September gardening

Our garden is winding down as the days get shorter, and we get back to school. We picked peppers, tomatoes, onions, and corn today, with lots of tomatoes still ripening. We are nearly done with harvesting most of our crop. Next week and following weeks, we will finish the tomato picking and later clean out our spot and save fencing and posts for next year's garden. We hope to do some fundraising over the fall and winter to help make our garden really great next year.

Beautiful weather, beautiful vegetables. . .

Harvest time is here. . .

We finally got to pick some amounts of vegetables from our garden to share. We picked corn, potatoes, onions, peppers, basil, eggplants. We had to do some major weed control as well, with a lot of helpers. There are a ton of tomatoes still ripening and more corn in the weeks to come. A little rain would definitely be nice. Join us next week for more picking, and enjoy our dirty potatoes video below!

Vegetable picking

Let's get together today, Wednesday, August 13, to pick some things from our garden. Potatoes are ready, tomatoes might be ready and we should check on our corn. Be ready to weed as needed, also.

We will meet at 6 p.m. Be sure to call if you need a ride. No need to water today, with our nice rainfall yesterday.

I feel the need. . .the need to weed!

UPDATE: Wednesday, July 30. Due to family vacation and other committments, we will not be able to meet today. If it doesn't rain before the weekend, we may assess the garden and possibly water on Sunday or Monday, if necessary. Check back to our blog for updated information. Thanks.

The weeds are thriving in our garden, and this week we should concentrate on cleaning out as many as we can. We will meet at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday to weed and possibly water, depending on soil conditions. See you there!

First munchables!

Update: Wednesday, July 16. Due to the severe heat index today, we will not meet at the garden. We were able to assess the garden condition this morning and do a little tilling early, before 8 a.m. The garden is not dry and weeds are mostly under control. Chances for rain look good this week, and we will try for next Wednesday. Zucchini are also ready from our garden.

We enjoyed our first edibles from the garden on Wednesday, kohlrabi, and if you've never tasted these crisp old world treats, you should! Our family garden always had them, and I remember many times picking them, but never arriving home with them intact.

We also watered, which proved the perfect charm to draw the nice rain shower we had today. The corn is about 2 feet high, and the tomatoes all have fruit on them. Rina helped us water, but we'd like more students out in the garden next week. Now that school is out, we miss you, and we'd like to get together in the garden. There are always weeds, and if necessary, watering. We'll get back to our regular Wednesday schedule now that the holiday is past.