| We’ve just had a bit of a taste of our coming Summer Heat, with a day reaching 93 degrees, still pleasant enough to keep the doors and windows open during the day and leave more windows open at night than we’ve managed thus far this year. In the garden, the tomatoes are loving the additional warmth and starting to blossom and even set some cherry tomato fruits, and beans and cukes and squashes are sprouting strongly. But the unpleasant intensity of heat will be coming, so make sure your garden soil and plants are well-prepared to thrive and not just survive its onslaught. Preparing the Garden
Loving the Harvests
Note to school and community gardens When you allow plants to mature fully so you can collect the seed, I suggest erecting a sign such as “We’re saving the poppy [or whatever] seeds!” facing the public walkway or street so non-gardener passersby know that all that “trashy dead stuff” remains for a good purpose and is temporary. Otherwise they may complain to their city council person that the garden is neglecting to clean up all its trash and making the neighborhood look bad. For more garden tasks, see May |
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Kara
5/2/2021 06:33:31 pm
The last suggestion for school gardens reminds me of my childhood, when my dad would happily not mow the grass a couple weeks before Easter. He’d put up a cute sign that said “Please excuse the tall grass - the Easter bunny will be here soon!”
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