What we did on Wed.
Ron, Steve, and Kathy were harvesting when I arrived and the table was almost covered with tomatoes. We are all so amazed at how much the garden is still producing: corn, squash, tomatoes, green beans, still even a little broccoli, a few eggplants, Big Jim chiles, Padron chiles and a few melons.
Claudia found a few more squash bugs. Those guys do not give up….nor does Claudia. When Debbie and Jeany arrived the watering began. Kathy decided she could sort out and stack the tomato cages while I retrieved the donated cages from Jan’s yard. Ron and Steve carefully rolled up our plastic grid fencing. Suzanne found more things to harvest and Steve took out more of the old corn patch. Even though we are still harvesting and the days are warm, Fall is in the air. We need to think about planting garlic and shallots in a few weeks, And what do we want to plant for cover crops……and where?
What we need to do Sat.
We need to decide if we can afford a food mill to process tomatoes. We could use it right in the garden and send workers home with plastic bags of tomato paste to freeze and use at home. Or people could take it home to process tomatoes. BTW, we also have a dehydrator and canning equipment that people can borrow.
More equipment can be moved to the other side of the garden. Harvest and water, as always.
Our Padron Chiles traveled all the way to Austin, TX via Ingrid to share with her friends.
And one last thing. This update will be on our web page, valenciacommunitygardens.com
Eventually, if you subscribe, you will all get an email message that there is a posting on the web page and I won’t be sending these messages through email. See you at the garden! jjh