Inside Brian's Garden - July 10, 2024

Dear BG Team - 

Tomorrow is forecasted to be sunny with temps in the 60s-70s. We’ll have a rolling start to the work party between 9 and 10 am. 

This Week’s Harvests … 

Monday 7/8 evening harvest for the Brinnon Food Bank was supported by Beth, Diane, Lys, Jordan and Amber. They harvested beets, broccoli collards, baby carrots with greens, chard, kale, lettuce, onions, snap peas, radishes, stir fry mix and herb bundles for a total of 47.5 pounds.


Wednesday 7/10 morning harvest for the Port Townsend Food Bank was supported by Beth, Diane, Kathy C, Lys and Amber. They harvested beets, baby carrots with greens, kale, onions, snap peas, snow peas, chives and herb bundles for a total of 34.5 pounds. 

Thanks to July 5th Work Party Volunteers!
Mike trimmed grapes… they definitely needed some attention. Mehdi mulched between the fences… it looks fantastic. Beth weeded out bindweed in Bed 9N… a tedious job. Mark also worked to eradicate bindweed and hand watered the garden… it was a hot day! Denny finished installing the trellises for the cucurbits… hippy chic! Denny, Lys and Amber finished installing the irrigation… gotta keep those plants happy and watered.


Tasks for July 11th Work Party
Irrigation: (HIGH PRIORITY) make sure all irrigation lines are in direct contact with the soil underneath any straw mulch

Groundskeeping: 

• (HIGH PRIORITY) weed thistle along north and east fence lines
• (HIGH PRIORITY) cover/mulch all visible soil in beds with straw
• finish weeding the inside perimeter of the fence and sheet mulch with hog fuel ESPECIALLY EAST SIDE OF GARDEN
• 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)
• (HIGH PRIORITY) pull stems from beds where plants were recently harvested
• surface watering for cool crops
• 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

• basil - Bed 7S
• lettuce - Bed 3S
• chard - Bed 1S and 2S
• kohlrabi - Bed 2S and 7N
• leeks - Bed 1S and 8N
• mesclun - Bed 6N
• mizuna - Bed 3N and 8S
• parsley - Bed 8S
• peppers (replace where ones have died) - Beds 4S, 5S and 9N
  

We hope to see you for some FUN in the garden!

- Amber, Lys and Denny
Co-managers at Brian's Food Bank Garden