Brian's Weekly Work
June 26, 2024
Dear BG Team -
Tomorrow is forecasted to be rainy (or partly rainy or misty) with temps in the 60s. We’ll have a rolling start to the work party between 9 and 10 am. Come when you feel it :)
This Week’s Harvests … totaled 99.75 pounds!
Saturday 6/22 morning harvest for the Port Townsend Food Bank was supported by Lys and her daughters Jodi and Juli.
They harvested bok choi, broccoli, garlic scapes, kale, kohlrabi leaves, lettuce and salad mix for a total of 26.75 pounds.
Monday 6/24 evening harvest for the Brinnon Food Bank was supported by Beth, Diane, Lindsay and Amber. They harvested bok choi, chard, garlic scapes, herb bundles, kale, kohlrabi bulbs and leaves, lettuce, salad mix and spinach for a total of 51.25 pounds.
Thanks to June 20th Work Party Volunteers!
Lys and Karl continued working on irrigation; trenches dug and lines pulled taut. Amber watered the garden and made a bamboo run for trellis materials. Denny and Kathy built and installed trellis for some cucumbers and squashes. The supports look great! Karl worked on the back gate; nice and sturdy now.
Mike and Diane
removed old lettuce stems and transplanted new starts in Beds 1N and 1S.
Diane also planted delicata squash and cucumbers in Beds 4N, 5N and 5S. Time to start the next succession.
Mark planted a bunch of pollinator plants throughout the garden and weeded along the way; time to bring more beneficial insects in to the garden.
Mehdi weeded along the inside west side of the garden fence and laid down more cardboard and hog fuel; looks spiffy!
Mark harvested garlic scapes which we provided to Brinnon.
Tasks for June 27th Work Party
High priority tasks...
Irrigation:
Lys and daughters to finish irrigation
Weeding:
- special attention to Beds 8S and 9S
Planting:
- direct seed 2 more rows of carrots in Bed 5N (on the east side of the bed)
- direct seed radishes (easter egg) in Beds 2N and 7N
- seed cilantro in 4-packs
- transplant 4 pepper plants in Bed 9N and cover 3 of them with cloches
- Plant maintenance:
thin beets and carefully transplant them in Bed 7N - stake sprawling flowers and secure with twine to prevent them from creeping
Construction:
- Amber and Karl to build two tomato structures in Bed 7S
- finish trellis support for cucumbers and squashes in Beds 4N, 5N, 4S and 5S
- Groundskeeping:
top cardboard between two fences with hog fuel - pull stems from beds where plants were recently harvested
- add worm castings around onions
If there is additional time…
Pest control:
- rabbits: continue attaching rabbit-proof fencing (chicken-wire) to outer perimeter and sheet mulch with hog fuel
- slugs: create slug traps out of yogurt containers, fill with bait and bury in soil in affected beds
Groundskeeping:
- finish weeding the inside perimeter of the fence and sheet mulch with hog fuel
- weed aisles and add additional hog fuel to sparse aisles
We hope to see you for some FUN in the garden!
- Amber, Lys and Denny
Co-managers at Brian's Food Bank Garden
P.S. I wanted to share this social media post by local farmer Pierce Kennedy of Soft Step Farm. He has a great message about redefining the way we view “imperfect” produce in our ecosystem:
“If anything, these holes should make you want it more. These leaves are resilient. These leaves are part of an ecosystem. These leaves found their way to a plate because food is about much much more than arbitrary aesthetics. (Flea beetle holes on arugula, for the uninitiated)”
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