Inside Brian's Garden
July 17, 2024
Dear BG Team -
The forecast for tomorrow is sunny with temps in the upper 60’s / low 70’s. If you are interested in helping with the planting, be sure to arrive by 9am tomorrow so we can beat the heat.
But, most importantly, tomorrow is GARLIC FEST! We will be harvesting all of our garlic and prepping it to dry in the chicken coop.
This Week’s Harvests …
Monday 7/15 evening harvest for the Brinnon Food Bank was supported by Beth, Diane, Kathy C and Molly, Lindsay and Amber. They harvested beets, baby carrots with greens, chard, kale, kohlrabi, onions, onion scapes, snap peas, snow peas, radishes, salad mix, stir fry mix, chives and herb bundles for a total of 44.25 pounds.
Thanks to July 11th Work Party Volunteers!
Mike mulched around plants with straw to help keep the moisture in the soil after watering.
Denny planted lettuce, kohlrabi and mizuna starts and prepped soil in beds.
Mark planted parsley and basil starts and weeded bindweed from the garden. Karl
weeded the inside east perimeter of the fence and laid down black weed barrier to inhibit future growth.
Amber planted chard, leek and mizuna starts, started getting irrigation lines in direct contact with the soil, pinning them in place and attached the tomatoes to the twine.
Karl also built another squash trellis last week which he brought to the garden and set up.
Tasks for July 18th Work Party
Irrigation: (HIGH PRIORITY) finish making sure all irrigation lines are in direct contact with the soil underneath any straw mulch, pin in place; add straw to any bare soil
Groundskeeping:
- (HIGH PRIORITY) weed chicken run and behind the coop, paying extra attention to the thistle
- (HIGH PRIORITY) cover/mulch all visible soil in beds with straw
- finish weeding the inside perimeter of the fence and sheet mulch with more hog fuel where necessary
- continue attaching rabbit-proof fencing (chicken-wire) to outer perimeter and sheet mulch with hog fuel
- weed aisles and add additional hog fuel to sparse aisles
Plant maintenance:
- (HIGH PRIORITY) finish fertilizing crops with worm castings (onions have been completed)
- stake sprawling flowers and secure with twine to prevent them from creeping
- keep adding support loops to growing tomatoes and twine
- tie-back peas
Planting: (HIGH PRIORITY): before planting, make sure to fully saturate the soil with water, using hori to make sure water can penetrate deeply
- Brussels sprouts - Bed 8N (amend bed after garlic is removed before planting)
- chard - interplant between mature plants
- kale, red russian - interplant between mature plants
- leeks - Bed 8N
We hope to see you for some FUN in the garden!
- Amber, Lys and Denny
Co-managers at Brian's Food Bank Garden
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