Saturday, July 31, 2010

Include a cheat sheet with unusual veggies....

An interesting article from another giving garden....

Rain delays

For the past week, volunteer gardeners have been trying to get into the garden to weed and harvest beets and lettuce. It has made watering easier, but we just need a couple days to catch up!

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Heat units!

The garden is beginning to flourish. On Thursday, 13 volunteers met to weed the garden, thin carrots and seed lettuce.

















On Friday, the first produce was harvested! Lettuce and spinach were delivered the the Interfaith Food Bank.

What we learned? Water the lettuce well before harvesting, harvest when it is as cool as possible or have water in the harvest tub to keep the lettuce from wilting. The gourmet mix proved to be hardier after harvest than the other lettuces (Grand Rapids).