[Garden] Wednesday

[Angela McNeill]

I will go to the garden tonight and do some harvesting and bring blood meal. 
I have some organic blood meal and will spread it around the squash.

Angela


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Madeline Rosamond" <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
To: <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>; <garden at lists.wpirg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Garden] Wednesday


>I did so thin the carrots (last week). Just sayin'.
>
> Please, some kind person, take lots of zucchini. I am full up at my
> house and there are copious amounts. Unfortunately the groundhog (or
> whatever) is hollowing out squash and watermelon at a ridiculous pace.
> Does anyone know if blood meal or something would work??
>
> Cheers,
> Maddy
>
> On 8/13/09, J. Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>> Gardeners,
>>                 I showed up at the garden after work yesterday, looked 
>> about
>> and did a little work with the hoe. The garden looks great, we need to 
>> start
>> harvesting before our lovely fresh veggies turn into bitter old veggies. 
>> I
>> have a few observations.
>> -Cabbage can be harvested twice. I have done this. Cut the head off near 
>> the
>> base, cultivate under the leaves, and new mini heads will form.
>> -The carrots were never thinned, but are looking ready.
>> -The beets, basil, turnips, chard, to name a few are ready to go. The 
>> garlic
>> and onions are already dying back.
>> -The mid-season corn that I planted in the shadier section was a complete
>> waste. We know for next year.
>> -The pole beans were not thinned, and are too thirsty. Some plants will 
>> bear
>> no beans.
>> -The corn looks great. Harvest before the deer harvest. If no one 
>> objects,
>> I'd like just one ear of corn to experiment with seed saving.
>> -The black plastic seems to be a great success.
>> -The flowers are blooming at both ends of the garden.
>> -The wheat was a dead loss. Stubborn and unbowed I intend to plant a 
>> *much
>> smaller* section of winter wheat in September.
>> -Are we up for fall plantings?
>> -Are we interested in a fall picnic?
>> -Is anyone interested in cover crops? I can put in a few dollars for fall
>> rye.
>> -The fence looks great.
>>                                                     -Jason
>>
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