Hey garden folks!
Here’s what we’ve been
up to this past week!
This
morning, we harvested and donated five buckets of chard to Alliot! We are
starting to plant seeds for our fall harvest, and we needed the extra bed
space. Our alliot kitchen staff is
excited to incorporate our garden vegies into our meals this afternoon. With
summer coming to a close, we recommend that gardeners start thinking about
changes they should make to their gardens. For example, we plan on putting in
one more round of lettuce, spinach, snap peas, beets, and beans. These crops
enjoy cooler conditions and should be ready for harvest before the next frost.
Other changes that we have made in preparation for the fall have been pruning
watermelon flowers. These flowers are draining energy that could be better
used by the melons we already have. Letting them bloom would be
counter intuitive, and the smaller melons would not have time to develop before
the frost.
Recently, we also had our third and
final garden day! This time around, the kids got to enjoy the presence of some
garden wildlife! The day featured snails, butterflies, and of course, toads. We
had a few intense toad races, where Rebel the “frog” performed exceedingly
well. Following this, we ate some sorrel and experimented with red maple seed
pods. A great day!
As always, we had a wonderful farm
stand on Wednesday. Feel free to come join next week! We will be around from
11:30 to 1:30, and it will be Jess and Jack’s last.
Well, that’s all for now.
XOXO,
Garden
Crew.
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