Inside Brian's Garden
September 12, 202
Dear BG Team -
Tomorrow is forecasted to be sunny, or partly sunny (depending on who you ask), 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 … A RECORD!!! … 193.75 pounds!
Monday 9/9 evening harvest for the Brinnon Food Bank was supported by Mark, Beth, Mehdi, Teresa, Kathy S, Karl, Lindsay, Jordan, and Amber. They harvested 151 pounds of produce!
The heavy hitters:
- Pole Beans = 15.25 pounds
- Cucumbers = 24 pounds
- Summer Squashes and Zucchinis = 46 pounds
- Onions (many donated from Karl and Kathy’s neighbor) = 22.5 pounds
Wednesday 9/11 morning harvest for the Port Townsend Food Bank was supported by Lys and Amber. They harvested 42.75 pounds.
Mark thought we were close to pulling out a TON OF PRODUCE from the garden this year, and he’s right! Way to go team!
Thanks to September 5th Work Party Volunteers!
Lys maintained and reinforced cucumbers (attaching them to their trellis line) in Beds 4N and 5N. Lys also continued pruning grapes. Amber maintained squash by removing leaves affected by powdery mildew and pruning plants of excessive leaves to allow more air circulation. Amber also fixed the tomato house. Karl worked on the worm bin, retrofitting it by adding more blocks to raise it above the water level. Mehdi continued weeding behind the chicken coop, adding cardboard and hog fuel to sheet mulch the area
Denny removed pea plants that were affected by powdery mildew. Also, Denny found that the coconut coir cups that some pea seedlings were planted in don’t really break down that well, as you can see from the photo.
And we had a visitor to the garden… thank you to Dianna for bringing us some orange rubber bands that we can use for bundling produce after harvesting.
Tasks for September 12th Work Party
Planting:
- direct seed: spinach (Bed 1S), beets (Bed 6N & 7N), kohlrabi (Bed 7N), arugula (grow bags)
- transplant: cilantro into an empty grow bag (empty bags are covered with straw) - be sure to add compost and some fertilizer when planting
- Planting Schedule for Fall and Winter Harvests:
- September 19
- transplant: onions (Bed 8N), collards (Bed 7N), Asian greens/bok choi (Bed 9S), lettuces (Bed 1N)
- September 26
- direct seed: fava beans, cover crop, mache
Groundskeeping:
- continue weeding and adding chicken-wire to outside north-fence line and sheet mulch along fence afterwards
- weed aisles and add additional hog fuel to sparse aisles
- continue weeding behind the chicken coop, add cardboard and hog fuel to sheet mulch the entire area
- move more grow bags (filled with soil and straw) to inside north fence-line for planting
Plant maintenance:
- finish pruning grapes
- maintain tomatoes (remove suckers and tie up as necessary)
- remove calendula plants that are affected by powdery mildew
- encourage vining squash to attach to trellises and sprawling squash to stay in their beds
We hope you can join us in the garden to maintain this wonderful food hub!
- Amber, Lys and Denny
Co-managers at Brian's Food Bank Garden
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