I hope you're all enjoying a long weekend! Kern and I went to the seed party last Saturday and picked up some seed packets for our gardens, along with great information about fall planting. We are set to pick up our live seedlings this week, and we'll have them available for our planting party next Saturday morning (September 8) in the garden at 10:00 a.m. We will have soil amendments available as well for you to include with your fall plants.
In order to prepare for fall planting, please clear your beds of non-producing plants and compost them. (Remember: no diseased plants in the compost bins.) You can also enrich your soil with organic fertilizer (see earlier post on our recommended fertilizer.) Make sure to remove all grass and get your soil nice and loose for the fall plants. We do have a tiller available in our garden shed if you need it. Also, we'll have youth on hand Sunday evening from 5-7:30 p.m. if you would like youth to help you with manual labor, please join us on Sunday evening to support the group.
Here are the suggested fall plants. (We've ordered a variety of these--and I'll report our total numbers after we pick them up.)
Beets (seed)
Broccoli
Cabbage
Kale
Leaf lettuce (seed)
Mustard greens (seed)
Radishes (seed)
Sugar snap peas
Spinach
Turnips
Cucumber
Cauliflower
Zucchini
Winter squash (spaghetti and acorn squash)
Swiss chard
Carrots
Brussels sprouts
Many thanks to all of you for gardening!
Cheers,
Britta
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