-I have a feeling this wind will bring down the mulberry leaves so hopefully we can fit a couple of hours of leaf bagging into our busy schedule this week…..or next.
-Do you have canning jars??? Especially pints and 1/2 pints???? Bring them to the garden tomorrow for our canning session on Saturday. We have about 8 people who are coming to my house to put up green tomato relish and red tomato sauce.
-Going to the Quivira Coalition conference?

What we did on Saturday. Six of us did more garden organizing. I checked to make sure the valves to the circle watering system were open while Steve and Ron drained and rolled hoses. The three of us fixed up a temporary storage area behind the greenhouse for our lumber materials, wagons, and wheel barrels. If you need a wheel barrel look for them between the horse fence and the north side of the greenhouse. Patricia took down the shade cloth in the green house while Geri harvested radishes and lettuce. Suzanne checked our canning supplies in the shed. We have cleared our garden equipment from around George’s barn so it will be clear for him to enclose the south wall.
What we need to do on Wed. Debbie would like to plant more cover crops since we have the seeds so be prepared to dig Bermuda grass, haul compost, and level plots. Someone needs to pull down the bean vines and pull out the squash plants. The vines can go on one of the tomato plant piles that are layered with compost and chips. Someone can cut or dig out the marigold plants around the garden and tie them upside down in black plastic bags. We’ll figure out a place to hang them. During the winter the seeds will collect in the bag and we can scattered them next season. The more marigolds in the garden the better….they add lovely color and mean insects don’t like them.
Notice:
Unless we have something urgent to do let’s drop our Saturday workday after this weekend, but continue with Wed workdays until we have completed all our “bedding” chores.