We watered the garden today. For tips on watering (when and how), check out our most recent newsletter here: Watering Your Vegetable Garden You can sign up to receive all the School & Community Garden Newsletters by clicking here: Click here to sign up to receive the newsletter by email. We also trimmed, fertilized the peppers, installed the new hanging flower pots on the arch, and added mulch where needed to help retain moisture. We …

Welcome to the Garden. As you may have guessed, there was no need to water the garden today – we had 2.5 inches of rain over the last several days. Today for garden maintenance, we trimmed, we sieved compost, we weeded, and we pulled the remaining Brassica in the South East Raised Bed. We harvested: Carrots from the Long Bed middle, some early pole Beans Monte Gusto, Yellow Summer Squash, and Garlic. We planted Bush …

Considering how hot things have been, this was actually a rather comfortable gardening day.  Still, we tended to the ever-important watering task, as not enough rain came yesterday evening. We harvested Carrots (Touchon) from the Gardener's Supply Raised Bed, a couple of early yellow Summer Squashes (49er Hybrid), and some Blueberries and Black Raspberries. We fertilized the tomatoes. We recommended fertilizing once per month, once blossoms appear. We weeded the up- and coming Swiss Chard …

Welcome to the garden. Today everything in the garden was watered thoroughly. With the dry weather and heat, master gardeners will thoroughly water the garden Thursday morning as well. Harvesting this week: We have now harvested all our Brassicas-  Broccoli, Kale, Collards, and Cauliflower – just in time, as the cabbage worms are beginning to make inroads. Today's harvest included two Clementine orange/yellow Cauliflowers, one Purple Moon purple Cauliflower, the rest of the Lacinato Kale, …

Welcome to the Garden.  Today, we maintained the garden by watering, weeding, and trimming. We turned compost and distributed it at the lower (south) end of the Long Bed prior to planting the Swiss Chard (Bright Lights). We harvested Carrots (Rainbow Mix and Touchon), Turnips (Purple Top White Globe), Kale (Lacinato type Black Magic), Collards (Flash), and Lettuce (Black Seeded Simpson). In the last week, we harvested a beautiful purple cauliflower (Purple Moon), a striking …