Inside Brian's Garden
August 9, 2023
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 8/5 evening harvest for the Brinnon Food Bank was supported by Diane, Lindsay, Jordan, Lys, Amber and our NEW volunteer, Teresa. They harvested pole beans, beets, carrots, chard, cucumbers, parsley, basil, kale, lettuce, radicchio, onions, peas, potatoes, radishes, scallop squash and zucchini for a total of 125.75 pounds. This is our largest haul out of Brian’s Garden… A RECORD! We also sent a flat of chives in 4-inch pots and 3 in half-gallon pots.
Wednesday 7/31 morning harvest for the Port Townsend Food Bank was supported by Lys and Amber.They harvested cucumbers, onions, peas, zucchini, scallop squash, radicchio, squash leaves and flower garnishes for a total of 38.5 pounds. Here is the material we provided to the Port Townsend Food Bank with our harvest of squash leaves today:
Thanks to August 1st Work Party Volunteers!
Mike cleaned up dead flowers and staked sprawling flowers. Denny and Ayesha re-strung the cucumbers and peas. Karl, Kathy and Lys built another cucumber trellis and strung up more cucumbers. Amber tied up the tomatoes and removed all their suckers.
All hands (Mike, Denny, Ayesha, Karl, Kathy, Lys, Mehdi and Amber) on deck for the back fence line project. Thanks everyone for weeding, laying cardboard, and hauling and spreading hog fuel!
Tasks for August 8th Work Party
Planting:
- fill empty grow bags with compost and seed radish
- transplant radicchio starts in Bed 6N
- seed lettuce in flats
- transplant onion starts
- transplant chard starts
- determine what we want to plant for fall and winter harvests
Irrigation:
- finish making sure all irrigation lines are in direct contact with the soil underneath any straw mulch, pin in place
- check lines for any leaks or excessive drips and repair where necessary
Groundskeeping:
- (HIGH PRIORITY) add hog fuel around harvest washing station
- weed aisles and add additional hog fuel to sparse aisles
- weed south-east corner of garden along fence-line by rhubarb patch
- weed vegetable beds
Plant maintenance:
- stake tomatillos in grow bags
- tie-back peas
- weed green beans and tie them up
- install ollas in grow bags and celery bed
- clean-up squash plants (remove dead leaves and prune for airflow)
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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