[Garden] Gardening Sunday

[Paul Nijjar]

The rainy weather has meant that gardening has been sporadic over the
last few weeks. I am happy to see that some people have been coming
out. August is traditionally a pretty quiet month at the garden,
because the term is over and people are moving. However, if you are
around I would encourage you to come out. The garden is lush right
now. There are lots of basil plants and zucchini and greens; some of
the broccoli and cauliflower and cabbage has indeed been coming back;
we will soon be overwhelmed by green beans, and even the corn is still
going strong. 

Some of the bigger projects we can work on include finishing the fence
(I think we are in somewhat of a materials shortage, but I hope we
will resolve that soon), and staking tomatoes if it is not too late to
do so. There are also regular tasks like weeding, thinning, watering
and binding the celery as if they were veal calves. 

It looks like the weather could be sketchy tomorrow, but if it is not
raining or oppressively cloudy I hope to be there in the afternoon
around 4pm. 

If it is raining or if it has just rained, then we can probably do
some stuff but we shouldn't weed; touching wet plants is a great way
to spread disease. 

In addition to Sundays at 4pm, people have been meeting Wednesdays
between 5:30pm-6:00pm, and Thursday between 5:30pm-6:00pm. (I am not
sure whether I will continue Thursdays for much longer -- turnout has
been okay some weeks and nonexistent on others -- but I plan to go
next week, weather permitting.) 

- Paul

- Paul