Inside Brian's Garden
August 1, 2024
Dear BG Team -
Can you believe it’s already August?!?!
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 7/29 evening harvest for the Brinnon Food Bank was supported byDiane, Nancy, Mark, Lys and Amber.They harvested pole beans, beets, chard, kale, onions, snow and snap peas, summer squashes, squash blossoms, radicchio and stir fry mix for atotal of 57.75 pounds. Also, we received some gleaned food from Red Dog farms that we sent as a pass-through our garden; this consisted of carrots, chard, lettuce, salad mix and stir fry mix for a total of18.75 pounds.This brought our delivery total for Brinnon to76.5 pounds.
Thanks to July 25th Work Party Volunteers!
Kathy S mulched all garden beds with straw, covering all exposed soil to help it retain water.Karlweeded the inside north fence line and sheet mulched with hog fuel (a huge project that will still need more bodies on it this week).Magalyfinished fertilizing all crops with worm castings and planted mesclun and leeks. Amber staked tomatoes for additional support and planted chard and kale.Mike tied-back peas and pruned grapes.Markalso pruned grapes. It was a wonderful work day in the garden and we got a lot done.
Tasks for August 1st Work Party
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) build cucumber trellis
- (HIGH PRIORITY) continue weeding the inside north fence line 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
- dig horseradish out of aisle between Beds 3 & 4
Plant maintenance: (HIGH PRIORITY)
- stake sprawling flowers and secure with twine to prevent them from creeping
- finish pruning grapes
- continue attaching growing tomatoes to bamboo poles and remove any suckers
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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