moth loppers, so I took care of those pests. Sunday August 25th the garden sponsored Rev. Dr. Matt Lenahan from Lancaster the director and coordinator of the Wittle farm.  Matt talked about how man was created by God from the land. We have become separated from the land and do not know where our food comes from or how to grow our own food. Afterwards I took Matt on a tour of our garden. It was great to talk "SHOP" with someone who does what we do. We discovered we both know someone who works at a farm dedicated to donating their produce. Small world!  This week we will be doing a lot of the same, pick, weed, repeat. Our Sweet potatoes are almost due I think next week we will dig them up.  Last year the deer chewed them down so much they never produced. This year I covered the beds with netting keeping Bambi at bay. Last weekend Lory and I were able to visit our grand kids down in Virginia. Thank you to all the volunteers who showed up and kept the produce flowing while I was away. Steve 215-872-6616 [email protected]