We made good progress on cleaning up the garden and opening up spaces for the pending onions and seed potatoes. Babette tackled the wild overgrown, and rather non-productive tomato vines. Good riddance. A bit of soil amendments and rototillering and we'll be good to go.
Connie brought a truckload of newspapers today. They all got toted into the shed. This is great! We always seem to be in need of newspapers for mulching, never ever having enough. It's a relief to see such a great pile.
Norma stopped by and didn't plan to stay, but guess what? She stayed! It's always nice to have another friend to chat with in the garden. Dick and Judith also stopped by for a brief chat. They didn't stay for lunch since Dick is on a special diet now, but their visit was most welcome.
The garden is hosting a litter of puppies this week, just giving them temporary shelter until they can be moved to Kona for transfer. Boy, are they cute! Missy got tempted to adopt one and took one home to see if Tripawed would accept it. To tell you the truth, I was very tempted to do that myself. Puppies are hard to resist.
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| Puppy meets the garden ducks. |
Speaking of dogs.....we are going to have a farm watchdog. There is a 7 year old dog that needs a home and we could use a dog to ward off intruders. Sometimes in the past people have come snooping around and we just want them to know that this place isn't empty. So today Sue J got a place set up in the backyard for Skipper, the dog. He will have a 50' ground runner going from the avocado tree towards the back of the property. This should give him a comfortable space while keeping him out of volunteers' way.
Back to the garden news.....
The keyhole garden got planted today. Good. Peas around the perimeter which should nicely cascade down the sides, and assorted green stuff in the rest of the bed. Looks nice so far.
Missy arranged a nice assortment of plants for the upcoming church bazaar, plus she made more business cards for the garden. The business cards were real handy at the spring fling.
Keyhole garden #2 received more fill today, including numerous buckets of dirt/sod. Next week it might be ready for the soil cap, but I'm not sure. It all depends what the bed is like when we give it one more tramping down.
Harvest today included pipinola, peppers, tomatoes, kale, and herbs. There's a little broccoli ready but not enough to go around, so we'll save it for lunch next week. Same with the zucchini. The bananas are turning yellow and just about ready to eat. Plenty of eggs this week, with several dozen available for volunteers to purchase.
Lunch:
Steamed beets
Sautéed zucchini
Veggie medley (eggplant, herbs, pipinola, jicama in a sweet oriental sauce)
Kale omelet
Rice and quinoa
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