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• FRIDAY, July 19– posted by Annette and Bernadine
• Cut the rest of the ice plant along the fence. There is a nice path to the orchard. Filled two of the bins.
• Lots of ripe Tomatoes in Rows 3, 4
• Inventory of Refurbishing supplies. Couldn’t find the Granular fertilizer.
  
• THURSDAY, July 18 –  posted by Peggy & Jim 
• Row 8 Tomatoes growing well
• Row 7 Cucumbers look good. 3 lbs harvested.
• Row 6 Tomatoes growing well.
• Row 1, 5 Pepper plants look good, shade cloth in place, 8 lb picked.
• Rows 3 & 4 Tomatoes look good, lots of dead leaves. 34 lb. picked.
• Row 2  New Squash plants, growing well.
• Weeding done in rows 3 & 5. Shed swept out. Counter dusted.
• Green waste cans on the curb for pickup.

Wednesday, July 17-Estela, Kerry and Chris

Cut the ice plants in front of garden 1 to create a walking path to the orchard. Placed
cut plants in green bin.(Filled up the green can).We are only half done the area.
Checked all the traps, Bunny, gopher and rats. Nothing found.
All the plants are doing very well.

TUESDAY, JULY 16 – Tony, Leslie & James

Replaced row 2 watering tape and planted zucchini. Watered heavily and applied Sluggo+

Chopped compost bin 1. Wiped down furniture. Checked all rows; everything is looking good

MONDAY, JULY 15 – Cyndi, Heidi and Marion

Harvest: Peppers- 9 lbs. Cucumbers- 1.5 lbs. Tomatoes- 59 lbs. Orchard: Apples- 57 lbs. Row 1 peppers- found 3 new mounds, found tunnels and set 3 gopher traps on SE side. Rabbit trap by row 7 was still intact. Roy left a new water tape for row 2 and squash to plant. Put the plants on the table under the tree to shade them from the heat. All the rows look good. Not much to harvest from the cucumbers. Cleaned up fallen apples.

SUNDAY, JULY 14-posted by Lori and Julia
Julia broke off and cut those big roots between rows 1-2. I set a rabbit trap at the end of the row 7 cukes. Contact Roy if we catch anything. (If/when you see a rabbit inside the garden, let me know approx where you saw it.) We had gopher mounds in row 2 peppers but I couldn’t find a tunnel so I didn’t set a trap. If you see more and aren’t sure how to set a trap, ask another volunteer or Roy for help.
Note: If you haven’t seen it yet, take a look at the garden 2 scarecrow. She’s adorable.
Mon: Harvest. Wow…63 lbs of apples last week! (That’s a lot of apples.) We picked up apples that had fallen on the ground. Good ones are in the plastic container on the round table for Mon donation. (Eaten ones went into compost.)
Tues: plant zucchinis in row 2,. (Roy is supposed to get us a new watering tape to replace the one there now. It has too many breaks in it. I’m emailing him a reminder.)
Wed and Fri: trim ice plant in front of front fence to clear the path to the orchard. Put trimmings in the green waste container, not in the compost bins. (There’s a lot of ice plant; it’s fine to do half on Wed and the other half on Fri.)
Thurs: harvest.
Sun: usual chores.

FRIDAY, July 12– posted by Annette and Bernadine

Refurbished Row 2. Hit several very long roots as we were digging. We were not able to cut them out, so left them exposed. They can be cut out with a saw or heavy clippers. We could not find anything to use today.

• THURSDAY, July 11 –  posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda
• Row 8 Tomatoes growing well
• Row 7 Cucumbers look good. 3 lbs harvested.
• Row 6 Tomatoes growing well.
• Row 1, 5 Pepper plants look good, fruit & flower. 8 lb picked.
• Rows 3 & 4 tomatoes, look good. Lots of flowers & fruit.31 lb. picked
• Row 2  irrigation tape with 3 to 4 repairs.
•  Green waste cans on the curb for pickup.

Wednesday, July 10- Estela, Kerry and Chris

We pulled out all the bean plants and roots and place them in the green container. Turn off the water in the row. Took out the landscape staples and the place the tape on the side. Saved a handful of green beans and placed them on a paper towel in the white container on the counter.
We weeded the garden and most of the orchard.
The bunny is still in the garden!
Took out some tomatoes plants dead leaves and secure some of the plants in the stings.
There are a lot pepper and tomatoes to be harvested tomorrow.

Wednesday, June 26- Estela, Kerry and Chris

Fertilized rows 1&5 peppers, side dressed and watered both rows.
A lots bush beans and pepper can be harvested tomorrow.
There is 2 leaks on row 7; (marked them with 2 popsicle sticks.)
Tucked in some tomatoes plants between the strings.
The bunny trap is empty. Didn’t see the bunny in the garden. When we pulled the hose to water, the hose bump the trap and closed it. Not able to reset the trap. Emailed to Lori, she replied that she will take care to reset it.
Pulled out some weeds in the garden.

TUESDAY, June 25 –  Leslie, James & Eric
Fertilized row 3 tomatoes and watered in.
Chopped compost bin 1.
Roy had us reset the live trap today after catching a bunny earlier. Set it up at the end of the beans row with a couple apples and bean leaves inside.
Checked all rows. Row 5 peppers and row 7 seem a little wilted, possibly because of the heat?

Mon June 24, NOTE FROM LORI: Rabbits in the orchard are not a problem; they don’t hurt the trees. Rabbits inside the vegetable garden are not good; they eat the leaves of the vegetables we’re growing. I brought my live-capture trap to the garden at 7:30 this morning. It’s near the bean plants. If you see a rabbit in the trap, please contact Roy or me. Also, keep in mind that Roy starts work early. (Farmer’s hours.) He and his employee Genaro were already repairing 2 big water leaks in garden 1 when I arrived this morning. We don’t need to buy repair couplers. Once we pull out the old watering tapes (because many of our rows need new ones) we’ll have couplers. I’ll ask Roy for a few more in the meantime.

MONDAY, JUNE 24– Cyndi, Heidi and Marion

Harvest: Zucchini 1.5 lbs, Green Peppers- 7.5 lbs., Beans- 15.5 lbs. From the Orchard– Apples- 12.5 lbs. Chased the Rabbit around to get him out of the garden. Did not see Roy to repair water tape in Row 5. I did add the 2-end couplers to the supply list.

SUNDAY, JUNE 23-posted by Lori with Julia
*Added string to row 1 peppers and added to Biostack.
*Huge leak this morning in row 5 peppers. It’s marked with wooden stake. I emailed Roy for help; couldn’t find any repair couplers. Water to row is off. Be sure to turn it back one once tape is repaired.
*Update: I’m planning to bring the rabbit trap and bait to the garden on Mon a.m. on my way to work. If we catch the rabbit, please let me or Roy know. Thanks.
Mon: harvest
Tues: fertilize row 3 tomatoes (side dress with granular)
Wed: fertilize row 1 and row 5 peppers (side dress with granular)
Thurs: harvest all edible zucchinis from row 8; remove all plants in row 8
Fri: fertilize 4 tomatoes (side dress with granular)
Sun: refurb row 8

FRIDAY, June 21– posted by Annette and Bernadine

Added more string to Row 4 Tomatoes. Trimmed dead leaves from the bottom of the plants.

Lots of Beans ready to pick. Bell Peppers are getting big.

A small bunny was seen eating leaves from the Bean plants.

Trimmed outside the garden.

THURSDAY, June 20 –  posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda
Row 8 & Row 6 Zucchini plants have yellowish leaves. 3 lb picked.
Row 7 Cucumbers look good. Plants starting to vine.
Row 5 Pepper plants look good, fruit & flower, 3 picked.
Row 4 tomatoes, look good. Lots of flowers and fruit.
Row 3 tomatoes look good, lots of flowers and fruit.
Row 2 new bean plants many flowers seen, 2 lb picked.
Row 1 pepper plants growing well, starting to flower. 2 picked.
Put green waste cans on the curb for pickup.

Wednesday, June 19-Kerry and Chris

We put another row of string on Row 3 tomatoes, tucked in some plants in the strings and removed a lot of dead leaves from the plants. some tomatoes on the plants.
Checked all the rows, everything is doing good.
Checked the gopher trap , nothing in there. All the soil on top does not show any activities.
There is still a small bunny in the garden, not able to chase him out .
Did not see any leak on row 4, but the area is wet between rows 3&4.

TUESDAY, JUNE 18– Leslie and James
We pulled out about 5 plants from row 8. The whole row looks pretty sad. Placed the leaves in the compost and stalks into the green trash.

Chopped and turned compost bin 1.

Cleaned off table and chairs.
Saw 2 bunnies in the orchard but not in the garden. Row 4 tomatoes seemed extra wet down the whole row, but didn’t have time to check for a leak.

MONDAY, JUNE 17- Cyndi and Heidi

Harvest: Zucchini- 11lbs. Peppers- 2.5 lbs. Beans- 1/4 lb. Kale- 1/2 lb.(donated by Heidi) Repaired leaks in Rows 2, 3 and 4. Added dirt to washed out areas. Water turned back on to Row 2. Row 5 had a pinhole leak, just turned the tape so it sprayed into the ground. I did marked it with a stake. Row 4- added more twine to support Tomatoes. Did not see the Rabbit anywhere today. Ran out of time to check the gopher traps.

SUNDAY, JUNE 16-posted by Lori with Julia
*Turned and added to Biostack.
*Tried unsuccessfully to fix a leak in the row 2 (beans) watering tape. Turned off water to that row and marked the spot with bamboo and wooden stake. I’ve asked Roy if he could help with this on Mon. Once it’s fixed, please make sure water is turned back on. *Critters: Set gopher trap in row 2. Saw the bunny in the orchard, but not inside the garden today. If you see it in the garden again, let me know and I’ll bring my live-capture trap.
Note: If you noticed that some of our tomato plants are a lot bigger than usual, you’re right. Roy confirmed today that his seed supplier mixed up the seeds. The big tomato plants are an indeterminate variety (which we normally don’t grow at the garden). The tomatoes will still be tasty, but the plants will be a little thick and unwieldy. We can add more string for support wherever needed. If they get too tall, we’ll start pinching them back at the top. At the moment, I think they’re ok. But when they get too tall, we’ll ask Roy to show us how to pinch them back.
Mon: harvest; plz check gopher trap (marked with short bamboo stake).
Tues: pull out the zucchini plants in row 8 that are clearly done. (I think there might be 3 or so near the pepper tree end.)
Wed: add string to one of the tomato rows.
Thurs: harvest.
Fri: add string to the other tomato row.
Sun: add string to row 1 peppers.

FRIDAY, June 14– posted by Annette and Bernadine

Added string to Row 5 Pepper
. They are growing well with lots of blossoms. Also side- dressed and added Granular Fertilizer to the row. Watered the fertilizer in. The ends of the row were fairly dry.

Trimmed, raked, and watered outside the garden.

Saw a rabbit in Row 2, and a rabbit in the orchard.

Full inventory done.

THURSDAY, June 13 – posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda

Row 1, small fruits, flowers, plants growing well.
Row 2, lots of flowers, rabbit eating leaves shooed away.
Row 3, tomatoes, yellow leaves, small fruit.
Row 4, tomatoes growing well.lots of small fruit.
Row 5 peppers, small fruits, harvest next week.
Row 6 cucumbers, watered for 5-10 minuets.
Row 7 and Row 8 zucchini have some flowers. 27 lb. harvest.
Trash placed on the street for pickup.

Wednesday, June 12-Estela, Kerry and Chris

Fertilize(Side dress) row 1 peppers.
Check gopher holes and one rat trap. Nothing found.
One small bunny came in the yard, when it went the opening (by the apple tree) We zipped tied the opening and put couple big rocks in between the fence material.
All plants are growing very well!
Tucked in some tomatoes plants and remove some dead leaves.

MONDAY, JUNE 10 – Cyndi, Heidi and Marion.

HARVEST: Zucchini- 35 lbs. Row 1- drip tape replaced, added more compost to washed out area. Roy came by to put a gopher bomb between rows 1-2 on east side. Row 3- added more twine to the tomatoes. Row 7- Roy repaired leak. He is trying to find if there another between Rows 3-4. There was a rabbit running around inside the garden. We got him out and think he came in by the orchard thru holes by Row 8. Filled in the holes to see if this helps.

SUNDAY, JUNE 9-posted by Lori
*I pulled out all of the gopher traps. No gophers on any of them. If you see gopher mounds (and can find the tunnels), set traps or ask other gardens or Roy for help.
*Several watering tape leaks: One in row 7. I couldn’t get the repair coupler to hold, so I turned off the water and hand watered the row. Also asked Roy if he could help with this on Monday. <Make sure water gets turned back on once repaired.>
*Roy said he’d get us the new watering tape for row 1 (maybe on Mon?). We might also have a big leak in row 2, but hard to tell when it’s not watering (and the bean plants are big, so it’s hard to see). I left Roy a message about this too.
*Anyone can add string to tomatoes when they need more support. Can also pull weeds.
Mon and Thurs harvests: Lots of very large zucchinis this morning. Because they grow so fast this time of year, I’d err on the side harvesting if you’re looking at moderate size zucchinis.
Tues: no volunteers today
Wed: fertilize row 1 peppers (side dress with granular and water it in); I meant to do that today but spent my morning trying to fix the leaking watering tape.
Fri: add first layer of string to whichever pepper row has the biggest plants.
Sun: add string to other pepper row, if needed.

FRIDAY, June 7 – posted by Bernadine

Row 5 Peppers were fertilized.

Removed white clothe from cucumbers in Row 7.

THURSDAY, June 6 – posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda
Row 8 & Row 6 Summer Squash plants look good,
19 lb harvested. Leaves are yellowing in both rows.
Row 7 Cucumbers look good. Row cover inplace.
Row 5 Pepper plants look good, starting to set fruit & flower.
Row 4 tomatoes, look good. Side dressed with granular fertilizer.
Row 3 tomatoes look good, lots of flowers and small fruit.
Row 2 new bean plants growing well, a few flowers seen.
Row 1 pepper plants growing well, starting to flower.
Put green waste cans on the curb for pickup.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 – Kerry, Chris & V
Fertilized row 3, checked traps, cleaned

TUESDAY, JUNE 4 – Leslie

Fertilized row 6 zucchinis

Chopped & turned compost bin 1.

Wiped down furniture

MONDAY, JUNE 3 – Cyndi, Heidi and Marion Harvest: Zucchini- 11.5 lbs. Row 3- Added twine to 3 areas where the tomatoes were getting tall and bending. Row 8- Side-dress the zucchini with granular, watered in. Also added two gopher traps were there were holes. All the other traps were untouched. All the rows looked good.

SUNDAY, JUNE 2-posted by Lori with Julia
*Turned and added to Biostack.
*In row 7 (cucumbers): Set 1 rat trap (marked with short wooden stake) and 1 gopher trap (marked with short bamboo stake). If you think we need to set more traps–for rats or gophers–and you’re not sure how to do it, can ask other gardens or Roy for help. Also replaced 1 eaten cuke plant. Left the white row cloth on the cukes for now. Remove once daytime temps reach high 70s.
*If you think the tomatoes need more string, go ahead and add it. I think peppers can wait another week, but ok to add string if you think it needs to be done sooner.
Mon: harvest; check traps; fertilize row 8 zucchinis (side-dress with granular).
Tues: fertilize row 6 zucchinis(side-dress with granular).
Wed: fertilize row 3 tomatoes (side-dress with granular).
Thurs: harvest; fertilize row 4 tomatoes (side-dress with granular).
Fri: fertilize row 5 peppers (side-dress with granular).
Sun: fertilize row 1 peppers (side-dress with granular).

FRIDAY, May 31-posted by Annette and Bernadine

Planted Cucumbers in Row 7. Sprinkled Sluggo around plants, covered with the white shade cloth.

Roy suggested putting out Rat traps, but we didn’t feel comfortable setting them.

Pulled out some of the dead Natursiums.

THURSDAY, May 30 – posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda
Row 8 & Row 6 Summer Squash plants look good,
15 lb harvested. 
Row 5 Pepper plants look good, starting to flower.
Row 4 tomatoes, look good starting to flower.
Row 3 tomatoes look good, lots of flowers and small fruit.
Row 2 new bean plants growing well, no flowers seen.
Row 1 pepper plants growing well, starting to flower.
Edco 1 day delay on trash pickup. Memo to Friday team; Please put Waste Cans
on the curb if needed.F

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 – Kerry, Chris & Estela
Row 4 – added another layer of string
Rows 7-8 had gopher holes and need traps but we didn’t know how to set them, can someone set them tomorrow please
Row 4 – pruned tomatoes. Lots of flowers and saw one little tomato
Weeded throughout. Everything looks great!

TUESDAY, MAY 28 – Tony & Leslie

Chopped & turned compost bin 1

Row 1 watering tape needed to be replaced but Roy only had enough to replace half of the row. The other half will be replaced when Roy obtains more tape

Added another level of string to row 3 tomatoes

Wiped down furniture

MONDAY, MAY 27 – Cyndi and Heidi

Harvest: Zucchini 4.5 lbs. Repaired a leak in Row 1 that caused damage to Rows 3 & 4 tomatoes. Replaced the dirt washed away around the tomato plants. Dug around the holes at the end of Rows 7-8 for gophers. Could not find a tunnel.

SUNDAY, MAY 26-posted by Lori with Julia
Refurbished row 7. (I left a few of the remaining roots with nematodes on the lid of the little metal can inside the fence near the gate for Roy to see.) All rows looks good.
OH…I think there might be a gopher along the fence near rows 7-8. I was going to dig into some of the holes to find a tunnel and set a trap…but I forgot to do that. If you see gopher mounds and holes, feel free to do that.
Mon: harvest (if you’re there on Memorial Day).
Tues: add next layer of string to row 3 tomatoes.
Wed: add next layer of string to row 4 tomatoes.
Thurs: harvest.
Fri: plant cucumbers in row 7. Roy will bring them down to the garden. He might treat again with beneficial nematodes.
Sun: usual garden chores.

FRIDAY, May 24-posted by Annette and Bernadine

Added twine to Row 4 Tomatoes.

Checked all rows. Everything is growing well

THURSDAY, May 23 – posted by Peggy, Jim & Mike
Row 8 & Row 6 Summer Squash plants look good,
19 lb harvested. 
Row 5 Pepper plants look good.
Row 4 tomatoes, look good starting to flower.
Row 3 tomatoes look good, lots of flowers
Row 2 new bean plants growing robustly.
Row 1 pepper plants growing well. 
Nasturtium plants trimmed. Garden path swept.
Waste Can placed on the curb.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 – Chris, Kerry & V
Added another layer of string on row 3, weeded, cleaned counter. Everything looks beautiful.

TUESDAY, MAY 21 – Tony

Checked all rows – all is well

Chopped & turned compost bins 1 & 2. Turned & added to biostack.

Wiped down furniture

MONDAY, MAY 20 – Cyndi and Heidi. Harvest: Swiss chard- 5 lbs. Zucchini – 5 lbs. (Took a few large Zucchinis) Removed all the chard plants. Almost all the plants had root knot nematodes. Weeded, raked and swept

SUNDAY, MAY 19-posted by Lori with Julia
Roy stopped by to finish pruning the row 4 tomatoes that he did with Tony on Tues and to look at how we pruned the row 3 tomatoes last Sunday.
*He explained the reason for 1st pruning (removing branches 2 hands below first flowers): It provides airflow to the plants but also results in bigger tomatoes. So row 4 will probably have bigger (but fewer) tomatoes; row 3 will probably have smaller (but more) tomatoes. Since plants in both rows look healthy, we’ll leave both as is. No more pruning needed (except occasionally to aid airflow).*
We added wooden stakes to row 1 peppers. Added green waste to Biostack. Added new string to one part of row 4, where it was cut.
Mon: chard has started to bolt. Harvest all edible chard and (if you have time) remove all plants and roots. (It looks like most zucchinis can wait until Thurs?)
Tues: shift contents of Biostack and add to it. (I’ll send you an email to explain.)
Wed: add another layer of string to help support row 3 tomatoes.
Thurs: harvest zucchinis.
Fri: add another layer of string to help support row 4 tomatoes.
Sun: refurb row 7.

FRIDAY, May 17– posted by Annette and Bernadine

Added wooden stakes to Row 5. As the Pepper plants get larger, twine can be added.

Everything is growing well. Did some weeding and trimming.

THURSDAY, May 16 – posted by Peggy, Cheri, Jim & Linda 

Row 8 & Row 6 Summer Squash plants look good,
19 lb harvested. Plants pruned as needed.
Discarded leaves placed in compost bin.
Row 7 Swiss Chard, growing well. No harvest.
Row 5 Pepper plants look good.
Row 4 tomatoes, look good, second row of string applied.
Row 3 tomatoes look good. 
Row 2 new bean plants, some insect damage.
Row 1 pepper plants growing well. 
Waste Cans placed on the curb.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 – Estela, Chris & V
Added another layer of string on row 3. Everything looks good, row 6 zucchini are abundant. Cleaned leaves, wiped counter.

TUESDAY, MAY 14 – Tony

Roy assisted with pruning of row 4 tomatoes and said that remainder of row was not flowering enough. He suggested waiting about a week to prune remainder of row.

Chopped and turned compost bin 1

Wiped down furniture

MONDAY, MAY 13- Cyndi, Heidi and Marion Harvest: Zucchini 16 lbs. (Donated by Heidi) Kale 1 lb. Rosemary 2 1/2 lbs.

Sprinkled Diatomaceous earth around Row 2 beans and Row 5 peppers. Pruned some of the zucchini leaves. Weeded. Thinned out the apple trees.

SUNDAY, MAY 12-posted by Lori with Julia
*Checked all rows; all plants look good.
*We did first pruning of row 3 tomatoes. We waited too long; should have done it a couple wks ago. My bad. The plants already have huge branches (heavy with buds or flowers) growing out of the base of the plants so rather than take off all of those branches (the way Roy has shown us in the past) we took off mostly nonproductive branches lower down + a few big branches that were lying on the ground and could not be raised up. We thought this would at least give the plants some airflow. Also added some greens to the Biostack.
Harvest teams: maybe give chard a week to grow & then harvest it again next week? We’ll be taking the chard out in about 3 wks.
Mon: harvest zucchinis; sprinkle DE (diatomaceous earth–in lower cabinet of workbench) on the soil around the plants in row 2 beans and row 5 peppers. If it’s not worms or slugs chewing on leaves, DE might help keep other bugs off the plants.
Tues: Do first pruning of row 4 tomatoes. See notes above. You might have to do something similar. Contact Roy if you have questions. It took Julia and me a couple hours to do 1 row. If you can only do half the row, it’s fine…but let me know, ok?
Wed: Add next layer of string to support row 3 tomatoes. Use plasticized string (in workbench cabinet).
Thurs: harvest zucchinis; add next layer of string to row 4 tomatoes. Use plasticized string (in workbench cabinet).
Fri and Sun: pound in wooden stakes for pepper rows. (Fri row 5; Sun row 1) The stakes are under the watering cans and also in the pile of metal posts. Look for ones that still have pointed tips. They go directly across from ea other but I can’t remember how many plants go in-between. I’ve emailed Roy to check. Will email you the info. (If you have rubber mallet, you might want to bring that. If not, you can use a hammer on another piece of wood placed over the top of the stake.)

FRIDAY, May 10- posted by Annette and Bernadine

Checked all rows. Tomatoes are growing well. Next week they should be tall enough for the second row of string.

Trimmed the Nastursiums growing along the fence and entry way.

Did a complete inventory and we are in good shape with supplies.

Lots of volunteers here today working on the new storage sheds

THURSDAY, May 9 – posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda 
Row 8 & Row 6 Zuke plants look good, pruned. 29 lb harvested.
Row 7 Swiss Chard, growing well. 6 lb. picked. 
Row 5 Pepper plants look good.
Rows 3 & 4 tomatoes, look good. Lots of flower buds.
Row 2 new bean plants, some insect damage. Sluggo and water applied.
Row 1 pepper plants growing well. 
Keep an eye out for water leaks on the ends of Rows; 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 dirt looks muddy.
Waste Cans placed on the curb.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 – Estela, Chris, Kerry & V
Row 6 zucchini fertilized and watered in. Lots more can be harvested from that row. Suggestion for the orchard – some apple trees could be thinned out, they have lots of fruit. V’s daughter joined to paint the garden sign.

TUESDAY, MAY 7 – Tony

Row 8 zucchini side-dressed with granular fertilizer and watered in. Also watered row 2 beans, which have all have sprouted. All rows looking good!

Chopped compost bin 1. Cleaned furniture

MONDAY, MAY 6- Cyndi and Marion

Harvest: Zucchini- 33.5 lbs. All rows looked good. Pruned bottom leaves of zucchini. Put white row cover away. Roy dropped off a spool of white string for the tomatoes, put it with the other string in the cabinet.

SUNDAY, MAY 5-posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows; did some weeding; removed 2 row covers; added garden green waste to the Biostack. Decided to wait another week on adding the wooden stakes to the pepper rows.
FYI: We now have granular fertilizer (thank you, Rain). We also have a new load of Miramar compost (thank you, Paul–and Bernadine for helping unload).
Mon: Harvest. (I spotted a giant zucchini in row 8 on Sun. I cut it off and put it in the plastic box on the table under the pepper tree. Please add it to garden 1 harvest.) If you have a chance, plz put away the white row cloth drying on the fence.
Tues: Fertilize row 8 zucchinis, side dressing with granular fertilizer, and water it in. Also give bean row light spray of water to keep topsoil moist. Some of the beans are already coming up; this will help the others.
Wed: Fertilize row 6 zucchinis, side dressing with granular fertilizer, and water it in.
Thurs: Harvest. Also give bean row light spray of water to keep topsoil moist. Some of the beans are already coming up; this will help the others.
Fri: Check tomato rows to see if they need next layer of string. Use plasticized string for next layers.
Sun: Check tomatoes for flowers; do first pruning if ready.

FRIDAY, May 3– posted by Annette and Bernadine

Put the first row of string on the Tomatoes in row 3. They are growing well with flowers starting. We are getting low on the string used for the first row,but have lots of the other nylon string.

We still need Granular fertilizer.

THURSDAY, May 2 – posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda 
Row 8 Summer Squash plants look good. 67 lb harvested.
Row 7 Swiss Chard, growing well. 5 lb. picked. 
Granular fertilizer applied and watered.
Row 6 Zucchini, plants look good. Lots of fruit, added to Row 8.
Row 5 Pepper plants  look good.
Row 4 tomatoes, look good, 
Row 3 tomatoes looks good. 
Row 1 plants growing well. Row cover in place.
Roy here to help resupply boxes.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 – Chris, Kerry & V
Row 4 – added first layer of string and straightened the plants. Peppers look great in row 1. Zucchini on rows 6 & 8 are thriving.

TUESDAY, APRIL 30 – Tony & Leslie

Pounded in metal posts in tomato rows 3 & 4

Leaks – repaired a coupler leak in row 4. Row 1 is very wet but Roy has repaired the leak there

Chopped & turned compost bin 1

Weeded. Wiped down furniture

Monday, April 29- Heidi

Harvest:
Zucchini 13 1/2 lbs
Kale 2 1/2 lbs
Rosemary 2 lbs
Kale and Rosemary donated by Heidi
planted beans in row 2, watered in.

SUNDAY, APRIL 28-posted by Lori with Julia
Added more green waste to Biostack for new batch of compost. Checked all rows. Put away 2 of the row cloths. Still have them on the peppers for now. Weeded. We were going to put bean seeds in the ground in row 2 today, but I forgot to ask Roy for the bean seeds.
Mon: I’ve emailed Roy about the bean seeds. He should bring them down for you.
In row 2: Put seeds on both sides of the watering tape, close to the tape, 1/4″-1/2″ deep, one seed in each hole with holes 3″-4″ apart. Lightly water them in. No Sluggo needed until plants are showing.
Tues: I’ve asked Roy to bring the post pounder down. Please put green metal posts in both tomato rows (3 & 4). If you only have time to do 1 row, I’d do row 4 because those plants are already leaning. Posts should go after every 2 tomato plants. If we have an uneven # of plants, you can adjust. See garden 2 for example.
Wed: Add first layer of string to row 4 tomatoes. The plants aren’t that tall yet but many of them are already leaning way over. Gently straighten them so that the string gives them some support to stay more upright. First layer of string should be regular string/twine, not the plasticized type. If you’re not sure how to do this, see if the other garden’s volunteers can help. You’ll see an example in garden 2. If still not sure, don’t worry about it. It’s ok to leave it for another day. (Unfortunately, Roy doesnt work on Weds so can’t ask him for help.)
Thurs: harvest. Please confer with other harvest teams and let Jane know when we’ll be ready for added Monday harvests.
Fri: add first level of string to the other row of tomatoes. See Wed for details.
Sun: start adding wooden posts for bell peppers.

FRIDAY, APRIL 26 – Bernadine

All rows looked good.

Row 2 I refurbished. In the compost mixture, there were a lot of roots. I attempted to break it up, but it still needs working on as it is packed against the logs. I noted in the “Supplies Needed section” that we need to pick up some “Refurbishing Fertilizer” Please.

THURSDAY, April 25-posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda 

Row 8 Summer Squash plants look good. 47 lb harvested.
Bottom leaves pruned as needed.
Row 7 Swiss Chard, growing well. 9.5 lb. picked. 
Row 6 Zucchini, plants look good. Lots of fruits & flowers.
Row 5 Pepper plants  look good. Row cover in place.
Row 4 tomatoes, look good, row cover in place.
Row 3 tomatoes looks good. Row cover in place.
Row 2 Cauliflower plants removed. 11 lb. harvested.
Row 1 plants growing well. Row cover in place.
Lori here, donated 1 lb. oregano and 8 lb.s of zucchini.
Collard greens 3 lb.s donated from Troester home garden.
Green waste can  placed on curb for pickup. One can is missing.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 – Estela, Chris & V
Cleaned leaves, weeded, cleaned counter. We noticed that the zucchini on row 8 are big and ready to be harvested.

TUESDAY, APRIL 23 – Tony & Leslie

Planted peppers in row 1, watered in, applied Sluggo+ and covered with white row cloth. All other rows inspected and looking good.

Chopped & turned compost bin 1

Wiped down furniture

MONDAY, APRIL 22- Cyndi and Heidi

Refurbished Row 1, place water tape and turned on water. Several bags of the refurbishing amendments are being placed in each garden until the composting area is refurbished. The chicken manure and worm castings bags are in the corner by row 1. That should be helpful when refurbishing Row 2.

SUNDAY, APRIL 21-posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows; added to Biostack.
Mon: refurbish row 1 and turn water back on.
Tues: plant peppers in row 1. Same pattern as row 5.
Wed: usual garden chores.
Thurs: harvest all cauliflowers in row 2; remove plants and roots.
Fri: refurbish row 2.
Sun: put bean seeds in the ground in row 2.

THURSDAY, April 18 –posted by Peggy, Jim, Linda & Mike
Row 8 Summer Squash plants look good, 16 lb harvested.
Row 7 Swiss Chard, growing well, 9 lb. picked. 
Granular fertilizer and water applied.
Row 6 Zucchini, new plants look good. Row cover removed.
Row 5 Pepper plants  look good. Row cover in place.
Row 4 tomatoes, look good, row cover in place.
Row 3 tomatoes looks good. Row cover in place.
Row 2 Cauliflower growing well. 30 lb. harvested.
Row 1 Broccoli plants, 16 lb picked.
Green waste placed on curb for pickup.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 – Estela, Chris, Kerry & V
Removed harvested plants from row 1 & 2. Weeded, cleaned counter. Everything looks good.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16 – Tony

Chopped compost bin 1. Moved all green contents from bin 1 to biostack, along with some brown contents from bin 2, and covered with brown leaves

Checked all rows. Everything is looking beautiful

Wiped down furniture; “Farmers Market” is back!

MONDAY, APRIL 15- Cyndi, Heidi and Marion

Cleaned out the tool shed and reorganized. Placed all the Sluggo, FE, BT, Safer soap and other liquid plant and pest control stuff on the top shelf. The scales are now in the workbench upper cabinet, the rat /mice traps are in the container labeled “traps” in lower cabinet. Twine and other string is together is upper cabinet. The lower right cabinet only has misc. Locked both sheds. Cleaned up yellow lower leaves on row 1 and 2. All rows looked good.

SUNDAY, APRIL 14-posted by Lori with Julia
*Planted peppers in row 5, lightly sprinkled with Sluggo+ and covered. Checked all rows; plants look good.
*We found another white row cloth we could use. There’s one more long one that’s usable (even though it has some holes). We also have a few short pieces that could be combined, if needed. I pulled the last piece off the roll, but it’s not enough for a whole row. I’m checking on ordering more. But remember that as it gets warmer, we’ll be switching to black row cloth. So we might be able to get by with what we have for now.
*Some of our recently purchased supplies (FE, for example) seem to have disappeared. So we’re going to move them into the locked tool cabinet. Traps, scales for weighing produce, twine, etc will be moved into the workbench cupboards.
Mon: please clean off the shelf in the locked tool cabinet and move all or most of what’s there to the workbench cupboards. These are things that cost less and/or would be less appealing to a thief (if that’s what’s happening). Toss anything that’s broken or has no use in the garden. New bottles of FE, Sluggo, and Sluggo+ are in the box cabinet (now locked). Combination is the same as for the tool cabinet. Please move those supplies and others (like Bt; insecticidal soap; etc) from the workbench cupboards to the tool cabinet shelf. Let me know if it doesnt all fit. We’ll try this for now. If we have to make another change, we will. (And I’ll bring a new sign letting people know where those supplies are.) Thanks!
Tues: If you could help with the Biostack this week, that would be great. Please shovel some of the green waste from bins #1 and #2 into the Biostack. It can all be layered right on top of what’s already there, along with some dry leaves (see black plastic bag in the square wooden box). Thanks.
Wed: Please remove already harvested cauliflower and broccoli plants from row 1 and 2.
Thurs: You might be able to harvest all of the broccoli in row 1? There are also several cauliflowers ready to harvest in row 2. Maybe more zucchinis from row 8. And chard is still going strong. (If the lock is still on the box cabinet, the combination is the same as for the tool cabinet.)
Fri: Please pull out any other broccoli and cauliflower plants that were harvested on Thurs.
Sun: usual garden chores.

FRIDAY, April 12– posted by Annette and Bernadine

Planted Tomatoes in Row 4, added Sluggo plus, and covered the row with white cloth.

Some of the white row covers are full of rips. We found one that was in good shape, but we should probably order more cloth if we are going to be using it this spring.

Thursday 4/11- posted by Jill with Linda & gardens 2 & 3
Added by Lori (with info from Diana):
zucchini 12 lbs.
cauliflower 14 lbs
broccoli 15.5 lbs
chard 7 lbs

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 – Kerry, Chris & V
Refurbished row 5. Row 1 can be harvested. Cleaned leaves.

TUESDAY, APRIL 9 – Tony

Chopped & turned compost bin 1

Removed metal stakes and refurbished row 4

MONDAY, APRIL 8 – Cyndi and Heidi

Applied beneficial nematodes to Rows 1, 2, 4 and 5 and then watered it in. Cleaned up each row of yellow or eaten leaves. Removed several snails from the ground and fence.

SUNDAY, APRIL 7-posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows; plants look good. Strained and moved Biostack compost to Miramar compost pile.
Mon: Apply beneficial nematodes to rows 1, 2 ,4, & 5. I’ll leave the pkg on the workbench Mon morning. Directions are on the pkg, but you can also check with Roy if you haven’t done this before. I think he usually mixes pkg with 1 big bucket of water, stirs it, and lets it sit for about 15 min before pouring the water into the soil of the 4 rows. Just try to eyeball it so you apply to all 4 rows. Won’t hurt the plants if it gets on them, but aim for the soil. Once that’s done, fill the bucket again with water and pour onto the 4 rows to water it in.
Tues: Refurbish row 4, leaving the metal posts in place since we’ll be planting tomatoes in that row later in the week. Put watering tape back in place and turn water on.
Wed: Refurbish row 5. Put watering tape back in place and turn water on.
Thurs: Harvest.
Fri: Plant tomatoes in row 4; lightly sprinkle with Sluggo+ and cover with white row cloth.
Sun: Plant peppers or cukes in Row 5; lightly sprinkle with Sluggo+ and cover with white row cloth.

FRIDAY, April 5– posted by Annette and Bernadine

Removed the rest of the Snow Peas between the rain drops. Put in the green waste bin. It is now full.

Noticed that the black trash can was full and emptied it into one of the bins on the street. They had already been emptied. Try and do this on Thursday.

Did a full Inventory today.

Thursday April 4– posted by Jill with Linda, Cheri, Tess & Pat

harvested:

Cauliflower 15
Cabbage 17
Peas- 1.5
Broccoli- 1.5
Chard- 4 lb
Row 5 harvested & pulled all cauliflower/cabbage plants per Roy. Water turned off. Row ready to be refurbished and planted next week.
picked all edible snow peas. Plants ready to be pulled.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 – Estela, Chris, Kerry & V
Everything looks good, cleaned leaves, weeded and cleaned counter.

TUESDAY, APRIL 2 – Tony & Leslie

Chopped & tossed compost bin 1. Moved soil from bin 2 to bin 3. Moved some of the contents from bin 1 to bin 2

Side-dressed row 8 zucchini with granular fertilizer and watered in

Checked all rows. Weeded.

MONDAY, APRIL 1- Heidi and Marion

Checked each row. No bug or gopher activity. Pruned and cleaned up plants. Weeded.

SUNDAY, MARCH 31-posted by Lori
Rained out. Muddied out. But I stopped by to see where things are at. The plants look good. (I turned the biggest wheelbarrow on its side because it keeps falling over.)
Mon: usual garden chores.
Tues: fertilize row 8 zucchinis. (Lots of little zucchinis growing!) Side-dress with granular and water it in.
Wed: usual garden chores.
Thurs: pick all edible snow peas. (We’ll be taking the rest of the plants out.)
Fri: remove remaining pea plants.
Sun: try to pull out posts.

FRIDAY, March 29– posted by Annette and Bernadine

Pulled out Snow Peas from the end of Row 4, along with plants that were dead on the row. Put them in the green waste bin.

Trimmed ice plant that was growing near the fence to clear the path to the orchard and trimmed in the front to clean up some of the weeds that were taking over. The succulents around the garden are blooming and look very nice from all the rain.

THURSDAY, March 28 –posted by Peggy, Jim, Linda & Jill
Row 8 Summer Squash plants look good. Lots of blooms.
Small fruits with insect damage.
Row 7 Swiss Chard, growing well. 14 lb. picked.
Row 6 Zucchini, new plants look good.
Row 5 Cauliflower & Cabbage plants look good. 14 lb harvested.
Row 4 Peas flowering, lots of pea pods. 10 lb picked. Removed all
peas from orchard side.
Row 3 New tomato plants look good. Row cover intact.
Row 2 Cauliflower growing well. 3 lb. harvested.
Row 1 Broccoli plants with 1 ½ in heads. Granular Fertilizer applied.
Row cover removed, left on fence to dry.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 – Estela & Kerry
Planted tomatoes row 3, put down Sluggo and covered with white cloth. Pruned row 1 and replaced cloth. That cloth is on its last leg, lots of rips and holes. Lots of peas to be harvested in row 4. Cabbage looks good in row 5. New zuccini plants doing well in row 6.

TUESDAY, MARCH 26 – Tony & Leslie

Chopped & turned compost bins 1 & 2

Applied beneficial nematodes to rows 3, 6, 7, 8

MONDAY, MARCH 25- Cyndi

Roy came and put on the new water tape in Row 6 for me. I recovered the row and turned on the water. Checked and cleaned up all the rows. Row 1’s cover is torn in several places and the wind is blowing it off. Secured it down.

SUNDAY, MARCH 24-posted by Lori with Julia
Thank you Annette and Bernadine for refurbing row 3 on Fri! We found a water gusher this morning in row 6. Couldn’t repair it. I’ve emailed Roy about getting a new tape for that row. Water is turned off to that row. Julia did a lot of weeding (in the rain!) along the back side of row 8.
Mon: contact Roy (or he’ll contact you) about putting in a new watering tape for row 6. Please attach it to the other water spigot–the one without the broken handle. Turn the water back on and, if needed, ask Roy to help you check the new connection. (The plants in that row are small enough, I think, that changing the tape now shouldn’t be a problem.)
Tues: apply beneficial nematodes to rows 3, 6, 7, & 8. (Row 3 is empty. Plants in the other rows are fairly small, so it’ll be easier to do these rows now. We’ll do the remaining 4 rows when they empty out.) I’ll drop off the pkg in the a.m. It’ll be on the workbench. Directions are on the pkg, but you can also check with Roy if you haven’t done this before. I think he usually mixes pkg with 1 big bucket of water, stirs it, and lets it sit for about 15 min before pouring the water into the soil of the 4 rows. Just try to eyeball it so you apply to all 4 rows. Won’t hurt the plants if it gets on them, but aim for the soil. Once that’s done, fill the bucket again with water and pour onto the 4 rows to water it in.
Wed: plant tomatoes in row 3. Wed is Roy’s day off, so he’ll leave the plants out for you. I think they’ll be planted only on the downhill (north) side of the watering tape, close to the tape, 24″ apart. (If that’s not right, I’ll email to correct before Wed.) Lightly sprinkle with Sluggo+ and cover with white row cloth.
Thurs: harvest. Looks like we’ll have cabbage and snow peas and maybe chard. (Remove all edible peas from plants at orchard end of row.)
Fri: remove snow pea plants at orchard end of the row. There are no more (or very few) flowers on those plants. Place them in green waste container (because they take too long to decompose).
Sunday: weeding; strain out Biostack compost and start new batch.

FRIDAY, March 22– posted by Annette and Bernadine

Refurbished Row 3 today, since rain is predicted for Sunday and we had little to do . today.

There are lots of peas ready to be harvested.

THURSDAY, March 21 –posted by Peggy & Jim
Green waste placed on the curb for pickup.
Row 8 Summer Squash plants look good, a few blooms are seen.
Row cover removed.
Row 7 Swiss Chard, granular fertilizer applied.
Row 6 Broccoli, new plants look good.
Row 5 Cauliflower & Cabbage plants look good. Not ready for harvest.
Row 4 Peas flowering, lots of pea pods.7.5 lb picked.
Row 3 Cauliflower, all plants removed, 26 lb picked.
Row 2 Broccoli growing well.
Row 1 Broccoli plants look good, water line gushing mid row. Repair done.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 – Estela & V
Checked all rows, cleaned leaves, pruned. Row 3 ready for harvesting, some cauliflower heads are going bad. Cleaned counter.

TUESDAY, MARCH 19 – Tony & Leslie

Chopped & tossed compost bins 1 & 2

Weeded

Noticed possible signs of theft. There were cabbage leafs lying between rows 5 & 6 and one in the driveway as well. Two heads of cabbage were missing from row 5.

MONDAY, MARCH 18 – Cyndi, Heidi & Marion

Row 6 – Planted Zucchini. Sprinkled Sluggo, watered and covered. Cleaned up each row. Row 3 Noticed the Cauliflower heads are starting to turn purple.

SUNDAY, MARCH 17-posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows; did some more weeding. Lots of weeds coming up on the uphill side of row 8. Let’s start plugging away at getting rid of these weeds.
Mon: plant zucchini in row 6. Plants are on the table near the walking path. Same pattern as row 8: 18″ apart, close to watering tape, only on the downhill (north) side. Water them in. If you have time, lightly sprinkle with Sluggo+ and cover with white row cloth. If not, Tues volunteers can take care of this.
Tues-Wed: usual garden chores.
Thurs: I think you can empty out row 3 (cauliflower) this week. Also lots of snow peas to harvest.
Fri: usual garden chores.
Sun: refurbish row 3.

FRIDAY, March 15- Posted by Annette and Bernadine

Refurbished Row 6.

Trimmed and weeded outside the garden. Everything is growing.

Saw the container of Fish Emulsion on the counter. It is almost empty, so we should order more.

THURSDAY, March 14-posted by Peggy, Jim, Jill,Tess & Patricia
Green waste placed on the curb for pickup
Row 8 Summer Squash plants look good. Row cover in place.
Row 7 Swiss Chard, harvested 9 lbs. A few snails were removed.
Row 6 Broccoli, all plants removed. Picked 16 lb. 
Row 5 Cauliflower & Cabbage plants look good. Not ready for harvest.
Row 4 Peas flowering, lots of pea pods.4.5 lb picked.
Row 3 Cauliflower, looks good with lots of large leaves. 22 lb picked.
Row 2 Broccoli growing well. 
Row 1 Broccoli plants look strong. Row cover in place.
Trimmed Nasturtiums by garden gate.
Need more large boxes for next harvest.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13- Estela, Kerry and V
Checked all rows and cleaned dead leaves. Row 3 & 6 ready to be harvested, they seem to have started to go bad. Also, there are plenty of peas. Cleaned rat droppings from counter.

TUESDAY, MARCH 12 – rained out

MONDAY, MARCH 11- (Posted by Cyndi) for Marion

Garden 2- had 2 bottles of FE. They gave us an extra bottle to use. Left it on the counter to be used. Row 5 used FE on the cabbage, watered in. Put white row cover on fence back in the brown container. Checked all the rows, look good. Cleaned up dead leaves.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10-posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows. Took 1 cover off and put the other back on. Whenever the cover on the fence is dry-ish, can put it away. Not sure about the FE. Garden 2 has 2 big bottles; Garden 3 has 1. I guess we need to order some for us. Looks like row 7 leak repair worked. (It was watering when we were there this a.m.; didn’t see a leak.)
Mon: Ask one of the other gardens if you can borrow some FE and fertilize just the cabbages in row 5. (Or can side-dress with granular.) The cauliflower plants in that row (orchard end) don’t need fertilizer yet. Need to wait for heads to show.
Tues-Wed: usual garden chores.
Thurs: You might able to harvest all of the broccoli in row 6. Looks like there are only 3 little ones and I’m not sure it’s worth waiting for them. We might want to let Row 2 cauliflower grow for another week or maybe two? See what you think.
Fri: If row 6 is empty, refurbish that row.
Sun: usual garden chores.

FRIDAY, March 8- posted by Annette and Bernadine

Checked under the Row cloths and removed chewed on leaves. Left Rows 1 and 2 uncovered. The rows can be covered again if necessary. There are lots of cauliflower and broccoli heads that are ready to be harvested.

Pulled out plants in Row 6 that had been harvested.

Full Inventory. We seem to be out of Fish Emulsion, but we had a whole gallon last time I checked. Not sure if one of the other gardens is using it.

THURSDAY, March 7-posted by Peggy, Mike, Linda, Cheri, Tess, Patricia
Green waste placed on the curb for pickup.
Row 8 Summer Squash plants look good. 
Row 7 Swiss Chard, harvested 5 lbs. Side dressed granular fertilizer.
Row 6 Broccoli growing well. Picked 17 lb.
Row 5 Cauliflower & Cabbage continue to grow well.
Row 4 Peas flowering, lots of pea pods. 4 lb. picked.
Row 3 Cauliflower, looks good with lots of large leaves. 10 lb
Row 1 & Row 2 Broccoli growing well. Row covers in place.
It rained really hard at times, so root balls were left behind.
Keep eye on row 7 irrigation tape. We did a repair, let’s hope it holds.
Removed a few snails off of pea and broccoli plants.

Wednesday, March 6-Estela, Veli, Kerry and Chris

Fertilize Row 6 (broccoli) with granular fertilizer.
Weeded the whole garden and the orchard area.
Checked plants under covers, all doing well.
Removed dead leaves under plants.
Many broccoli (row6) and cauliflower (row 3) can be harvested, some are so snow peas and Swiss chard.
Checked the counter top, no mouse droppings.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 – Tony & Leslie

Chopped & turned compost bin 1

Removed leaves with holes and applied Sluggo+ to row 1 broccoli

Applied granular fertilizer to row 3 cauliflower and watered in

MONDAY, MARCH 4- Marion

Checked all the rows. Cleaned up dead leaves. Put white row cover in brown container.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3-posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows. Plants look good. Pulled some weeds. Left wet row cloth on the fence. When it dries out (at least a little), please put it in storage box. Also, there’s plenty of weeding to do in and around the rows.
Mon-Usual garden chores.
Tues-fertilize row 3 cauliflower (FE or granular)
Wed-fertilize row 6 broccoli (FE or granular)
Thurs-Sun-Usual garden chores.

FRIDAY, March 1– posted by Annette

All rows are growing well. Removed leaves that had been chewed on. Noticed digging in Row 3, but plants were left alone. Left row cover on fence to dry.

Chopped and turned compost bin 1. Very wet.

THURSDAY, February 29- posted by Peggy, Mike & Linda

Row 1 & 2 Broccoli growing well. Row covers intact. 
Row 3 Cauliflower plants growing well. Large leaves. 5 lb
Row 4 Peas; lots of flowers. Picked 1.5 lb.
Row 5 Cabbage plants doing well. Row cover removed.
Placed on a fence to dry.
Row 6 Broccoli growing well. 2 lb picked
Row 7 Swiss Chard growing well, 3 lb harvest.
Row 8 Zucchini plants growing well. New leaves seen.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 – Chris, Kerry & V
Chopped & turned compost bin 1. Checked all rows, removed leaves. Row 3 can be harvested. Weeded the area around the tool shed.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 – Tony

Chopped & turned compost bin 1. All rows look good!

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26-Marion, Phyllis & Betty(Garden3) Kevin, Eleanor & Randi(Garden 2)Thank you for helping us.

Row 3-Sluggo was on all the leaves. So it was brushed off. Aphids on a few leaves, removed those leaves. Row 5- is getting big and the cover could come off. Row 6- noticed something damaging the broccoli heads. After close look found snails on several of the plants. Sprinkled Sluggo around the base of all the plants. All the other rows are looking good.

SUNDAY, February 24 – posted by Julia with Dick present

• Checked all rows, all is growing well.
• Only found 2 slugs/snails on Row 6 Broccoli, removed. Flys under cloth of row 3 broccoli.
• Biostack turned. It is almost ready to remove still a little too wet. We are missing the rectangular frame with screen used to sift the compost from non-decomposed items – if anyone knows where it was placed, let us know. It is usually between black plastic biostack and compost bin 3. Otherwise, we need a new one made, or will try to use chicken wire over the wheelbarrow next week when we remove the compost.
• Weeded in rows and between rows. Look like more weeds to come with rains.

FRIDAY, February 23– posted by Annette

Checked all rows, trimmed off some of the lower leaves. All rows growing well.

Inventory of Refurbishing supplies. Still in good shape.

Cleaned up dead branches outside the garden.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22-posted by Peggy, Jim, & Linda

Green waste placed on the curb for pickup.
Row 8 Summer Squash plants look good. Row cover intact.
Row 7 Swiss Chard, harvested 5 lbs.
Row 6 Broccoli growing well. Small heads seen.
Row 5 Cauliflower & Cabbage black flys and brown/tan bugs observed,
Sluggo in place from last Thursday.
Row 4 Peas flowering, possible frost damage noted on  east end. 1lb. picked.
Row 3 Cauliflower, looks good with lots of large leaves.
Row 2 Broccoli growing well. Some insect damage seen. Sluggo applied.
Row 1 Broccoli plants look good, growing well.

Wednesday, February 21-Chris

Rows 1,2,5,8 plants are under cover and all doing well.
Removed dead leaves from row 3(broccoli ) and row 6(cauliflower).
A lot of snow peas and Swiss chad can be harvested tomorrow.
Cleaned the counter top.
Chopped up some leaves in bin one.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 – Rained out

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19- Heidi and Marion

Row 6 – Fertilized Broccoli with FE. Guided the Peas up the trellis and put the white row cover away.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18-posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows; plants look good. We put away 1 row cloth and left another on the fence to dry (or get washed off by the coming rain). Pulled off lower leaves that are being eaten by <something?> but most of the inner leaves look ok. Roy will check for possible leak in row 5. The path between rows 4-5 is still super wet. Saw 1 little cauliflower head at far end of row 3. Let’s wait to fertilize until there are more. And we have a handful of snow peas big enough to harvest. Maybe by Thurs there’ll be more?
Mon: fertilize row 6 broccoli. Lots of little heads showing. Either side-dress with granular or use FE.
All other days this week: usual garden chores (assuming you don’t get rained out).

FRIDAY, February 16– posted by Annette

Checked all rows and took off chewed bottom leaves. Picked off 1 slug.

Trimmed succulents outside the garden.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15-posted by Peggy, Jim, & Linda
Green waste placed on the curb for pickup.
Row 8 Summer Squash plants look good. 
Row 7 Swiss Chard, harvested 8 lbs. FE applied.
Row 6 Broccoli growing well. Row cover intact.
Row 5 Cauliflower & Cabbage black flys and brown/tan bugs observed
With some damage to leaves noted. Sluggo applied. Row weeded.
Row 4 Peas flowering, helped tendrils climb on fence.
Row 3 Cauliflower, looks good with lots of large leaves
Row 1 & 2 Broccoli plants look good, growing well.

WEDNESDAY, FEB 14 – Kerry, Chris, Estela & V
Weeded the orchard, cleaned counter. All rows look good, some peas are now showing up.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 – Tony & Leslie
Chopped & turned compost; moved composted soil to bin 3. Weeded. Rows look good; no signs of bugs or worms

Monday, Feb 12 (Marion)
Removed dead leaves. Inspected garden. Led peas tendrils onto netting.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11-posted by Lori with Julia
Did a lot of weeding in and around the rows. Dick was going to stop by later in the day to turn the Biostack.
All this week: Usual garden chores. Look for lots of weeds popping up. Also watch for worms and aphids.

FRIDAY, February 9- posted by Annette

Quick check of the garden this morning. Everything is growing well., even with all the rain.

Full inventory today.

THURSDAY, February 8- posted by Peggy & Jim 
Row 1 & 2 Broccoli growing well. Row covers intact.
Row 3 Cauliflower plants growing well. Large leaves.
Row 4 Peas continue to climb trellis, lots of flowers.Few pods.
Row 5 Cabbage plants growing well.
Row 6 Broccoli growing well.
Row 7 Swiss Chard growing well, 3 lb harvest.
Row 8 Zucchini planted 18 inches apart.
Green waste cans placed on the curb.

Wednesday, February 7-Chris

Checked the garden this afternoon, (Was raining hard in the morning)!
Row 1,2,3,5,6 all plants are doing well under the cover.
Row 4 snow peas are doing well, have a lot of flowers.
Row 7 a lot of Swiss chard need to be harvested.
Row 8 is empty.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 – Tony

Chopped & turned compost bin 1

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5- Cyndi

Went before the rain. Rows all looked good. Roy didn’t have the Zucchini plants ready to plant yet. So I helped Garden 3 plant.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4-posted by Lori with Julia
Rain is the theme this week. With the break in the rain, we refurbished row 8. (Rain–that’s the name of the volunteer who buys our supplies–replenished our supply of G&B granular fertilizer.) With the forecast for lots more rain this week, best chance for planting will be Thurs–I think. But as before, if it’s pouring rain, it can wait for a dry day. We checked all plants; all looked good.
Thurs: plant in row 8 if you don’t get rained out. Roy will probably bring plants down to the garden. I’ll let you know if he has a different plan.
Everyone else: usual garden chores, checking for weeds, bugs, etc.

THURSDAY, February 1- posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda
Row 1 & 2 Broccoli growing well. Row covers intact.
Row 3 Cauliflower plants growing well. Large leaves.
Row 4 Peas continue to climb trellis, lots of flowers.
Row 5 Cabbage plants growing well.
Row 6 Broccoli growing well.
Row 7 Swiss Chard growing well, will harvest next week.
Row 8 Cauliflower, harvested 34 lb, all stumps removed.
Green waste can placed on curb.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 – Estela, Chris & V
Planted row 1, sprinkled with Sluggo+ and covered with white cloth. Checked traps. Row 7 and 8 can be harvested.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

Chopped & turned compost bins 1 & 2. Removed tomato vines from bin 3 and placed in green waste. Moved a good amount of composted soil from bin 2 to bin 3

No new signs of eaten leafs in row 5. Row 7 kale had about a dozen holes in the ground, probably from a grub eating animal. Appears the animal snapped the rat trap half way down the row and stopped its digging at that stage! Filled in the holes and reset the trap.

Weeded

MONDAY, JANUARY 29 – Cyndi and Marion

Row 1 – Refurbished. Laid watering tape back in place and turned on water.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
*Row 6 plants had a lot of aphids; sprayed with insecticidal soap. Some of row 5 plants seem to have worm damage but didn’t see any worms. Watch for worms and aphids. Use Bt if you see worms. Use hard spray of water or insecticidal soap if you see aphids.
*Removed all plants from row 1. They had been there a long time & weren’t growing properly. Roy agreed that the plants should come out.
*Turned and added to Biostack.
FYI: The Tues volunteers are now responsible for the 3 pre-compost bins. (This used to be done on Saturdays, but since we don’t have Sat volunteers anymore, the Tues volunteers have agreed to take over this task.)
Note: More rain is expected this week. If you get rained out and can’t do the task below, we’ll just move it to next day or next week.
Mon: Refurbish row 1, put watering tape back in place, and turn water back on. Look for half-bag of chicken manure under blue tarp & you’ll probably use the last of the fertilizer (in can labeled for refurbishing).
Tues: Move roots/stems in bin #3 into the green waste container. They take too long to decompose.
Wed: Plant row 1; lightly sprinkle with Sluggo+, and cover with white row cloth. (Roy will probably bring plants down. Will let you know if he says different.)
Thurs: Harvest all plants in row 8; pull out roots/stems. Put thick parts in green waste container and the rest in bin #1.
Fri: Refurbish row 8. (Or, if we don’t have new bags of fertilizer by then, leave this for another day.)
Sun: If row 8 was refurbished, plant.

FRIDAY, January 26 – Posted Bernadine

Checked all rows and traps. Flowers appearing in snow pea row. Attached runners to fencing.

Compost Bins: Turned 2nd and 3rd bins. Chopped most of greens from Bin 1 and placed in Bin 2.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25- Posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda

• Rows 1 & 2 plants growing well. Row covers secured
• Row 3, Cauliflower growing well. Row cover secured,
• Row 4 Pea plants look good, starting to flower.
• Row 5 Cabbage growing well.
• Row 6 No new problems, growing well.
• Row 7 Swiss Chard, 4.5 lb, FE applied.
• Row 8 Cauliflower growing well, harvested 34 lbs.
• Green waste cans placed on the curb.

Wednesday, January 24-Chris & Kerry

Checked the gopher traps, found a dead gopher in one trap. Thank you Paul (garden 3) helped us to dispose the dead gopher. Reseted the traps and covered with leaves.
Checked all 5 rat traps, there were no peanut on them, placed peanut butter on traps and reseted 2 of them.
Checked all the plants, all doing well. Many cauliflower on row 8 can be harvested.
Removed some dead /yellow leaves from plants.
Cleaned the counter top, no rat dropping.
Texted Roy, asked him to bring some plants down for planting on second half of row 1. Today is his day off, so he may bring some down tomorrow for planting.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

Chopped & turned compost bins 1 & 2. Weeded. Some holes observed in leaves on far end of row 5 cabbage.

MONDAY, JANUARY 22 – Cyndi, Heidi and Marion

Raining too hard to go the garden this morning.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 21-posted by Julia (w/ 1 addtn from Lori at the end)
– Row 1, has small cauliflower in 2 plants to west/orchard side not sure they will get any larger, the few plants to the east side are still doing OK.
– Row 3, plants look good, gopher traps in place and leaves still covering – no new tunnels or mounds seen.
-Row 4 peas still growing, guided to the trellis.
– Row 5 cabbage planted and look well.  It seems like only 2 spots that may need a replacement if any cabbage plants available.  I did not see a lot of insect damage, just a few outer, lower leaves with possible bite marks – removed these few leaves to see if any more issues arise.
-Row 6-8 all growing well, Row 8 will have cauliflower to harvest.
-Biostack is doing well at 110 F.
*Usual garden chores this week for all.

FRIDAY, January 20– posted by Bernadine with Barbie

Row 2 – Planted cauliflower, watered, sprinkled with Sluggo +, covered with white cloth.

All rows looked good though Row 8 has some holes.

Outside of garden clipped bushes. Clipped Green Waste in Bin 1 and moved to Bin 2.

Continued attaching snow peas green fencing.

THURSDAY, January 18-posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda
Row 8 cauliflower plants growing well. 11.5 lb harvested.
Row 7 Swiss chard growing well. 1.5 harvest today.
Row 6 new plants observed, growing well Row 5 Cabbage, some insect damage seen. 
Row 4 Snow pea pods growing well.
Row 3 no tunnels seen,gopher traps present.
Row 2 Broccoli plants continue to grow well. 
Leafy green waste placed in compost bins.
Green Waste cans placed on the curb.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 – Chris, Kerry & V
Checked the gopher traps in Row 3 – no gophers, placed them back. Row 6 on the East end has been nibbled on. Supported the bean stalks. Cleaned the shed.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

Refurbished row 2. All other rows look good

Chopped & turned bins 1 & 2

MONDAY, JANUARY 15 – Cyndi, Marion and Heidi

Row 3- found 2 gopher tunnels together at the orchard end. Set 2 traps, covered with broccoli leaves and marked with stakes. Left that end uncovered with white cloth. Set 4 rat traps with peanut butter along Row 8.                     Checked all rows and cleaned dead leaves. Cleaned out tool shed, cleaned shovels and organized all tools.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 14-posted by Lori, with Julia (& Dick later in the day)
Big gopher mound at orchard end of row 3 but couldn’t find a tunnel. If you see more mounds, and find a tunnel, plz set a trap. We moved the 3 remaining plants from row 2 to row 1. Not sure if that will work, but thought it was worth a try. Checked the rows; all looked fine. On Sat, delivered new load of Miramar compost. Dick will turn and add to the Biostack later today. If you see rows of new plants that need replacements, check with Roy.
Mon: usual garden chores.
Tues: refurbish row 2 and turn water back on.
Wed: usual garden chores.
Thurs: if you have time, pull out any harvested cauliflower plants.
Fri: put new plants in row 2; water them in; lightly sprinkle with Sluggo +, and cover.
Sun: usual garden chores.

FRIDAY, January 12 – posted by Bernadine with Barbie

All rows looked good. In Rows 1 & 2, the roots of the plants that had been picked were pulled out and put in the Green Waste bins. All leaves were collected and cut up and placed in Compost Site I. The leaves in Site I & 2 were cut up.

The snow peas vines were attached to the green trellis.

In the Storage Shed, the boxes were organized.

Thursday, January 11- posted by Jill

harvested:

3 lb chard

1 lb broccoli

14 lb cauliflower 

Harvested all plants from Row 2, ready to refurb after plants pulled. Turned water off. Harvested Row 1 all plants at west 1/2 new plants remain covered on east end.  Took one green waste bin to curb.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10 – Estela, Chris, Kerry & V
Planted row 5 per the instructions and covered with white cloth
Row 1 could be harvested, everything else looks good

TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie
Chopped & tossed the “salad” in compost bins 1 & 2. All garden rows look good.

MONDAY, JANUARY 8 – Cyndi and Heidi
Brr Ground and plants were all covered in ice.                  Row 1- had several young plants so we felt covering the first half of the row to protect them from the next few days of frost would be a good thing. The covered section doesn’t get as much sun either.                        Row 8- applied FE and watered in.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 7-posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows. Chopped and turned green waste in precompost bins 1&2. Thanks for the reminder RE compost. We’ll be getting another load sometime this week.
Mon: Fertilize row 8 (either granular or FE), now that small heads have started growing.
Tues: Continue chopping and shifting green waste in bins 1&2 (to help air it out and speed decomposition).
Wed: Plant row 5. I’ll email you once I find out if Roy will leave the plants out for you or if he will want you to get them from the greenhouse.
Thurs: Harvest. Not sure if we should empty out one more row this week or wait another week. Let me know what you think.
Fri-Sun: usual garden chores.

FRIDAY, January 5– posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Emptied the boxes of Green waste by the sidewalk into the Green Waste Bins.

Refurbished Row 5. Getting low on Compost.

THURSDAY, January 4- posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda
Row 8 cauliflower plants growing well. 1 plant harvested.
Row 7 Swiss chard growing well. No harvest today.
Row 6 new plants observed, growing well.
Row 5 Cabbage & Cauliflower completely picked.
Row 4 Snow pea pods growing well.
Row 3 Cabbage plants continue to grow well.
Row 2 Broccoli plants continue to grow well. 
Row 1 Cauliflower growing well. 48 lb picked from rows 1, 2 & 5.
Leafy green waste placed in compost bins.
Green Waste cans placed on the curb.

Wednesday, January 3– Chris and Veli

Put away the dry white cloth in the big brown container.
Clean the counter top, has a lot of rat droppings.
Checked all the plants, many broccoli, cauliflower, Swiss chard and several cabbage can be harvested.
Removed some yellow leaves from plants.
Checked all plants for aphids, worms and one mouse trap.
Everything in the garden is growing well.
It start to rain very heavy at 8:30am.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 2-posted by Maureen
Brassicas looked good and most ready to harvest. In row one: a couple on the orchard end are showing signs of ‘rust?’. Light weeding.

MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 2024– Cyndi

the Tomatoes are looking good.

Inventory of Refurbishing Supplies. Noticed the metal can that is full of Granular samples. We can do a count next week.