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NOTE FROM JANE ABOUT THE NATIVE PLANT GARDEN (6/28/21) — Our native plant garden was installed some years ago by the son of Monday garden volunteer Sandy Strong. Sandy continues to maintain the native garden. She respectfully requests that everyone not water the native garden. The plants may look dry, but extra water can kill them. Thank you!

NOTE FROM JANE ABOUT BOXES AND BAGS FOR HARVESTING (7/12/21) – If you’re short of boxes or bags for harvesting, our tree picking team invites you to help yourself to theirs. They’re located at the back of the garage next door (down the hill) from the garden. The entry code for the garage is 1-2-3-4-Enter. Or bring some to add to our stash.

NOTE FROM JANE ABOUT FRUIT/VEG ON THE COUNTER (8/18/21) – Please don’t leave fruits and veggies on the counter for the next harvest team. They get eaten by rodents and covered with ants. It’s probably OK to leave VEGGIES in a tightly closed container, but fruit attracts ants even in a closed container.

NOTE FROM JANE ABOUT GRANULAR FERTILIZER (10/31/22) When the Bioflora is used up, we have lots more fertilizer (G&B is equivalent) in the other can. If you’re refurbishing, measure out the same amount as always. If you’re fertilizing a row, use as much as needed and leave the rest for later.

FRIDAY, June 2– posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Checked Rows 5 and 6 for aphids, just a few on Row 5. There were several lady bugs spotted.

Weeded and cleaned up inside the garden and outside. Trimmed outside the garden.

Very low on Granular fertilizer.

THURSDAY, JUNE 1 – posted by Peggy, Linda, Jim & Jill

Row 8 Zucchini has a few flowers, 8 lb.s picked.
Squash plants trimmed of some ground hugging stems.
Row 7 Cucumbers growing well, row cover in place.
Row 5 & 6 Bell peppers growing well. Row 5 starting to flower.
Row 4 Bush beans growing well. No flowers yet.
Row 3 Summer Squash, Lots of yellow blossoms, 6 lb.s picked.
Rows 1 & 2 tomatoes growing well. Lots of flowers, few fruit.
Plant waste placed in the compost bin. Green waste put on curb.

Wednesday May 31-Posted by Chris

Thank you for Paul in Garden 3 to help me this morning to put another row of twine on Row 1 tomatoes plants. (much easier to do this chore with 2 people).)
Both rows 1&2 tomatoes plants are doing really good and have a lot of flowers.
Many yellow squash in Row 3 can be harvested.
All other rows 4 (bush bean),5&6 (bell pepper), 7 (cucumber), 8 (zucchini )are doing well. Recovered row 7 white cloth.

TUESDAY, MAY 30 – Tony & Leslie

Side-dress fertilized row 5 peppers. Also sprayed rows 5 & 6 peppers with water because there are still live aphids (not quite as bad as last week though)

Changed out row 7 row cloth from black to white. Cucumbers looking good – no replacements needed

Wiped down chairs and tables

MONDAY, MAY 29- Cyndi and Heidi

Row 2 – Fertilized the tomatoes, watered in.

Weeded and raked. Everything looked good. Helped Garden 2 refurbish a row.

Week 5/29-6/4/23

-watch for aphids,  spray plants with blast of water & treat with safer soap as needed. 

-when flowers noted on peppers row 6, remove cover. 

Monday- fertilize row 2 tomatoes with 12 cups granular fertilizer “Side dress”, dig shallow trench along south side (garden side) of tape,add fertilizer, recover & hand water. 

Tuesday-  remove black cover from row 7 & recover with white cloth. For any cucumber misses, get plants from greenhouse & plant. Fertilize row 5 peppers with 8 cups granular fertilizer, “side dress”.

Wednesday– add another row of polypropylene twine to row 1 tomatoes (twine found in locked shed). This row is not figure 8. 

Thursday- harvest.  

Friday– usual garden chores.

Sunday – fertilize row 8 zucchini with 12 cups granular fertilizer “Side dress”.

SUNDAY, May 28 – posted by Julia with Dick. Lori and Roy stopped by, recovering well – great to see them both!

New biostack batch started, appreciate the new compost bins from our Eagle Scout.

• Flowers on 1 and 2 tomatoes. Row 2 has a few small fruit. Row 1 may need another string layer in this week.
• Row 4 beans growing well, a few flowers. Removed white cover as beans are to the top, per Roy.
• Row 5 and 6 peppers are growing well. Row 5 has blooms and could use some granular fertilizer in the next week per Roy (bio flora). Both rows have a few aphids (mainly middle of Row 5) sprayed both rows with water to knock off for now.
• Squash and new cucumbers growing well in rows 3,7,8. No insects noted currently.

FRIDAY, May 26- posted by Annette, Bernadine , and Barbie

Fertilized Row 3 (Zucchini) with G&B Granular fertilizer; making a trench and then watered by hand.

Trimmed leaves that were touching the ground from Row 2 Tomatoes.

Trimmed outside the garden.

THURSDAY, MAY 25- posted by Peggy, Linda, Jim & Jill

Row 8 Summer Squash has a few flowers. 9 lb.s picked.
Squash plants trimmed of some ground hugging stems.
Row 7 Cucumbers growing well, shade cloth in place.
Row 5 & 6 Bell peppers growing well. Row 5 starting to flower.
Row 4 Bush beans growing well. Row cover in place.
Row 3 Summer Squash, yellow blossoms, 9 lb.s picked.
Squash plants trimmed of some ground hugging stems.
Rows 1 & 2 tomatoes growing well. Lots of flowers, a few fruits seen.
Plant waste placed in new compost bin. Bins looks fantastic.

Wednesday, May 24– posted by Chris with Estela

Rainy morning; the whole garden looks very good!
Removed the cover cloth on row 5 (pepper), hang the cover on the fence to dry and removed and put away the hoops.
Some yellow squash on row 3 can be harvested tomorrow.
Many flowers on row 1&2 tomatoes plants, may need another round of strings in a week or 2weeks.
The bush beans are getting really big under the cloth in Row 4.
Zucchini on row 8 are getting big, couples of them can be harvested tomorrow.

TUESDAY, MAY 23 – Tony & Leslie

Planted cucumbers in row 7, applied Sluggo+ and, per Roy, covered w black row cloth. He said to remove black cover after 1 week and replace with white row cover

A lot of aphids on row 5 peppers. Applied Safer Soap

Monday – May 22 – Note from Jane — An Eagle Scount candidate installed new pre-compost bins over the weekend. He’s coming back to haul the old one away and to build a border around the compost pile(s).

MONDAY, MAY 22- Cyndi, Heidi and Marion

The new compost bins look great!

Added another row of twine to row 2 tomatoes. Row 1 may need another row of twine in a few days.

Watered row 7 for planting. The water was on and water was running over edge of the brick. So built up a bigger burm to hold run off.

Raked and weeded. Didn’t see any aphids.

Week 5/22-5/28/23

All days, if you notice tomato plants growing out of twine & leaning over, feel free to add extra row of polypropylene twine  . Goal is to support plants, when they are heavy with fruit.

-watch for aphids,  spray zucchini plants with blast of water & treat with safer soap as needed. 

-when flowers noted on bush beans, uncover row. 

Monday- hand water row 7 well to prep for planting on Tuesday. usual garden check & chores. 

Tuesday- plant cucumbers row 7. Get cucumbers from outside of green house, located on right side on white table, labeled “BYP cucs garden 1” plant spacing  every 12” along north side (street side) of tape, hand water & lightly sprinkle with Sluggo Plus, around plants. 

Wednesday– uncover pepper plants in row 5, if cover dry place in bin, otherwise hang on fence, remove hoops. Place label for cukes row 7 if not done.

Thursday- harvest.  

Friday– fertilize row 2 zucchini with 12 cups granular fertilizer. “Side dress”, dig shallow trench, add fertilizer, recover & hand water. 

Sunday – usual garden check & chores. 

SUNDAY, May 21 – posted by Julia with Dick

Row 1 tomatoes 2nd twine applied

Row 4 bush beans growing well, almost up to the white row cover, no flowers yet.

Row 5 and 6 peppers growing will, may soon need stakes/string. Row 5 has a few buds present

Row 8 – has a few squash on the plants.

Biostack was emptied, shifted and added to main compost area for use. Will start new batch next week

FRIDAY, May 19– posted by Annette with Bernadine

Refurbished Row 7.

Weeded outside the garden.

Inventory of Refurbishing supplies.

THURSDAY, MAY 18- posted by Peggy, Linda & Jim

4 lb.s of Sugar snap peas donated from Lori’s garden.
Row 8 Summer Squash has a few flowers. 2 lb.s picked.
Row 7 Cabbage growing well, 33 lb.s picked removed plant stalks, placed in the compost bin.
Row 5 & 6 Bell peppers growing well.
Row 4 Bush beans growing well. Row cover in place.
Row 3 Summer Squash, yellow blossoms, 6.5 lb.s picked.
Rows 1 & 2 tomatoes growing well. Lots of flowers.
Green waste cans placed on the curb for pickup.

Wednesday 5/17- posted by Jill with Estela and Kerry

pruned & twined tomatoes row1. Added about 30 missed and replaced smaller bush beans row 4, hand watered and recovered. Repaired leak in irrigation tape at the east end of row 2. Looks like there may be gopher activity at that end. Garden looks good.

TUESDAY, MAY 16 – Tony & Leslie

Set posts in row 1 tomatoes. Wiped down furniture. All rows looking good

MONDAY, MAY 15- Heidi and Marion

Row 2 Added 2nd row of twine to the tomatoes.
Checked the bush beans. Didn’t see the need to replace any.

Week 5/15-5/21/23

Monday– row 2 tomatoes may need 2nd row if polypropylene twine, located in locked shed. Ask garden 2 about twining & use garden 2 tomatoes as example. Check bush bean row for replacements (not sure if it was done Sunday) get replacements from greenhouse on left hand side, labeled BYP. Use bamboo stick to push out amount needed and place in black tray, plant. 

Tuesday- Tony, thanks for resetting the posts in row 2, perfect! Place posts in row 1, This row lets do between every  second  plant  except towards end will be between 3rd plant. I count about 14 posts, including the ones at end. 

Wednesday– prune & twine row 1 tomatoes (hopefully flowers will be open). Find second set of flowers from the top, then count 2 limbs below second set of flowers & remove all stems & leaves. 

Twine- with soft pea twine, wrap three times at each end then down one side, wrapping once on each post, go back on other side, with figure 8 between plants & wrap around each post.  

Thursday- harvest all of cabbage row 7, turn off water & remove all roots & place tape off to side. 

Friday-refurbish row 7, turn water back on. If don’t have time to complete, Sunday/Monday teams can finish.

Sunday – add extra row of polypropylene twine to row 1 tomatoes, (twine is in locked shed on top shelf, in container labeled twine). This row of twine will NOT be figure 8, go down each side & wrap around each post. Goal is to keep tomatoes tucked in. Check garden 2 tomatoes for example. 

Friday 5/12- posted by Jill

repaired leak in irrigation tape in row 7, turned water back on.

FRIDAY, May 12- posted by Annette with Bernadine and help from Jill (Thank you)

On arrival, water was spraying out of the Soaker hose in Row 7. Turned off water and marked the split in the Soaker hose with a flag.

Pruned the Tomato plants in Row 2, by taking off the lower stems and leaves. Used the twine to wrap around the stems and posts. The plants will need another level of twine soon. The plants have quite a few flowers.

Saw a rat running outside the garden toward the shed area.

Thursday 5/11- posted by Jill

6 lb of snap green peas donated from Lori’s garden.

THURSDAY, MAY 11- posted by Peggy, Jim, Linda & Jill
Row 8 Summer Squash has a few flowers.
Row 7 Cabbage growing well, 30 lb.s picked.
Removed plant stalks, placed in the compost bin.
Row 5 & 6 Bell peppers growing well.
Row 4 Bush beans growing well. Row cover in place.
Row 3 Summer Squash, yellow blossoms, 1 lb.picked.
Rows 1 & 2 tomatoes growing well. 
Green waste cans placed on the curb for pickup.

Wednesday , May 10-Estela, Kerry and Chris

We checked and see flowers forming on Row1 tomato plants, removed the cover and it is dry, so we rolled it up and put it away.
Checked the beans in Row 4, the soil is wet, and plants growing good.
Some cabbage are big enough to harvest tomorrow.
Checked all the rows, all doing well. The squash are growing really good.
Weeded the whole garden.

TUESDAY, MAY 9 – Tony

Reset row 2 tomato posts, moving them to north side of tape. Instructions said to place posts between every second plant and referenced Garden 2 as an example. However Garden 2 posts are between every third plant with a total of 9 posts just like Garden 1 was initially. Post at west end is out of alignment because row is not straight; if alignment is important it could be moved to south side of tape. All other rows look good

MONDAY, MAY 8 – Cyndi, Heidi and Marion

Row 1 tomatoes had no flowers so left the white covering in place.

Watered Bush Beans.

Row 7 dug out old harvested roots.

Weeded and raked in garden and in orchard.

Thinned apples from trees in the orchard.

week of 5/8-5/14

Monday– check under row 1 tomatoes, if flowers remove cover & hoops. Check moisture bush beans. Remove harvested roots from row 7, shake out dirt & place in EDCO bin.  

Tuesday- Please re-set posts in row 2. If row 1 cover is removed, set posts in that row also. Place posts between every  second  plant for this row with one at each end). Look at garden 2’s tomato row for reference. Posts should be on north side of tape & between plants & one post at each end with space between plants. Thanks!

Wednesday– check row 1 tomatoes for flowers remove cover & hoops, if wasn’t done Monday. May need to leave cover on fence to dry. Usual garden check & chores.  

Thursday- harvest. If several of the cabbages are still on the small side, we can wait until next week for last harvest. Awaiting cucumbers for that row. 

Friday– prune & twine row 2 tomatoes (hopefully flowers will be open). Find second set of flowers from the top, then count 2 limbs below second set of flowers & remove all stems & leaves. 

Twine- with soft pea twine, wrap three times at each end then down one side, wrapping once on each post, go back on other side, with figure 8 between plants & wrap around each post.  (Look at tomatoes in garden 2 for reference).

Saturday/Sunday – check newly planted peppers row 6, if any misses, go to greenhouse & replant with 6 pack labeled KA, on left hand side of greenhouse. 

Sunday-usual garden chores & compost bin.  Check bush bean row for replacements, get replacements from greenhouse on left hand side, labeled BYP. Use bamboo stick to push out amount needed and place in black tray, plant. 

SUNDAY, May 7 – posted by Julia with Dick helping

• Planted KA Pepper plants in Row 6 on both sides of water tape. Sluggo +.Covered with white cloth/hoops.
• Water was on for first 4 rows, so did not water Row 4 beans. They are sprouted and now covered.
• Compost turned and added to Biostack
• All rows growing well. Only 1 tomato plant has small flower, no other fruit in rows 1,2 yet.

• FRIDAY, MAY 5 – Bernadine, Barbie
• Checked rows. Plants looking good.
• Row 6 – refurbished and water tape placed and water turned on.
• Raked up some of the weeds near the outside plants that had been weed whacked.

THURSDAY, MAY 4 – posted by Peggy, Linda & Jill

Harvested 24 lbs. of Swiss Chard and 25 lb.s of Cabbage.
Row 8 Summer Squash has a few flowers.
Row 7 Cabbage growing well, one broccoli plant looks ok.
Row 6 removed plant stalks, placed in the compost bin.
Row 5 Bell peppers growing well.
Row 4 Bush beans about 1 to 1 ½ inches tall. Raised row cover.
Row 3 Summer Squash, yellow blossoms and small fruit are ok.
Rows 1 & 2 tomatoes growing well.
Green waste cans placed on the curb for pickup.

 

Wednesday, May 3 -Kerry and Chris

Seeded 8 trays of 6 packs=48 plants of cucumber in green house, watered them after seeding, labeled them for garden 1.
Check all rows in garden, all look good.

TUESDAY, MAY 2 – Tony & Leslie

Pounded in stakes for row 2 tomatoes. Lightly watered row 4 bush bean seedlings; they’re looking good! All other rows looking good as well.

MONDAY, MAY 1 – Cyndi, Heidi and Marion

Row 2 & 8 Removes covers and hoops. Folded the covers and put away.

Row 4- lightly watered.

Weeded between wall and Row 8. Raked up from tree.

Thinned some of the Anna apples in the orchard.

Helped Garden 1 set several gopher traps.

SUNDAY, APRIL 30-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
We seeded replacement bean plants in greenhouse. They’re in a 72-hole tray on the left-side shelf next to the peppers. Labeled “BYP Garden 1 bush beans.” Turned and added to Biostack. Checked all rows; plants look good. (Beans might take a while to germinate; they need sun. Keep topsoil moist.)
Mon: put away row cloths, wire hoops, and pins from rows 2 and 8.
Tues: pound in metal posts in row 2 (tomatoes). Post pounder should be in Roy’s garage (Oaks) and garage should be open. I think you can use 9 posts: 1 at each end and then after every 3 plants. Please plan on doing the same in row 1 a week or two later, although you might need to space the posts differently or add a post because of 1-2 extra plants.
Wed: Seed cucumbers in the greenhouse. Seeds are in box in lower left cabinet of garden 1 workbench. Use eight 6-packs for seeding, which will give us a few extras. Soil and 6-pk trays are in greenhouse. Water after seeding. Little sticks for labeling are in back corner of greenhouse. Label them “BYP cukes garden 1”; place trays next to newly seeded beans on lefthand shelf of greenhouse.
Thurs: Harvest all chard; pull plants out. (Some are already flowering.) Looks like you’ll be able to harvest a lot of the cabbages. Can leave the small ones for another week.
Fri: Refurbish row 6. Put watering tape back in place and turn on.
Sun: plant peppers in row 6, same pattern as row 5. (On left-side shelf of greenhouse, labeled KA peppers.)
Happy gardening everyone! See you soon. Lori

FRIDAY, April 28- Annette, Bernadine and Barbie

Checked all rows. Row 4 was wet, but there were no sprouts coming up yet.

Shifted some of the green waste from Bin 1 to Bin 2 and dug up some of the wet stinky stuff to try and get it to dry out.

I think we are keeping the Tomato plants by the compost pile, so we watered them today.

Full inventory of supplies.

THURSDAY, April 27 – posted by Peggy, Jim, Linda & Cheri, Patty, Tess

Green waste placed on the curb for pickup.
Row 8 Summer squash plants look good.
Row 7 Cabbage, majority still small. Broccoli 2.5 lb.s
Row 6 Swiss Chard, 8 lb.s
Row 5 Bell Peppers growing well.
Row 4 Bush Beans no sprouts seen. Watered gently.
Row 3 Summer Squash, lots of flowers.
Rows 1 & 2 Tomatoes, growing well.

Wednesday, April 26- Estela , Kerry & Chris

Shifted the green waste between bin 1 & bin 2. (be sure to wear a mask, very smelly and there were a lot of bugs.)
Lightly watered bush beans in Row 4.
Pull out 4 old broccoli plants in row 7.
Pull out 1 Swiss chard plant with no leaves on it.
Tried to cut up some green waste in bin 1&2, but the big shear is not working at all, can we get a new one.

TUESDAY, APRIL 25 – Tony & Leslie

Planted bush beans in row 4. All other rows look good

MONDAY, April 24 – Cyndi, Heidi and Marion

We welcome a new member today, Marion. She was christened by refurbishing.

Row 4 – refurbished, dug up some pretty large roots from the tree. One was over 5ft long. Laid the tape back into place. Turned on water.

Row 5 – cover had blown off, secured it better.

SUNDAY, APRIL 23-posted by Lori with Dick and Julia
Checked all rows; removed row cloth from row 3 zucchinis, which have lots of flowers. (Can do the same with row 8 zucchinis once they have lots of flowers.) Turned and added to Biostack. (Paper bags on work bench moved to cabinet with boxes.)
Mon: Refurbish row 4, all the way to the end of the watering tape. Put tape back in place and turn it on when finished.
Tues: Direct seed bush beans in row 4. Seeds are in plastic box, lower left cabinet of workbench. Draw line along both sides of watering tape, ½” deep; drop in 1 seed every 4”; cover with soil and water in. Cover with white row cloth; can just lay it over the row and pin to keep it from blowing away. No wires needed.
Wed: Shift green waste between bins 1 and 2 to help air it out (which aids decomposition); lightly water row 4 (can leave cloth in place) to help with seed germination.
Thurs: Harvest. Once you’ve cut all leaves off a chard plant, if there’s time, remove the plant and roots. Will slowing finish up this row over next few wks. Lightly water row 4 (can leave cloth in place) to help with seed germination.
Fri-Sat: Usual garden chores. Can shift green waste again between bins 1 and 2. Lightly water row 4 (can leave cloth in place) to help with seed germination.
Sun: Seed bush beans in greenhouse in case we need replacements. Lightly water row 4 (can leave cloth in place) to help with seed germination.

• FRIDAY, April 21 – Bernadine
• Row 5: Measured and dug holes and planted King Arthur Peppers down each side of the water tape aligning them side by side, watered them and lightly sprinkled Sluggo.
• All rows looked good.

THURSDAY, APRIL 20- posted by Peggy & Linda

Green waste placed on the curb for pickup
Row 8 Summer Squash plants look good. 
Row 7 Mainly cabbage heads are small. 3 broccoli picked.
Row 6 Swiss Chard, harvested 14.5 lbs. Fish fertilizer applied.
Row 5 Sugar Snap Peas, 2.5 lbs.
Row 4 Cauliflower, harvested 12.5 lbs. Removed stumps.
Row 3 Summer Squash, looks good lots of blossoms.
Row 1 & 2 tomatoes also look good, growing well.

Wednesday, April 19- Kerry, Estela & Chris
Row 1&2 New tomatoes plants look good.
Row 3 Summer squash doing good.
Row 4 Quite a few Cauliflower can be harvested.
Row 5- refurbished the row, moved some dirt to south side (toward the back) to try to get the water tape in the middle of the row since the row got shifted down hill. Turned on the water for the row and hand sprayed the entire row.
Row 6 Please harvest the Swiss chard & the bok Choy.
Row 7 Cabbage plants look good.
Row 8 New squash plants doing good under the cover.

TUESDAY, APRIL 18 – Tony & Leslie

Removed snap pea trellis and stored in boxes. Removed metal posts and stored next to fence for easy access because we’ll need them for soon for tomatoes

Row 1 tomatoes look just a little yellow compared to more mature ones in row 2. All other rows look good

• NOTE FROM LORI RE: GRANULAR FERTILIZER (4/2/23)
• The 4-lb pkgs of “starter” granular fertilizer in the metal can be used for refurbishing or side-dressing—just like Bioflora and G&B Tomato, Veg, Herb. Use same measuremts. We’ll restock in the next wk or so with larger bags of Bioflora or G&B.
• MONDAY April 17 – Cyndi and Heidi, guest Marion
• Pulled out all the snap peas and roots. Disposed of the plants in the green waste can close to the street. The edible peas are in the plastic container on the counter. Raked and weeded the area.
• The white cloth was very wet due to the drizzle this morning. So instead of folding it up wet we left it over the fence to dry out and possibly be put away tomorrow.
• SUNDAY APRIL 16-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
• Applied beneficial nematodes to rows 3-7. (Roy applied them to rows `1, 2, & 8 last week so all rows have now been treated.) Turned and added to Biostack. Removed 1 row cloth and left to dry on front fence. Whoever has a chance, please roll it up and put it in the storage box.
• Mon: pull out all snap pea plants (and roots), putting any edible peas in plastic container (for Thurs); and disposing of plants in green waste container.
• Tues: cut off zip ties holding trellis to posts; roll up trellis and put it in one of the storage boxes; pull out metal posts and set aside somewhere out of the way.
• Wed: refurbish row 5; put watering tape back when you’re done and make sure it’s turned on. (Growing area should be wide enough for plants on both sides of the watering tape.)
• Thurs: harvest; if there’s time, pull out any cauliflower or chard plants that are done.
• Fri: plant peppers in row 5. Roy suggests making the holes first, then plant. Holes should be spaced 12″ apart along both sides of the tape (close to the tape), with plants directly across from each other–not staggered. You should end up with about 80 holes/plants. The plants are in the greenhouse, left side toward the back and labeled KA (for King Arthur variety of peppers). You’ll see larger KA pepper plants and smaller ones. Use the larger ones; they’re ready to plant this week. (The others are for later.) Return any unused plants to the greenhouse. Water the plants in, lightly sprinkle with Sluggo+.
• Sat-Sun: cover peppers with white row cloth; usual garden chores.

• FRIDAY April 14 – Bernadine with Barbie
• Checked all rows.
• Trimmed snow pea branches in row 5.
• Outside of area pulled weeds and pruned .

• THURSDAY, APRIL 13- posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda

Green waste placed on the curb for pickup.
Row 8 plants look good except for 2 or 3 in the middle of the row. 
Row 7 Mainly cabbage with a few broccoli forming heads.
Row 6 Swiss Chard, harvested 15.5 lbs.
Row 5 Sugar Snap Peas, harvested 5 lbs.
Row 4 Cauliflower, harvested 17 lbs. Removed stumps.
Row 3 Summer Squash plants growing well.
Row 1 & 2 tomatoes also look good, growing well.

Wednesday April 12-Estela, Kerry and Chris

Row 1 and 2-New tomatoes plants look great.
Row 3 -Summer squash look good under cloth.
Row 4-cauliflower needs to be harvested.
Row 5- removed a lot of dead leaves off the pea plants, (placed in green trash can). harvested some green peas, placed in a bag and inside the covered container.
Row 6-Swiss chard needs to be harvested.
Row 7-pruned cabbage, look good
Row 8 -new plants look good
Weeded between rows.

TUESDAY, APRIL 11 – Tony

Planted tomatoes in row 1, applied Sluggo+ and covered with row cloth. All other rows look good

MONDAY, APRIL 10- Cyndi and Heidi

Row 1- Refurbished the row, laid water tape and turned on water. (Managed to rake up enough compost).

Row 2- When the water came on there was water spraying at the joint at the end of tape by counter end. Tried tightening the joint. Was still dripping, but at least not spraying.
Cleaned up some of the dead leaves and trimmed some of the dead pea vines.

**Removed the tarp coverings on the amendments per Roy’s request and placed them in one of the brown containers**

SUNDAY, APRIL 9-posted by Lori with Julia
Planted green zucchinis (dunja) in row 8; lightly sprinkled with Sluggo+, and covered. (Thanks B&B for refurbishing on Fri!) Checked all rows, some critter digging, but nothing terrible.
Mon: Refurbish row 1. (Compost is low but there should be enough for Mon. I’m picking up more on Sat.) Put watering tape back in place and turn it on when you’re done.
Tues: Plant tomatoes in row 1. Don’t do any pruning; we’ll do that later. Bury the plants right up to the first stem. Plant close to watering tape, on downhill (north) side only. (I always forgot if it’s 18″ or 24″ apart for tomatoes. Will check with Roy.) Lightly sprinkle with Sluggo+ and cover with white row cloth.
Thurs: harvest (I’m guessing another week or two for cauliflower and sugar snap peas?)
Wed-Fri-Sat-Sun: Check all rows, as usual. Start pulling out brown, dying sugar snap pea plants. Looks like the ones in the middle are done. Any that still have peas, can be left in the ground for another week. Toss pea vines into green waste container. (They take too long to decompose.)

• FRIDAY, April 7 – posted by Bernadine with Barbie

• Row 4 Cauliflower: Applied Fish Emulsion Fertilizer.
• Row 8: Refurbished and placed water tape and turned water on.
• Checked all rows.
• I see that in the SUPPLIES NEEDED Section that the Fish Emulsion, BT, Safer Soap and
• Granular Fertilizer have been requested. We have 8 small packets of fertilizer.

THURSDAY, April 6 –  posted by Peggy, Jim, Linda, Cheri & Jill

Row 8 Broccoli,  6.5 lb.s harvested. Plants pulled, composted.
Row 7 Cabbage growing well.
Row 6 Swiss Chard, 8.5 lb.s harvested. Fish fertilizer applied.
Row 5 Pea plants mid row fading out. Harvested 5 lb.s
Row 4 Cauliflower heads are small. Harvested 3 heads.
Row 3 Summer Squash, new plants look good.
Row 2 New Tomato plants look good.
Rows 1 Cauliflower. 26 lb.s harvested. Plants pulled, composted.
Green waste cans placed on the curb.

Wednesday, April 5 -Kerry,Estela and Chris

Row 1 harvested and some harvested on row 4. Row 3 new squash plants look good. Row 2 planted new tomatoes added sluggo and nematodes. Row 5 have very few peas. Row 6 Swiss chard need to be harvested. Row 7 Cabbage look good. Row 8 remaining broccoli need to be harvested

TUESDAY, APRIL 4 – Tony & Leslie

Dug out roots from harvested bok choy in row 4. Weeded. All rows looking good

Monday April 3- Cyndi and Heidi

Row1 pulled out harvested cauliflower plants. Dug up roots. Raked the row. Put leaves in bin 1 and roots in garden waste. Checked all rows. Removed dead leaves and weeded.

SUNDAY, APRIL 2-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
We refurbished row 2. Turned and added to Biostack. Keep an eye on weeds in and around the rows.
Mon: pull out harvested cauliflower plants and roots from row 1. Put thick stems/roots in green waste and leaves in bin#`1.
Tues: dig out roots from harvested bok choy in row 4 (at gate end of row). Put them in green waste.
Wed: plant tomatoes in row 2. Roy will bring them down. I think they go only on the north (or downhill side of the watering tape, close to the tape) either 18″ or 24″ apart. (I’m doublechecking with Roy because I can’t remember. Will let you know what he says.) Bury right up to first stem but don’t do any pruning yet. Pruning starts only after we see first flowers. And Roy has a specific way to do this. Lightly sprinkle with sluggo+ and cover with white row cloth.

Thurs: harvest. Although there are still lots of flowers on the sugar snap peas, I don’t think the plants will last a lot longer. Looks like we’ll have chard and possibly some broccoli and cauliflower this week.
Fri: apply fish emulsion fertilizer to row 4 cauliflower.
Sat-Sun: usual garden chores.

• FRIDAY, March 31- posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

• Pulled harvested Broccoli plants in Rows 2 and 8. Put leaves in the compost, stems in the green waste bins. Mixed and shifted the compost.
• Filled in holes where critters have been digging.

THURSDAY, March 30 posted by Peggy, Jim, Linda

Row 8  8 plants harvested, otherwise small Broccoli heads.
Row 7 Cabbage growing well. Plants are small.
Row 6 Swiss Chard, 12.5 lb.s harvested.
Row 5 Pea plants continue to grow strongly. Harvested 3.5 lb.s
Row 4 Bok Choy 13 lb.s and Cauliflower heads are small.
Row 3 new plants look good. Starting to form heads.
Row 2 Cauliflower, 26 lb.s harvested.
Rows 1 appear to be doing well. 34 lb.s broccoli harvested.
Green waste cans placed on curb.

Wednesday, March 29-Chris

All rows looks good! Clean up all the yellow leaves under plants and recovered cover in row 7.

A lot of produce can be harvested in row 1,2,4,6 & 8.

TUESDAY, MARCH 28 – Leslie

Applied FE to cauliflower in row 1. Checked all rows, everything looks good. Cleaned off chairs and tables.

MONDAY, MARCH 27 – Cyndi

Removed half of bin #1 to bin #2 in the compost. Turned both bins to air out. Checked each row and cleaned up dead leaves. Weeded and raked in front of the entrance to the garden 1 and the counter area.

SUNDAY, MARCH 26 – posted by Lori with Dick and Julia
Checked all rows; plants look good. Weeded. Turned and added to Biostack. Paths between the rows are very wet and muddy, I guess because we’re at the bottom of the hill.
All: Weeds are growing in and around the rows so feel free to pull weeds if you have a dry day.
Mon: Shift some of the green waste in bin #1 to bin #2 to help air everything out before the next rain.
Tues: apply FE to row 1 cauliflower, which has some nice little heads growing.
Wed-Thurs: looks like rain…? If you do harvest on Thurs, be sure to get some of the little shoots growing on the already-harvested broccoli plants in row 2.
Fri-Sat-Sun: Can pull more of the already harvested broccoli plants, especially in row 8. Also shift green waste in bins #1 and #2 to help air everything out.

FRIDAY, MARCH 24 post by Bernadine with Barbie

Turned compost in Bins 1 & 2. The bins were not soggy but placed some leaves from Bin 1 into #2 but everything got turned.

The lower Row with Broccoli has several bunches that probably will be picked this week. We pulled the one side of the tape that was already picked and placed leaves in Bin #1, and the roots went into Green Waste Barrel.

THURSDAY, March 23 posted by Peggy, Jim, Cheri & Jill

Row 8  1 plant harvested, otherwise small Broccoli heads.
Row 7 Cabbage growing well.
Row 6 Swiss Chard, 11 lb.s harvested.
Row 5 Pea plants continue to grow strongly. Harvested 5 lb.s
Row 4 Bok Choy and Cauliflower plants look good. 
Row 3 new plants look good.
Rows 1 & 2  appear to be doing well. 2.5 lb.s broccoli harvested.

TUESDAY, MARCH 21 – Rained out.

MONDAY, MARCH 20 – Rained out.

SUNDAY, MARCH 19-posted by Lori with Julia
*Planted golden glory (yellow) zucchinis in row 3; lightly sprinkled with Sluggo+; and covered with row cloth.
*Smoothed over more holes along rows 4 and 5. Roy says he’s seen a raccoon family living across the street and that’s probably who is digging.
*Turned and added to Biostack.
Mon: if it’s not raining yet, plz move some of the green waste in bin#1 to bin#2. Should help it dry more quickly after this next rain.
Tues-Wed: looks like you might be rained out?
Thurs: looks like you might have a dry morning? I’m guessing row 2 broccoli will be done in the next 2 wks. But let me know.
Fri-Sat-Sun: Check all rows; see if we need replacements in row 3. If green waste in bin#1 and bin#2 looks pretty soggy, move it around to give it some air and maybe spread some of it into bin#3.

Friday, March 17- posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Refurbished Row 3. It was very wet, but with the sun out this weekend, it should dry out a bit. There was plenty of compost.

The end of the path between Row 3 and 4 is very wet.

Full inventory today.

THURSDAY, March 16 – posted by Peggy, Jim, Linda & Jill

Row 8  1 plant harvested, otherwise small Broccoli heads.
Row 7 new plants look perky, much better than last week.
Row 5 Pea plants continue to grow strongly. Harvested 12 lb.s
Row 4 Bok Choy and Cauliflower plants look good. 
Row 3 Cabbage, 28 lb.s harvested. Composted loose leaves.
Rows 1 & 2  appear to be doing well. 12 lb.s broccoli harvested.

TUESDAY, March 14 – Leslie

Checked all rows, everything looked good. Noticed a handful of small holes on rows 5, 6 and near the entrance gate (re Monday’s blog entry).
Cleaned off the table and chairs.

MONDAY, March 13 – Cyndi

Raked the Miramar compost over into a pile.

Folded and put the row cover away.

Weeded and cleaned up all the rows.

It seems like there is a leak possibly in row 5 and between row 4 because there was water pooled half way down between the rows . Could not find the leak.

Row 5 had holes going down the south side of the row. Raked and covered all the holes. Not sure what is the cause.

Row 6 had holes at the west end of the row. Raked and covered the holes.

There were 3 more little bit deeper holes under the Tree between rows 6-7. Marked those as possible gopher holes. Still not sure what the cause is.

Garden 3 ( Betty, Marion and Phyllis) helped out.

SUNDAY, MARCH 12-posted by Lori with Julia
*I replaced the combo lock on the tool cabinet. Same combo as before.
*Checked all rows. Plants look good. Row 7 both ends also looked ok. Not sure why they looked stressed earlier in the week. Also did some weeding.
*Turned and added to Biostack.
Mon: plz put away row cloth that we put on fence to dry.
Mon or Tues (before next rain): plz use garden rake or shovel to push loose Miramar compost into the pile. It looks like there’s a fair amt of usable compost in front of the main pile. Will get more soon.
Wed: usual garden chores if not rained out.
Thurs: I think the rest of the cabbage can come out this week?
Fri: If that row is empty, plz refurbish. Be sure to bring the row out to the end of the watering tape. The rows seem to get shorter over time.
Sat: I believe Roy has zucchini plants for this row. Either he’ll leave them for you or you’ll contact him to get them. (I’ll check with him and let you know.)
Sun: Usual garden chores.

SATURDAY, March 11 – posted by Tejal & Chyna

Applied fish emulsion fertilizer on row 8. Checked all rows – nothing untoward to report.

FRIDAY, March 10- posted by Annette with Bernadine

Trimmed dead leaves from plants. Trimmed outside of the garden. Cleaned up counter area.

Could not get the combination lock to open today.

THURSDAY, March 9 posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda

Row 7 new plants on west end look dehydrated/limp, Watered.
Row 6, 12 lbs. of Swiss Chard harvested.
Row 5 Pea plants continue to grow strongly. Harvested 9 lb.s
Row 4 Cauliflower plants look good.
Row 3 Cabbage, 8 lb.s harvested. ½ lb. of broccoli harvested.
Rows 1 & 2  appear to be doing well. Small broccoli heads.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 – Kerry and Estela

We pruned all rows. Checked under white coverings and all looked good. Row 1 plants look great but no cauliflower growing in there??? The Swiss chard looks ready to harvest, so do the peas. All else looked good.

TUESDAY, MARCH 7 – Tony & Leslie

Weeded in garden and surrounding areas. All rows look good

Monday, March 6 – Cyndi and Heidi

Removed cover off row 4. Row 6 cover was off and beside so we removed it as well.Draped them over the fence to dry. Weeded and raked in the garden and around the compost bins. Went back later in day to put covers away after drying.

SUNDAY MARCH 5-posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows; plants look good. We put away the 2 row cloths and wire hoops. Added to & turned Biostack. Check out all of the little volunteer tomato plants growing next to the Miramar compost! Not going to water them. We’ll see how long they survive.
Mon: remove and put away row 4 row cloth and hoops.
Thurs: Am thinking cabbage can probably go 1 more week after this week, but let me know if that sounds right. Plenty more chard and snap peas this week too.
Sat: apply fish emulsion (FE) to row 8, which is just starting to put out tiny broccoli heads.
All other days: usual garden chores, plus weeding wherever you see the weeds cropping up.

SATURDAY, March 4 – Tejal

Checked all rows. Pulled weeds. Removed white cloth from row 1 and 2 as the plants are getting big. Hung the wet cloth on the fence to dry.

FRIDAY, March 3- Annette and Barbie

Checked all rows, no damage from wind and rain. One of the tarps covering the bags of fertilizer and worm castings is shredding. We cut off the shredded portion. There is still enough left to cover the bags.

Put WD40 on the combination lock so hopefully it will open easier.

Cleaned up fallen branches around the garden. Swept sidewalk and raked the path.

THURSDAY, March 2 posted by Peggy, Jim & Linda

19 lb.s of Swiss Chard harvested, Fish fertilizer applied.
Rows 7 & 8 plants look good.
Row 5 Pea plants continue to grow strongly. Harvested 7 lb.s
Row 3 Cabbage, 33 lb.s harvested.
Rows 1 & 2  appear to be doing well. Small broccoli heads.
Row 4, Cauliflower plants look good. 
Some row covers re-staked due to blustery winds.

Wednesday, March 1-rainout

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 – rainout

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27- Heidi

Row 2 – Fertilized with fish emulsion. Added more string to Peas to help hold them up. Thank you for the assist from Garden 3, Betty and Phyllis.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26-posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows; all plants look great. Row 2 plants have small broccoli heads.
Monday: Apply FE fertilizer to row 2.
Thursday: Looks like Thurs morning might be dry. If it is, still lots more sugar snap peas, a few more cabbages, and a lot of chard ready to harvest.
All other days: Usual garden chores.

FRIDAY, February 24- Annette and Barbie

Garden looked good. Tied up more of the Peas that were falling over. Pulled out some of the dead vines.

Cleaned up fallen branches.

Update for Thurs Feb 23 (from Lori): With help from Jill in garden 2, Linda and Jill harvested about 6 lbs of snap peas and 2.5 lbs of cabbage. 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22– Chris and Kerry

Check all rows-all looking good. Recovered the covers on row 2,3 and 7. No evidence of any animal digging. Started to hail while we were in the garden.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 – Tony

Planted row 7 with Tender Sweet Cabbage and Marathon Broccoli (8 spots at the far end of the row). Sluggo+ and row cover.

Scarecrow had fallen over again. Placed him in a different location about 3’ away where the ground is firmer.

Monday, February 20– Cyndi and Heidi

We fertilized Row 3 , weeded and checked all the rows. Everything looked great. No digging of any holes noticed. We swept walkway and cleaned counter. Raked and cleaned up rocks left from new retaining wall. Put more string to pull up peas.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
Checked all rows; plants look good. Added string to help support snap peas in a few spots. Turned and added to biostack. Pulled out roots of harvested cabbage.
Monday: apply fish emulsion to row 3 cabbage.
Tuesday: contact Roy for plants (probably will be broccoli) and plant in row 7.
Wed-Sun: pretty good chance for rain; usual garden chores.

SATURDAY, February 18 – posted by Chyna

Today I checked and weeded all rows. There were some bites out of lower leaves at the end of row 1 near the orchard and some of the snap peas may need to be tied to the trellis, but otherwise all plants looked good. 

FRIDAY, February 17- Annette and Barbie

Refurbished Row 7.

Evidence of digging, Rows 4, 5. Pushed dirt back in large holes.

Emptied trash cans.

Inventory of Refurbishing supplies.

THURSDAY, February 16 – posted by Peggy, Linda, Jim & Jill

8 lb.s of Swiss Chard harvested, Fish fertilizer applied.
Row 7 Bok Choy, harvested 25 lb.s
Row 5 Pea plants continue to grow strongly, harvested 3.5 lb.s
Row 3 Cabbage, 9 lb.s harvested.
All rows appear to be doing well. Small amount of insect damage
Row 4, Sticky traps in place. Soil is disturbed, no critters caught.
Some small bok choy plants dug up by critters, replanted.
Green waste cans placed on the curb.

WEDNESDAY. FEB 15 – Estela and Chris
We noticed there was a lot of digging on row 4, 5 & 6. The holes are quite large, but nothing was eaten! We smoothed out the dirt. Maybe the Thursday team can see if there is more digging tonite.

Checked all the rows. Everything is growing well.

Some cabbage can be harvested.

So are the Bok Choy and some Swiss chard are ready to be harvested.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 – Tony & Leslie

Short shift on a drizzly morning. All rows look good. Brought in the 2 greenery cans from curb, one of which hadn’t been dumped. Wind had partially displaced the row cloth that had been hung on fence to dry; rehung it with clothes pins

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13- Cyndi and Heidi

Checked all the rows. Weeded. Guided the peas. The scarecrow was on the ground and broken, We tried to repair it. It was removed for the new retaining wall. The white cloth that was removed last week and hung on the fence was never put away. It was on the ground and wet from the rain. We rehung it on fence to dry. It possible maybe another team can fold it and put it away. thank you.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
Checked all rows. Plants look great. Turned and added to Biostack.
All teams: Usual garden chores. Lots of little weeds coming up; will need to keep an eye on them.
Thurs: Pull out remaining bok choy, row 7.
Fri: refurbish row 7.

FRIDAY, February 10- Annette and Bernadine

Planted Bok Choy at the end of Row 4. There were plants left in the flat and we put it back out on the table. Sprinkled Sluggo around the new plants.

Tied up some of the pea plants. Lots of blossoms and lots of peas that are ready to pick.

Full Inventory

THURSDAY, February 9 – posted by Peggy, Linda & Jim

Harvested 3 .5 lb.s of Swiss Chard  in  Row 6. 
Row 7 Bok Choy, harvested 35 lb.s
Row 5 Pea plants continue to grow strongly. Harvested 3.5 lb.s
All rows appear to be doing well. Small amount of insect damage.
Row 4, Sticky traps in place.
Rows 1, 2, 3, 4 & 8 plants are okay.
Green waste can placed on the curb.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 – Chris

Checked all rows, everything looks good.
Row7 Bok Choy are huge; need to harvest
Row 6 Swiss chard ; some can be harvested
Row 5 Some beans can be harvested
Row 3 Fertilized with Fish Emulsion.( the cover was off the row, didn’t put back after fertilizing the row)
Cleaned the counter top area.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 – Tony & Leslie

Routine chores. Everything looking good. Wiped down furniture

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 – Cyndi and Heidi

Checked all rows, all looked good.

Uncovered row 4, white cover was so wet and laying on the plants. Hung the cover on the fencing to dry out. Did some weeding.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5-posted by Lori with Dick and Julia
Checked all rows. Most of the plants look great, but I pulled out about 10 cauliflower plants (near the gate end of row 4) because the centers had been eaten by rodents. Roy thinks it might be voles (rather than mice or rats). He was going to check his stash of sticky traps for us to use. He’ll also let us know if we should add any replacement plants (maybe something that grows quicker than cauliflower).
Wed team: fertilize row 3 cabbages with fish emulsion.
All other teams: usual garden chores.

FRIDAY, February 3- Annette and Bernadine

Checked all rows. Noticed Sluggo on Row 4. This should help with the bugs.

Tied up some of the Peas with twine. There are lots of Peas ready to pick.

Turned the wet compost in the first 2 bins. Still very wet

THURSDAY, February 2 – posted by Peggy, Linda & Jim

Harvested 6 lb.s of Swiss Chard  in  Row 6., plants fertilized with fish emulsion.
Row 7 Bok Choy, harvested 25 lbs.
Pea plants continue to grow strongly. Harvested ½ lb.
Small amount of insect damage seen on Row 3. Lots of insect damage noted on row 4, Sluggo applied around plants.
Row 2 has 2 plants with insect damage. Rows 1 & 8 plants are okay.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

Cleaned up fallen eucalyptus branches & weeded. All rows looking good.

Maureen’s last week here for a while as she heads back to Portugal. See you in August, Maureen!

MONDAY, JANUARY 30 – Cyndi

All rows look good. Trimmed back the nasturtiums by row 8. Now it is easier to work down the row. weeded and raked around the rows. Kevin from Garden 2 started to turn over the compost but it was too wet.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29-posted by Lori with Julia
*Checked all rows; plants look good. A few plants at gate end of row 4 might have been attacked by rodents, but not sure. Keep an eye on it; might need to set trap.
*We sprayed the lock on the tool cabinet with WD40. Let me know if it’s still a problem. If so, I’ll buy a new one.
Thurs: You might have a lot to harvest this week. A lot of big Swiss chard leaves; maybe bok choy (although I’m not sure how big they’re supposed to get); and also sugar snap peas.
All other teams: Usual garden chores. Anyone who wants to can trim the nasturtiums on the back fence. The flowers are beautiful but would prefer the plants not grow into row 8. Also can turn over the green waste in precompost bins 1 and 2 (again) after this next rain.

Friday, January 27 – Bernadine

I opened locked shed; I believe the lock needs some WD40 though.

Green Waste Bins 1 & 2: I turned with large pitch fork. Both, especially # 1 was very compressed, and I felt it needed to be turned to help it along. I integrated the bag of leaves in both #1 and #2. I removed some of the thick branches.

All rows looked good. I tied string to the several stems of beans to attach them to the netting. The Santa Ana winds played havoc on that beautiful row.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26- posted by Peggy & Jim

No harvest of Swiss Chard  in  Row 6. Will pick next week.
Row 7 Some insect damage noted on 2 plants. Sluggo applied.
Pea plants continue to grow strongly. Will pick next week.
All rows appear to be doing well. Small amount of insect damage
seen on the west end of row 3. Lots of sluggo observed around plants.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25-Kerry and Estela
-Checked under all covers, pruned a few yellow leaves in rows 1 and 2
-All other rows looked great
-Tried to get into the shed for shovels to mix in some dry leaves from bin 3 but we could not get the lock open
-Also want to apologize for not doing last Wed blog-Chris and I cut up and mixed the 2 compost bins (now I tell you) sorry about that!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 – Maureen and Leslie

Applied fertilizer to row 3. Checked all rows, everything looks great.

MONDAY, JANUARY 23 – Cyndi and Heidi

Most of the row covers were very damp and frozen. Readjusted and added hoops to several rows to keep the cover off the plants. Otherwise, all rows looked good. Did some weeding. Guided the peas on the trellis.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 22-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
*Checked all rows; plants look great.
*Thank you, Peggy, for sharing the info about Swiss chard. First time we’ve grown it in our garden, I think. Always feels good to learn something new.
*Let’s wait another week to see if the green waste in bins 1&2 dries out a bit. Thanks to whoever chopped it up and moved it around. Whoever has time can mix in some of the dry(ish) leaves from bin#3 to bins 1&2. Mixing adds air and the dry leaves might help sop up some of the moisture.
All teams: usual garden chores this week.

FRIDAY, January 20- posted by Annette with Bernadine

Quiet day at the garden. Checked all rows. Everything is growing well.

Trimmed Pepper Tree. The tree needs major pruning.

Inventory of refurbishing supplies.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19- posted by Peggy & Jim

Harvested 2 lbs. of Swiss Chard  in  Row 6.
Talked with Roy about best harvest techniques. He says we 
should pick the leaves at 10 inches or more and fertilize the Swiss chard every 2 weeks with fish emulsion, fertilizer applied.
Pea plants continue to grow strongly. Lots of flowers.
All rows appear to be doing well. Small amount of insect damage
seen on the west end of row 3. Lots of sluggo observed around plants.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 – Tony & Maureen

All rows look good (and wet!). No signs of digging. Weeded.

MONDAY, January 16- Rain out.

SUNDAY JANUARY 15-posted by Lori with Julia
*All plants look good. Saw some holes that could be from raccoon or skunk digging in row 3, but plants looked ok.
*Started new batch of compost.
*Moved some of the green waste from bin #1 to bin #2 to help air it out (once it stops raining). Because it’s so wet, it’s getting kind of stinky. After the rain stops, if you’re looking for something to do, can chop green waste in both bins to help with decomposition. And shovel the green waste around each bin to add some air. Continue to watch for bugs, rodents, and weeds.
All teams: Usual garden chores this week.

FRIDAY, January 13- Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Checked all Rows for bugs and weeds. Did not see anything eaten.

Row 2- The row was dug up with plants disturbed, but not eaten or destroyed. We replanted and filled in the holes.

Rows 5 and 7 also had a lot of digging , but plants were not disturbed. It looks like it could be raccoons digging for grubs and worms. Plants appear to be growing well.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12- posted by Peggy & Katrina

Harvested 18 lbs. of Swiss Chard  in  Row 6.
Will talk with Roy next week about best harvest techniques.
Pea plants continue to grow strongly.
All rows appear to be doing well.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 – Estela and Chris
-Removed torn cover on Row 3 and replaced with new cover (as predicted it was a little short so we cut a portion of the old one and connected them.
-We tucked some of the bean stalks in along the plastic fence.
-Checked all rows and all are doing well

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 – Rained out

MONDAY, JANUARY 9– Cyndi and Heidi

Row 8 – planted Marathon Broccoli, watered in, applied sluggo and covered. Marion and Phyllis from Garden 3 offered assistants.

Checked and secured covers on all rows.

Cleaned counter top.

**Roy stopped by and said due to all the rain in the forecast he turned off the water for the week.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
We sprayed row 6 Swiss chard with Bt. After the rain ends, can spray again and/or sprinkle with more Sluggo. Can’t tell if it’s worms or slugs eating the leaves. All rows looked good. Prepped for start of new compost batch.
*I brought home the roll of white row cloth. Will cut 2 and drop them off Mon morning. One is for row 8 after it’s planted. The other can replace the shredded one on row 3.
Mon: plant row 8. (Either contact Roy or look for plants that he might bring down early.) Lightly sprinkle with Sluggo+ and cover with white row cloth. New one, ready to use, will be in storage box. We borrowed wire hoops from garden 2. Might need to space them out, or take a couple from our other rows. Also might need to space out the metal pins (or take some from our other rows).
Tues: if you get there before the rain, replace the shredded white row cloth on row 3 with the new one in the storage box and toss the old one. If this has to wait because of rain, it’s not a problem.
Wed-Sun: Continue to check all rows for bugs and weeds.

FRIDAY, January 6- posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Refurbished Row 8. All rows are looking good.

Full inventory today.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 – posted by Peggy, Linda & Jim

Harvested Broccoli in  Row 8 plus pkg. In shed – 8 lbs.
Removed and composted  all plant waste from row 8.
Green waste cans placed on the curb for pickup.
Pea plants continue to grow strongly.
Row 4 Cauliflower plants look good. Row cover applied.
All other rows look fine.

WEDNESDAY, JAN 4 – Estela
-Planted cauliflower and added Sluggo in Row 4

TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

Pulled about half of the broccoli plants from row 8. A few had small florets on them which we placed in a plastic container on the counter.

MONDAY, JANUARY 2 – Cyndi, Heidi and Sandy

Row 4 – Refurbished. Dug up several large roots from the pepper tree.

Secured all the white covers that were blown off and checked the plants. All looked good.

Swept the pathway and flooring in shed.

Checked all the rows

SUNDAY, JANUARY 1-posted by Lori with Julia
Everyone at the garden has done such a great job this past year! Thank you to all of you…and here’s to another fabulous year of gardening!!
We checked all rows today; all looked good. Because of rain forecast for most of the week, I’ll again just list the tasks that need to be done and if you’re able to do any of them, please just make sure to show what you did in the blog. Anything that doesn’t get done this week, can be done next week.
*It looks like we might have worms eating the Row 6 swiss chard. Let’s try spraying with Bt, but best to wait for a couple of dry days so that the rain doesn’t just wash it all off.
*Row 4 is ready to refurbish. (Be sure to also pull out as many roots as possible when you refurbish.)
*Once Row 4 is refurbished, it can be planted.
*Looks like Row 8 broccoli might be done this week. Once all broccoli is harvested, can pull out the plants.
*Saw the first snap pea bloom today. More will be coming soon. Continue guiding tendrils to the trellis.
*Check under all row cloths.

SATURDAY, December 31 – Tejal

Checked all rows. did light weeding between between rows and around the edge of the garden. Chopped greens in compost bin .

FRIDAY, December 30- Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

We planted the seedlings that were sitting out in Row 2. Sprinkled Sluggo Plus and covered with white cloth.

Row 4 looks ready to refurbish.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 – posted by Peggy & Linda
Harvested 41.5 lbs. of Broccoli in  Rows 4 & 8.
Removed and composted  all plant waste in row 4.
Green waste can placed on the curb for pickup.
Pea plants continue to grow strongly.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28 – Estela
-Cut side stalks from broccoli in Row 4 those plants need to be pulled out
-Row 8 broccoli needs to be harvested
_Everything else looks good

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27 – Tony, Leslie & Maureen

Refurbished row 2

Some large sections of leaves missing from row 7 Bok Choy (far end). Not sure if snails were the culprits but applied Sluggo+.

MONDAY, December 2 6 – Sandy and Heidi
We turned over all the row covers, and checked the plants.
Hand watered each row.
Placed the pea tendrils within the wiring.
Cleaned up.

Sunday, December 25– posted by Julia
<Note from Lori: between the predicted rain and New Year holiday, probably best for everyone to just do usual garden chores this week.>

Planted Bok Choy in row 7. Watered, sprinkled Sluggo + and white cloth covered. A few more bok choy plants on table if any replacements needed, they were watered. All rows checked, with no pest noted – growing well.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23-posted by Bernadine
Refurbished row 7. Did supply count. Checked all rows. All looked good.

THURSDAY, DEC 22 – Peggy & Family

Row 2 removed all Cauliflower plants, harvested 15 lbs.

Green waste cans placed on the curb.

Row 4 & 8 harvested Broccoli & shoots 12.5 lb.s

WEDNESDAY, DEC 21 – Kerry, Chris, & Estela
-Pruned rows 4 and 8
-Trimmed off all broccoli shoots in row 7 put in a bag then in plastic container on the counter
-Pulled out all broccoli in row 7
-Row 3 cabbage looks good
-Row 6 swiss chard also looks good
-Row 5 peas are climbing!
-Happy Holidays to everyone

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 – Tony & Maureen

Planted Candy Charm Cauliflower in row 1, applied Sluggo+ and covered with white row cloth. All other rows look good. Pulled in greenery cans from curb.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19- Cyndi, Heidi and Sandy

Row 1 – refurbished, ready to plant. Dug up a large root, probably from the tree.

Checked other rows, all looked good. A bit of frost on plants and ground this am.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18-posted by Lori with Julia
We strained and dumped out all of the compost in the Biostack. Combined it with Miramar compost. Will start new batch next week. All rows looks good.
**For this coming week, I heard back from a couple of you about who will be here this week. Since I’m not sure about all of the days, I’ve listed the tasks for the week. If you can do one of them, great. Whatever doesn’t get done this week, we’ll do next week. And, just checking on the plants to see how they’re doing is always worthwhile. Be sure to leave a note in the blog letting the next day’s volunteers know what you did (so we don’t do things twice or plant before we refurbish). Thanks and I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!
Row 1: ready to be refurbished.
Row 1: will be ready to plant after it’s been refurbished; contact Roy for plants.
Row 7: cut off broccoli side shoots (and put them in plastic container for Thurs or bring them home, store in fridge, and bring them back Thurs a.m. to be donated with rest of harvest).
Row 7: pull out all broccoli plants, disposing of large stems in green waste container and rest of plants in precompost bin #1. Be sure to also pull out the roots.
Row 7: refurbish once the plants are out.
Row 7: will be ready to plant after it’s been refurbished; contact Roy for plants.

SATURDAY, December 17 – posted by Tejal with Chyna and Soumitra

Usual garden chores. All rows look good. Worked on chopping greens in compost bin 1.

NOTE: No team members available to volunteer in the garden next Saturday, December 24.

FRIDAY, December 16- posted by Annette with Barbie

Could only stay a short time today, so didn’t refurbish Row 1. Checked all rows and pulled off old leaves from Broccoli plants.

Full inventory today. There is only a small amount of Bio Flora left in the bin and that can be used up.

THURSDAY, December 14 – posted by Peggy & Linda

Row 1 Broccoli done, all plants removed.

Row 2 Cauliflower, 11 lbs. harvested.

Row 3 New  Cabbage plants growing.

Row 4 Broccoli zero harvest. Plants are big.

Row 5 Peas, average height 16 to 18 inches.

Row 6 Swiss Chard looks healthy.

Rows 7 & 8 Broccoli, total 8 lbs.harvested.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 – Chris LATE ENTRY (sorry)
-Everything looked so good due to the rain
-Rows 4 & 8 new broccoli plants are doing well, seeing some florets already
-Row 5 snap peas are doing well along the fence
-Cleaned up the general area.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 – Tony

Rainy morning so waited and went in mid-morning. All rows look wet and happy

Picked up fallen eucalyptus branches. While doing so, noticed that 2 of the 3 greenery bins are missing. Have they been stolen?!

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12– rained out

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11-posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows; all look good. Remaining broccoli heads in row 1 are still kind of small but the row might be done this Thurs. And then we’ll probably empty out another couple rows over the next 2-3 weeks. Rain is here, finally. Yay!
All teams: Usual garden chores.

Checked all rows. Some of the broccoli leaves have been chewed on, but plants remain healthy looking. Pulled a few dead leaves.

Inventory of Refurbishing supplies. Plenty for the winter.

THURSDAY, December 8 – posted by Peggy & Linda

Row 1 Broccoli looks good.

Row 2 Cauliflower with few heads.

Row 3 Cabbage done, 22lbs, harvested

Row 4 Broccoli zero harvest.

Row 5 Peas, average height 1 Ft.

Row 6 Swiss Chard looks healthy.

Rows 7 & 8 Broccoli, total 8 lbs.harvested.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 – Kerry
-Fertilized rows 4 and 7 with FE
-Row 1 looks like we should harvest what’s left
-Row 2 has about 9 cauliflowers that are ready to harvest
-Row 3 had the white cloth blown off and lots of tears, I recovered
-Rows 4 and 8 have lots of leaves but not much broccoli
-Row 7 has a few broccoli ready for harvest

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

Planted “tender sweet cabbage” in row 3, applied Sluggo+ and covered with white row cloth

MONDAY DECEMBER 5 – Cyndi and Heidi

Everything looks good. Cleaned each row.

Row 3, water tape replaced and watered in well. Ready for planting tomorrow.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 4-posted by Lori with Julia
Applied FE fertilizer to row 2 cauliflower (which has some small heads showing) and row 8 broccoli. Finished thinning Swiss chard plants. Thank you Fri volunteers for refurbishing row 3!
Mon: Contact Roy about replacing the watering tape in row 3. (I emailed him about this; it’s leaking at the connection and already has 6 repaired spots. Time to replace it.)
Tues: Contact Roy about plants for row 3. After planting, water them in, lightly sprinkle with Sluggo+, and cover with white row cloth. Will probably be broccoli, cauliflower, or cabbage. Whichever it is, plant 18″ apart down both sides of the watering tape, close to the tape.
Wed: Apply FE to rows 4 and 7.
Thurs: harvest. Looks like we’ll have some broccoli ready to go.
Fri-Sun: usual garden chores.

FRIDAY, December 2- Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Cabbage in Row 3 was all pulled out, so we refurbished the row today. There is still BioFlora left in the metal bin, so we used that. It can be used up before using the smaller bags of Granular.

Inventory of Refurbishing supplies.

DECEMBER 1, posted by Peggy, Anna & Linda

Harvested 5.5 lbs. of Tomatoes.
Row 1, 7 & 8 Broccoli, harvested 11.5 lbs.
Row 2 Cauliflower, harvested 1/2 lb.
Row 3 Cabbage, complete harvest 10 lbs.
Row 4 Broccoli growing well.
Row 5 Peas look good. About 5 inches tall on ave.
Row 6 Swiss chard growing well.
Waste cans placed on curb.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30 – Estela & Kerry
-Row 3 cabbage and Row 7 broccoli need to be harvested
-Pruned all rows
-The apple tree could use harvesting as well, there were some on the ground
-All else looked good

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 – Leslie & Maureen

Checked all rows, everything looked good.

Attached snap pea tendrils where they were tall enough

Cleaned up chairs and tables.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 – Cyndi and Heidi

No signs of insect or gopher activity.

Weeded, removed dead leaves from each row and raked .

Raked and cleaned area around table and chairs.

**There is one apple tree and a mango tree in the orchard that looks like they could be harvested on Thursday.**

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
*Checked all gopher traps. Didn’t catch anything. (Couldn’t actually find the trap in row 4; the string broke and didn’t find it when I dug around. Will probably find it when we refurbish the row.) Didn’t see anymore signs of gophers–at least for now. Traps are under the workbench in the box marked “traps.”
*Did onetime thinning of swiss chard, based on instructions from Roy. Other plants look good.
All teams: Usual garden chores. As snap peas grow, continue to guide the tendrils to the trellis.
Thurs: Looks like about half of cabbages in row 3 can be harvested this week. Let me know if you think we should give the rest of the cabbages another week or two.

SATURDAY, November 26 – Tejal with Chyna

Checked all rows. All good.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 – Kerry, Estela, and Chris
-Pruned all broccoli rows
-Nothing to report on gopher traps
-Very little to harvest 2 1/2 lbs. cabbage 1 lb broccoli
-All else looked good

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 – Leslie & Maureen

Checked all rows, everything looked good.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 – Sandy, Cyndi, and Heidi,
Weeded
Set gopher traps on rows 1, 2 & 4
Borrowed traps from garden 3 .

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
*Plants look good, except for the large broccoli plant in row 4 that was sheered off at the roots by a gopher. Found the tunnel and set a trap (in row 4). Didn’t get around to checking the trap in row 1.
*Put up trellis for the sugar snap peas.
*Turned and added to Biostack.
*FYI: The plants in row 6 (under the row cloth) are Bright Lights Swiss Chard. We added a sign. We’ll need to thin them out once they get a little bigger, probably in another week or two.
All teams: Usual garden chores, including gently guiding pea tendrils to the trellis as the plants grow.
Mon: please check the 2 gopher traps (row 1 and row 4).
Wed: harvest (instead of Thurs because of Thanksgiving)

FRIDAY, November 18- Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Roy left a flat of Snap Peas, so we filled in the empty spaces in Row 5. Sprinkled Sluggo Plus around the peas.

Still a big hole where the gopher trap was placed, but no evidence of the gopher.

Inventory of refurbishing supplies.

NOVEMBER 17 – posted by Peggy & Linda

Row 1, 7 & 8 Broccoli, harvested 2 lb.

Row 2 Cauliflower ½ harvested.

Row 4 Broccoli growing well.

Row 5 Peas look good.

Row 6 Swiss chard is growing well.

Waste cans placed on the curb.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – Chris, Estela, and Kerry
-Pruned rows 1, 3, and 7
-Fertilized rows 1, 3, and 7
-The gopher trap in row 1 looks untouched
-We are wondering what is planted in row 6 under the white cloth (no sign at end of row)
-All else looked good

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

Pounded in posts for row 5 sugar snap pea trellis

Wiped down furniture and cleaned up eucalyptus branches

All rows look good

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – Sandy, Cyndi, and Heidi
Sprayed BT on rows 2&3.
Actually lightly sprayed all the leafy plants in the garden .
Dug up soil at end of row 1 to find gopher hole.
Set up trap and covered it with leaves. Placed a stick near it.
Watered over the new pea plants 🌱.
Would be helpful to lightly water rows 5&6.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
Planted “Bright Lights” Swiss chard in row 6; sprinkled with Sluggo+, and covered. Turned and added to Biostack. I brought home the green tomatoes. Will bring them back once they’ve ripened.
Mon: Spray Bt on rows 2 and 3.
Tues: pound in metal posts in row 5 for sugar snap pea trellis.
Wed: Fertilize rows 1, 3, and 7 with fish emulsion.
Thurs: harvest.
Fri: Roy will let me know on Mon if he has sugar snap pea replacement plants in the greenhouse that are ready to go in the ground. I’ll email you once I hear from him. If they are ready, fill in the empty spots. Plants can be spaced about every 3-4″, close to the watering tape. Now that the plants are up, lightly sprinkle with Sluggo+.
Sat: Check row 6 to see if we need any replacement plants for the Swiss chard. We had 9 plants left over (in two 6-packs). They’re in the greenhouse, far left side near the back door. They have nursery-style tags that ID them as Bright Lights Swiss Chard. Plant if needed.
Sun: put up the trellis for the snap peas.

FRIDAY, November 11- Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Checked all rows, everything is looking good. Nothing to plant in Row 6. Peas are coming up. It looked like several had been eaten, but didn’t see any digging.

Full inventory today. We did a count of the Granular packages. We put the G&B Paradise in the can with the rest of the BioFlora, and the Kellogg organic and G&B Starter in the other can.

We thought about taking the green tomatoes home to ripen, but thought the harvesting team could do that and bring them back when ripe.

THURSDAY, November 10 – posted by Peggy, Linda & Anna

Harvested 11.5 lbs of Bok Choy, 5 lbs cabbage and 1.5 lbs broccoli
Root balls put in green trash. Other plant waste in compost bin.
Green waste and trash placed on curb for pickup.
Pea plants are sprouting well. 
Rows 1, 4, 7 & 8 Broccoli plants look good.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 – Tony & Maureen

Row 4 broccoli, 1 plant had a stem with several leaves broken off. No sign of critters, so a mystery. Other than that all rows looking good
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 – Chris and Kerry
-the garden looked BEAUTIFUL due to the rain
-peas in Row 5 have tiny sprouts
-Bok Choy still needs harvesting (maybe we have the wrong outlook on it, we think it’s better to harvest when it’s smaller) Please advise if we are wrong about this.
-All else looked good!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 – Sandy, Heidi, and Cyndi
Row 3 repaired a leak
Row 5 watered and installed hoops
Cleaned up dead leaves 
Checked for insects
Removed lower leaves on plants.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
*Turned and added to Biostack.
*Refurbished row 6.
*Gave row 5 sugar snap peas a good spray of water. They’re starting to come up!
*Fixed 1 leak in row 3 but there’s another smaller one (marked with bamboo stake).
Mon: If you’re able to fix the leak in row 3, please do. Or see if Roy can help.
Tues-Sun: Usual garden chores, but it looks like we’ll have rain on Tues-Wed. We’ll be planting swiss chard in row 6 but not sure which day. I’ll email once I have the plants from the nursery.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5– Tejal
Checked all rows – nothing new to report. Swept the shed by the garden. Worked on biostack – chopped newly pulled out tomato plants in bin 1 and mixed with contents of bin 2.

FRIDAY, November 4- Annette and Bernadine

Took out Tomatoes, pulled out the stakes, put roots in green waste bin, cut up plants and put in compost bin. There were a few good size green tomatoes on the plants. Put them in the covered plastic bin with the pruners and left them on the counter.

All the rows are looking good.

THURSDAY, November 3 – posted by Peggy, Jill

Raining on and off. All tomatoes harvested. Mostly green fruit.

Will take home to ripen.

Roy here to give talk on gopher traps.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 – Estela, Chris, and Kerry
-Watered row 5 after checking that it was dry (before it rained)
-Pruned other rows
-Bok choy should be harvested
-All else looked good

TUESDAY, November 1 – Tony, Maureen and Leslie

Fertilized row 1 broccoli and row 3 cabbage with fish emulsion

Observed what seemed to be a lot of new holes in row 3 cabbage leaves and to a little lesser extent row 2 cauliflower. Found no reference to them in blog. Couldn’t find any worms, but we treated both rows with BT

Wiped down furniture and cleaned up fallen eucalyptus branches

MONDAY Oct 31 – Cyndi and Heidi

Checked all rows, no signs of gophers or insects.

Row 3 – Water tape popped off the connection, fixed and filled in the washed out area.

Row 5 – Watered the snap peas.

Trimmed the pepper tree. We can now walk under it. Thank you Kevin(garden2) for height assist. Put trimmings in the lg green can near the street.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
Checked all rows. Plants look good, except for the ones snagged by the gophers. I’ll be buying more gopher traps and will drop them off. If you spot gopher activity, dig nearby to find tunnel. Trap goes in the tunnel. If you need help, contact Roy. Turned and added to Biostack.
Mon-Wed-Fri-Sun: Use wide setting to spray water on row 5 (either over or under the row cloth). Keeping topsoil moist helps with seed germination.
Tues: Fertilize rows 1 and 3 with fish emulsion.
Thurs: Harvest all tomatoes that are ripe or that you think will ripen. (Although the plants look healthy, the fruit is barely growing. Not enough sun this time of year.)
Fri: remove stakes and tomato plants, including roots.
Sat-Sun: usual garden chores.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29-posted for Chyna by Lori
Put sugar snap pea seeds in the ground along both sides of the watering tape. Watered them in and covered with white row cloth.

FRIDAY, October 28- posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Refurbished Row 5. Saw gopher mound on the row.

All rows are looking very nice, growing well. Even 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.

THURSDAY, October 27 posted by Peggy, Jill, Anna & Linda

Pepper plants removed. Stalks to compost bin, root balls to green waste. Harvested 4.5 lb.s of peppers. Harvested 1 lb.s of tomatoes. Harvested 5 lbs. of apples. Signs of gophers digging in the dirt, Roy informed of this. Lost a cauliflower and a cabbage plant. Green waste cans placed on the curb for pickup.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 – Chris and Estela
-Checked for worms, aphids, and gophers-didn’t see any
-Trimmed tomato plants and tucked them in for support
-Bok Choy are getting big, need to harvest

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

We found a large cavern in the middle of row 2 caused by a row 3 drip rupture. Three of the cauliflower plants had been unearthed. Repaired the drip rupture and replanted the plants.

Sprayed BT on row 7 broccoli as instructed. Made a full batch and sprayed the other leafy rows as well – 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 & 8.

A passerby inquired about the availability of the pallet that is sitting against the soil amendments. We politely told him we had plans for it. Afterwards we tried to hide it behind the tarp. The existing tarp isn’t large enough to hide everything and has a rip in it. We could use 2 new tarps.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 – Sandy, Heidi and Cyndi

Found 3 gopher holes, and placed sticks to identify where the the holes are.
I placed 2 rat traps with peanut butter in 2 of the holes. We need more gopher traps.
Cyndi raked the garden paths and collected debris.
Everything looked good.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 — posted by Lori with Julia

Checked all rows. Saw a lot of tiny green worms on the undersides of leaves in the row 7 broccoli. Otherwise, all plants look good. Did some weeding at ends of rows and along back fence.
Mon: usual garden chores.
Tues: spray row 7 broccoli with Bt. Try to get under the leaves. If you have extra, go ahead and spray any of the other broccoli, cauliflower, or cabbage rows.
Wed: usual garden chores.
Thurs: harvest all peppers and remove plants.
Fri: Pull out wooden stakes and refurbish row 5.
Sat: Put sugar snap pea seeds in the ground along both sides of the row 5 watering tape. I’ll soak the seeds on Fri and will bring them to the garden Sat morning (and will show you what to do).
Sun: usual garden chores.

SATURDAY, October 22 – posted by Tejal with Chyna

Checked all rows – no issues noted. Did light weeding.

FRIDAY, October 21 — posted by Annette and Barbie

Checked all rows; pulled off some dead leaves, no aphids or bugs.

Cut off dead flowering growth from the big Aloe in front.

THURSDAY, October 20 posted by Peggy & Anna 

Rows 8, 7, 4 & 1 Broccoli plants growing well.
Row 6 Tomatoes look good, weeded. Small fruit seen.
Row 5 Peppers, no insect damage seen. Moisture meter checked.
Row 3 Cabbage plants ok
Row 2 Cauliflower plants ok.
Row 1 Broccoli plants ok. 
Bok choy plants all look good.
Harvested 5 lb.s of apples.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 – Kerry and Chris
-Did very light pruning
-Looked at all rows for worms, gophers, and aphids but saw none
-Trimmed back the ice plant outside of the garden along the little fence towards the street. Paul from garden 3 had started trimming it to keep a path there.
-If anyone has free time they can continue the trimming around the orchard.
-Tucked the tomatoes in to the twine, there are still tomatoes on alot of the plants

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 – Tony, Leslie, Maureen

Removed remaining 4 black row covers. They were wet with dew so placed them out to dry and returned later in the day to fold them

Garden is looking great

MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 – Sandy, Heidi, and Cyndi

We fertilized and straightened up things.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 – posted by Lori with Julia
Checked all rows; plants look good. Turned, added to, and watered Biostack.
Mon: apply fish emulsion fertilizer to row 3 cabbages.
Tues: fold up and put away all black row cloths.
Wed-Sun: usual garden chores. Keep up the good work (everyone) watching for worms, aphids, and gophers.

SATURDAY, October 15 – posted by Tejal with Chyna

Checked all rows – no issues noted. Chopped and tossed plant material in biostack bin 1

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14- Annette, Bernadine, and Barbie

Checked all rows for bugs, didn’t see anything.

Trimmed succulents outside the garden.

THURSDAY, October 13 – posted by Peggy, Anna & Linda
All the garden rows look good. Small amount of insect damage
seen on the west end of Row 1 & 2. 
Harvested 4 lbs. of tomatoes and 1 lb. of green peppers.
Green waste cans placed on the curb for pickup Friday.

WEDNESDAY, OSTOBER 12-Chris and Kerry
-Not much needed in the garden today
-We checked for bugs and worms and saw nothing
-All rows look healthy
-In the orchard we noticed the Burgundy Plum tree leaves are shriveled up, looks like it has a disease. We are hoping someone can take a look at it.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

Obtained bok choy from Roy to fill in gaps – 5 in row 3 cabbage and 1 in row 2 cauliflower

Everything appears to be doing well with black row covers off

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 – Heidi
Removed lower leaves from row 1-3. West end of row 3 is forming heads and therefore needs fertilizer. Peppers and tomatoes look good. Row 8 new seedlings look great too.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
Temps are lower so we uncovered all rows but left row cloths nearby just in case it warms up again. Plants look good. Turned and added to Biostack. Keep watching for worms, aphids, and gophers.
All teams: Usual garden chores this week.

FRIDAY, October 7- posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Planted Broccoli in Row 8. Sprinkled Sluggo around the plants, and turned on the water.
All Rows looked good.

Inventory of Refurbishing Supplies. We should be good for a long time!

THURSDAY, October, 6 – posted by Peggy, Cheri, Linda & Anna
Row 8 refurbishing done. 
Harvested 5.5 lbs. Of tomatoes. Plants look good.
Pepper plants doing well. Harvested 2 lb.s
Green waste placed on the curb for pickup.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 – Estela and Chris
-All rows are doing well
-Checked for worms but didn’t find any
-Checked gopher traps-they were empty
-Checked the orchard-no weeding needed
-Cleaned counter top and cleared debris from trees outside of garden 1 area

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 – Tony, Leslie & Maureen

Applied Safer Soap to row 5 peppers to treat for aphids

Observed chewed leaves at far end of row 3 cabbage but couldn’t find any worms. Because the Thursday team had treated with Sluggo+ we didn’t take any further action.

Roy’s assistant placed a gopher trap in a hole in row 3 cabbage. Don’t stick your hands in there!

Cleaned furniture in preparation for farmers market

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 – Sandy, Cyndi, and Heidi
Applied bioflora as requested .
Roy was going to set a trap for a gopher.
Watered the native garden.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
*All rows of new plants looked good–except for 1 broccoli plant in row 1 that was hit by a gopher. Found gopher mound in row 3 but couldn’t find tunnel. If you see more gopher activity, can ask Roy for help with trap or set one if you find its tunnel.
*Tomato and pepper plants look healthy & have lots of flowers or buds. So let’s leave them in the ground and see if they set fruit over next couple wks.
*We took a few wires from our other rows and borrowed a couple from garden 3 to cover the newly planted broccoli. You can always do that when wires are scarce. It’s easier than wooden stakes.
*Turned and added to Biostack composter.
*Everybody did a great job controlling worms this past week. Keep looking for them, mostly (now) in newer younger leaves.
*As you’ll see, we once again have plenty of soil amendments thanks to Kelloggs donation.
Mon: fertilize tomato plants with Bioflora.
Tues: Check for worms; if you see a lot (especially on new plants) spray with Bt.
Wed: usual garden chores.
Thurs: not much to harvest this week so please refurbish row 8. The row should be about 30″ wide with watering tape going straight down the middle. We marked the row edges, although markings are approx. Feel free to adjust if needed.
Fri: contact Roy for plants for row 8. Water in & sprinkle with Sluggo+. No cover needed; we’ll be uncovering the other rows shortly.
Sat-Sun: usual garden chores.

SATURDAY, October 1 – posted by Tejal with Chyna and Soumitra

Chyna and I planted broccoli starters provided by Roy in Row 4. The holes were pre made. We watered the row and applied Sluggo. Could not find any more wires to support the black cloth so did not cover the row. Should we have used the wooden stakes?

Soumitra worked on the biostack for a bit and then worked on the orchard with Rachel.

Friday, September 30 – posted by Bernadine with Barbie

Removed stakes from Row 8 and rolled up water tape.

Checked rows and removed Horn Worms.

Cut up branches in Bin 1 and placed some stems in Green waste bin. Also pruned pepper tree branches. Watered plants on the perimeter.

Row 4 is ready to plant.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29th, posted by Peggy, Anna & Linda

Row 8 Tomatoes removed with stakes left in place. 
Row 7 Broccoli plants under shade cloth, doing well.
Row 6 Tomatoes growing well.
Row 5 Roy here, says shade cloth should be removed from peppers,
harvested ½ lb.
Row 4 no visible plants. 
Row 3 Cabbage plants noted to have insect damage on leaves. Treated with Sluggo.

Roy requested that we fill gaps in rows with new plants that mature approx. in same time frame as what was already planted. He gave us Bok Choy to fill in where plants were missing.His advice is to keep an eye out for dead or dying plants so that they
His advice is to keep an eye out for dead and dying plants so they can be replaced in a timely manner. He stated the garden is about production of vegetables. 

Also added 2 Bok Choy plants to row where spacing allowed.
Row 2 Cauliflower plants doing well, added 3 Bok choy plants to fill gaps.
Row 1 Broccoli growing well. Filled in row with approx. 6 Bok Choy plants.
New Bok choy plants watered well.
Composted discarded tomato plants. Root balls placed in green waste can.
Green waste can placed on the curb for pickup.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 – Estela, Chris, and Kerry
-Sprayed BT on Rows 1 and 3
-Did not see any worms while spraying
-Noticed a possible gopher hole at the west end of Row 1
-Also noticed that the newly refurbished Row 4 did not look very wide
not sure if it matters but we were told years ago the row should be 30
inches wide. Can someone let us know if this is correct or if it matters?
-All else looks good, the peppers look particularly good!

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

Refurbished row 4.

Lots of activity in row 3 cabbages – squished 2 cabbage loopers, found 4 grubs which Roy said was “no biggie”, and there was some digging going on, probably by something eating the grubs. All other rows looked good.

Wiped down furniture for farmers market

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 – Sandy and Cyndi
Roy asked to not plant row 1 with broccoli.
He will bring bok choy or lettuce in a day or two to plant in the empty spaces .
Checked all the rows.
Raked the garden.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25-posted by Lori with Dick and Julia
Checked all rows. Found lots of little green cabbage looper worms on rows 1 & 3 plants and a few tomato hornworms on the tomato plants. Turned and added to Biostack.
Reminder: if you move aside or remove a watering tape, be sure to turn the water to that row off at the valve.
Monday: talk to Roy about replacing some of the broccoli plants in row 1. I know those plants have been in the ground for a few wks already, but there are several big, empty spaces. None of the plants are close to flowering so I think we can still add some new ones.
Tuesday: refurbish row 4. The rows tend to shrink over time; try to make it full length and ask Roy about replacing the watering tape if it’s too short.
Wednesday: Spray Bt on rows 1 and 3.
Thursday: Harvest all tomatoes from one of the tomato rows and pull all of the plants (and roots) out of that row. (Can leave wooden stakes in the ground.)
Friday: contact Roy for plants and put them in row 4. Water them in, sprinkle with sluggo+, and cover with black row cloth. (I forgot to check on whether we have more in the box; if not, we have a new roll and I’ll cut some on Sun.)
Saturday: remove wooden stakes from empty tomato row; check all new plants for worms (look for holes in leaves and then check undersides of leaves); pre compost bins.
Sunday: usual garden chores; cut new black row cloth.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24-posted by Soumitra

Chopped and mixed green waste in bin #1 and lightly watered it. Checked all rows; plants looked good.

FRIDAY, September 23- posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Pulled Tomatoes from Row 4, put in compost. We pulled the posts. After soaking the posts, they came out easily.

Found several horn worms on the Tomato plants. Checked all rows.

Full inventory . Only enough refurbishing supplies for 1 row.

THURSDAY, September 22 – posted by Peggy, Linda & Ann
Row 4 Tomatoes, All fruit removed. Harvested 4.5 lbs. Green fruit
stored offsite for ripening.
Row 1 Broccoli doing well.
Row 2 Cauliflower plants look good.
Row 3 Cabbage growing well.
Row 5 Peppers growing well. Harvested 2 lb.s
Row 6 & 8 tomato plants green fruit only.
Row 7 Broccoli plants growing well.
Green waste cans placed on the curb
Watered succulent plants on the retaining wall, also plants by shed.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21- Chris and Kerry
-Planted cauliflower plants in Row 2
-Put down Sluggo, watered, and covered with black shade tarp
-All other rows look good

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 – Tony, Maureen and Leslie

Fertilized row 5 peppers with BioFlora directly under the watering tape.

The far end of newly refurbished row 2 had been washed away by water because the valve was left open when the watering tape was removed; rebuilt the last 6’, which meant tapping into bags of worm castings and chicken manure, so there will be a little less than a full compliment for the team that has to use those bags for the next refurbishment.

Cleaned up fallen eucalyptus branches and placed in greenery bin.

Wiped down furniture in preparation for farmers market.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 – Sandy, Heidi, and Cyndi

Looked at the leaves on the plants for worms.
Removed leaves touching the soil.
Watered native garden.
Raked the garden, native garden and part of the road.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18-posted by Lori with Julia
Refurbished row 2. Have emailed Roy about getting a new watering tape because we lengthened the row a bit and the tape is too short. Water is still on to keep the soil moist for planting this week. New plants look good. Tomatoes on their way out. Peppers doing ok.
Mon: There’s 1 tomato plant in row 4 near the orchard that has no roots; eaten by gophers. We forgot to take it out. Plz do that.
Tues: Fertilize peppers.
Wed: contact Roy for plants and plant in row 2. Make he gives you a new, longer watering tape.
Thurs: harvest; same as last week, remove all edible tomatoes from one row and make note in blog which row can be emptied of plants.
Fri: remove all plants and roots from that row. Can leave the metal posts for Sat.
Sat: remove metal posts from emptied tomato row. You might need to wet the soil to soften it up. Leave any that you can’t get out and we’ll try those on Sun.
Sun: usual garden chores.

SATURDAY, September 17 – posted by Tejal with Chyna

Used hard spray of water on the peppers to knock the aphids off.

Cut greens in bin 1 and tossed them in bin 2.. Made a small dent as there was a mountain of new greens in bin 1.

FRIDAY, September 16– posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Pulled out Tomato plants from Row 2, put roots and stems in Green Waste bin, rest of plant went into compost. Pulled stakes. They were hard to pull out, needed water to softened dirt.

New plants looked good. Found 1 big tomato horn worm in Row 8, eating a green tomato. Checked all tomato rows, noticed eaten leaves, but didn’t see any worms.

Noticed trash in Green waste bin, couldn’t get it out. Don’t know who is putting trash into the bin; could be from Farmer’s market or non garden people.

Inventory of refurbishing supplies: low on Chicken manure and worm castings.

THURSDAY, September 15th posted by Peggy, Linda & Ann
Rows 1,3, & 7 Broccoli growing well.
Rows 2,4,6, & 8 Tomatoes, harvested 25.5 lbs.
Row 2 stripped of all fruit.
Row 5 peppers look good. Shade cloth inplace.
Green waste can placed on the curb.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 – Kerry, Chris, and Estela
-Noticed Row 5 had major leak at the west end of the row, it washed down to all other rows, also partially washed out a few of the pepper plants.
-We added dirt to the washed out plants and stabilized them.
-Turned off water on that row and text Roy, he said he’ll check it out.
-Did not see any aphids on the peppers just a lot of ants along the water tape
-Cleaned out a lot of dead leaves on all tomato plants.
-Everything else looked good

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

Planted broccoli in row 7, applied extra water and Sluggo+ and covered w black row cloth. No signs of cabbage loopers in row 3. Row 4 watering tape had come apart at a repair point causing quite a flood – put it back together, hopefully it holds. Cleaned furniture and raked up debris in preparation for farmers market today.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 – CYNDI

Harvest- Tomatoes 6 lbs.

Row 4 – had a large slit in the tape and caused a wash out. Repaired the slit.

Row 7 – Refurbished, watered and turned water back on. (Greatly appreciated the help from garden 2, Eleanor and Jill.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
*Finished weeding in far corner of garden (started on Sat). Turned and added to biostack.
*Found 3-4 tomato plants with roots chewed off (presumably by a gopher). No mound visible. If you spot a mound, set a trap or ask Roy for help. (No need to replace dead tomato plants; they’re almost done.)
*New plants look good. Start looking for small green cabbage looper worms on cabbage and broccoli plants. Found 1 today. If only a few, just pick them off. If a lot, spray with Bt. Note: Bt only works on contact with worms (not eggs).
*Not much we can do about the ant highways. Ants are rampant this year.
Mon: refurbish row 7. (there are a few tomatoes in plastic container near box cabinet)
Tues: contact Roy for plants for row 7.
Wed: check peppers for aphids. if a lot, spray with insecticidal soap. Or use hard spray of water.
Thurs: decide which of the 4 tomato rows is most done and then pick all tomatoes in that row. (green ones should be able to ripen) Leave note in blog so next team knows which plants to pull out.
Fri: pull out all tomato plants from that row.
Sat: check for aphids on peppers; use hard spray of water to knock them off if you see them on or under the leaves.
Sun: refurbish empty tomato row.

SATURDAY, September 10 – posted by Tejal with Chyna and Soumitra

THURSDAY, September 8 – posted by Peggy, Ann & Linda
Welcome to Ann, our newest volunteer for Garden 1.
Rows 1 &3 Broccoli plants growing well.
Rows 2,4, 6 & 8 Tomatoes, harvested 21 lbs.
Row 5 Peppers setting fruit, look good.
Compost in bin 1, chopped.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 – Estela, Chris, and Diana
-Checked Row 1 broccoli, only lost 2 plants, Roy gave us 2 to replace them
-Row 3 Roy gave us 2 cabbage plants to replace
-Rows 2 & 4 pulled out 5 tomato plants-found 2 big green worms and removed them. Also pruned some dead leaves.
-Rows 6 & 8 are doing well, pulled out 1 plant in each row because they looked dead-don’t know if we need to replace them.
-Noticed a leak in Garden 2 Row 2. Called Roy, he had us turn water off since there are no plants there and he will fix it.
-STAY COOL EVERYONE!

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie

Pulled zucchini from row 7 and chopped them into the compost bin; squished a few aphids on row 5 peppers; all other garden plants look good including moisture levels: watered succulents

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 – Sandy and Cyndi
Harvest:
Tomatoes 🍅 1 lb
Zucchini 1/4 lb.

Repaired the hose in row 3.
Watered native garden .

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4-posted by Lori with Julia

Helped Kevin (garden 2) unload Miramar compost. Checked all rows. New plants
look good. Old plants are winding down. Added more support to a few heavy
tomato branches. Replaced wooden stakes with wires in row 1. We’ll start
pulling out plants this week but will wait to refurbish rows until cooler
temps next week.

Everyone: If the new plants look wilted in the morning, they probably need
extra water. If not, use moisture meter to check whether they need extra
water-or not.
Mon: harvest; remove all edible zucchinis from row 7.
Tues: pull out all zucchini plants, including roots, from row 7.
Wed: contact Roy if we need replacements for new plants; start removing
tomato plants that have no fruit and/or no leaves and/or no flowers.
Thurs-Sun: usual garden chores; if you’re looking for something to do, can
help chop up green waste in precompost bin 1.

SATURDAY, September 3 – posted by Tejal with Chyna

Fertilized rows 7 & 8 and watered them thoroughly.

Fertilized rows 7 & 8 and watered them thoroughly.

FRIDAY, August 2 – posted by Bernadine with Barbie

Fertilize Rows 5 & 6, covered fertilizer and watered Rows.

Checked other rows.

Did inventory of Refurbishing Supplies.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 – posted by Peggy & Linda

Rows 2, 4, 6 & 8 Tomatoes, harvested 8 lbs. Green tomatoes stored offsite.
Row 5 Pepper plants sprayed with diluted safer insecticide soap.
Row 7 Zucchini plants growing well. Harvested 3 lbs.
Green waste cans placed on the curb.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 – Chris and Diana
-Row 1 planted broccoli
-Sprinkled with Sluggo, deep watered, and covered with black shade cloth
-Roy wants to know how many plants didn’t make it due to heat next Wed
-He will bring more plants if needed
-Rows 2,4,6,and 8 tomatoes doing good
-Did not trim dead leaves in rows 2&4 to provide shade for the fruit
-Rows 3 and 5 look good under the black cloth but row 5 has alot of ants along water tape
-Row 7 zucchini doing ok, still has some flowers forming

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 – Tony, Maureen & Leslie
Planted cabbage in row 3. Watered it profusely before and after planting in anticipation of hot weather all week. Applied Sluggo+ and covered with row cloth. Also pre-watered row 1 in advance of tomorrows planting, at Roy’s suggestion. Sprayed aphids from a few row 7 zucchini

MONDAY, AUGUST 29 – Sandy and Heidi
Harvest:
Tomatoes 🍅 14.5 lbs
Zucchini 1.5 lbs
Green peppers 🫑 .5 lbs
Apples 🍏 8 lbs.
Sprayed off ants 🐜 with water the peppers 🫑 

SUNDAY AUGUST 28-posted by Lori, with Julia and Dick

Added short wooden stakes to support a few heavy tomato branches in row 8. Gave row 5 pepper plants a hard spray of water to knock off aphids and ants (which are already starting to cause problems). Added black row cloth for shade after seeing some small peppers. Turned and added to Biostack.

FYI: The “white substance” on some of the plants was diatomaceous earth (used in attempt to defeat ants). Sadly, I think the ants are winning.
Mon: harvest; use jet setting to give row 5 peppers another hard spray of water (especially plants nearer the workbench).

Tues: contact Roy for plants and plant them in row 3; water them in; lightly sprinkle with sluggo+, cover with black cloth.
Wed: contact Roy for plants and plant them in row 1; water them in; lightly sprinkle with sluggo+, cover with black cloth.
Thurs: harvest; remove all edible tomatoes from row 2 (put green ones in plastic container to ripen somewhere in shady spot); spray row 5 peppers with Safer Insect Soap (mixed with water).
Fri: fertilize row 5 and 6.
Sat: fertilize row 7 and 8.
Sun: remove tomato plants (and roots) from row 2.

SATURDAY AUGUST 27 – posted by Tejal with Chyna, Soumitra
Pulled pepper plants from row 3 and refurbished the row. Thoroughly watered rows 1 and 3. Chopped newly pulled out pepper plans in bin 1 of biostack.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 – posted by Bernadine with great help from Jill Garden 2
Refurbished Row 1 and removing pepper plants and placing entire plants in Green Barrell Waste
Did inventory of refurbishing supplies.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 – posted by Peggy, Linda, Tess & Cheri
Row 1 & 3 pepper plants not producing. 4 lbs. Harvested.
Shade cloth removed. Rows 1 & 3 Will be refurbished next week.
Roy states he has more plants to put in when 1 & 3 are ready.
Rows 2 & 4 harvested 13.5 lbs.
Row 7 Zucchini, harvested 4 lbs.
Green waste cans placed on curb.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24-Kerry, Estele, and Chris
-The string was already added to tomato plants in row 8
-Noticed large zucchini on several plants in row 7 need to be harvested
-Weeded in the orchard
-Saw there is a request for wipes, we saw a whole bag of (dry) wipes on the counter and added water and used them to wipe down the counter top. Chris will bring a ziplock bag to close them up.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 – Maureen & Leslie

Sprayed peppers (rows 1, 3, 5) with Safer Soap. Also sprayed one squash plant that has aphids (9th plant from the beginning of the row). Weeded the garden. Reset the mouse and rat trap with peanut butter (both were set off). Cleaned off chairs for farmers market.

MONDAY, AUGUST 22 — Sandy, Cyndi, and Heidi
Harvest ;
Green peppers 🫑 2.5 lbs
Tomatoes 🍅 12.5 lbs
Zucchini- 3.5 lbs.
Apples 🍎 3.5 lbs

Row 3 – washed off some kind of white substance from the leaves.
Request a box of moist towels , to wash off the counter and things.
Watered the native garden .

SUNDAY AUGUST 21-posted by Lori with Dick
NOTE: Garden 2 had a large leak Sun a.m. I turned off the water to that row and let them know about it. Just mentioning it in case you see what looks like a dry river down the orchard side of garden 1.
*Applied hard spray of water to row 5 peppers to knock of aphids/ants just starting to take hold of those plants. Turned and added to Biostack; compost is cooking at 120 degrees F.
*Not sure if we can save the pepper plants from the aphids and ants, but let’s keep up with the routine of insect soap 1x a week; DE; and hard spray of water.
Mon: harvest; (a few apples that were on the ground and not eaten are in the plastic container on top of the box cabinet; not sure if they’re too green?)
Tues: spray all pepper rows (1, 3, 5) with Safer insect soap mixed with water. Spray undersides and tops of leaves.
Wed: add extra string in sections of row 8 tomatoes where branches are heavy and plants are falling over.
Thurs: harvest; if time, can try DE again on pepper plants for ants.
Fri: usual garden chores.
Sat: give pepper plants hard spray of water (even if there’s still DE on the plants).
Sun: usual garden chores.

SATURDAY AUGUST 20– posted by Tejal with Chyna, Kaitlyn

Applied a side dressing of Bioflora fertilizer on row 8 tomatoes. Chopped greens in biostack 1.

FRIDAY, August 19 – Bernadine with Barbie

Hand watered tomatoes and peppers. Checked all rows.

Inventory of refurbishing supplies.

A huge branch snapped from eucalyptus tree by “Straw market”. We cut up many of the branches, then a man from Cadence dragged remainder of the large section away with his cart. Glad no one was parked there when it fell.

THURSDAY, August 18 – posted by Peggy, Tess & Cheri

Pepper plants in rows 1 and 3 look improved. Retreated with

Diamoteous earth, still alot of ants. Dead aphids noted.

Plants covered with shade cloth. New pepper plants

In row 5 appear hearty. 1 fruit harvested from row 1.

Tomatoes inspected for green hornworm, none seen

 8 lbs. Harvested. Row 7 – Zucchini, harvested 4 lbs.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 – Estela and Chris
-Row 1 and 3 sprayed Safer
-Rows 2, 4, 6, and 8 tomatoes look good
-Rows 7 and 5 look good too!

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16 – Leslie and Maureen

Added second line of string to Row 8 tomatoes. Set up mouse and rat traps with peanut butter on row 5 peppers. Cleaned off tables and chairs for Farmers Market.

MONDAY, AUGUST 15 – Sandy, Heidi, Cyndi
Harvest:
Tomatoes : 3 lbs.
zucchini : .5 lbs.
peppers : 1 lb.
apples : 6.5 lbs
1 plum

Sprayed water underneath the plants in row 1 & 3
Raked, weeded, and watered the native garden.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14-posted by Lori with Dick and Julia
Fertilized row 7 zucchinis with Bioflora. Added string to support row 6 tomatoes. Turned and added to Biostack. Put the black row cloth back on the row 1&3 peppers (to help prevent sunburned fruit).
Mon: harvest; give hard spray of water to row 1&3 peppers (especially on the undersides of the leaves)
Tues: add string to help support row 8 tomatoes. (Plasticized string is in locked tool cab. Let me know if you need the combo.) If you know how to set traps, plz set mouse and rat trap (with peanut butter) near middle of row 5 peppers.
Wed: spray Safer insecticidal soap on row 1&3 peppers, especially on the undersides of the leaves.
Thurs: harvest; check for tomato hornworms; reset mouse/rat traps if needed.
Fri: usual garden chores.
Sat: fertilize row 8 tomatoes with Bioflora granular fertilizer. Side dress: use trowel or fingers to dig shallow 1″ trench all along 1 side of the watering tape. Sprinkle Bioflora into the trench, cover with soil, then water it in.
Sun: usual garden chores.

SATURDAY AUGUST 13– posted by Tejal with Chyna, Kaitlyn, Soumitra

• Left the pepper plants in row 1 and 3 alone as they had diatomaceous earth powder on them and we did not want the water to wash it off.
• Put hard spray of water on tomatoes in row 2,4,6,8 making sure to get under the leaves
• Sprinkled diatomaceous earth on the drip line for rows 4,5,6 as they had a trail of ants.
• Sprinkled diatomaceous earth all over the zucchini plants in row 7.
• Chopped the few greens in biostack bin 1.
• Observations
  • Something is eating the tender pepper plants in row 5. We were going to put some mouse traps but forgot – sorry!
  • The tomatoes in row 6 and 8 could use more support as they have outgrown the first row of string

FRIDAY, August 12 – posted by Bernadine

Fertilized tomato plants in Rows 2 & 4 and then watered them.

Inventory of Refurbishing supplies.

THURSDAY, August 11 – posted by Peggy, Linda, Cheri & Jill
Followed up on request to hard water spray pepper plants in Row 1 & 3
This was done. Also used diatomaceous earth powder on plants, and
fertilized with Bio Flor. Ants and aphids seen. Shade cloth left off plants
To give them a chance to dry out. Zucchini also hard sprayed due to ants.
Green waste placed on curb.
Water leak repaired in Row 3 by Jill.
Harvested 3 lbs of tomatoes, 3 lbs of zucchini and 1 lb of peppers.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 – Estela, Belinda, Chris, and Kerry
-Sprayed pepper rows 1 and 3 with insecticidal soap under leaves
-Lots of ants on plants
-Weeded between rows
-We weren’t sure about replacing the shade cloth because some of the peppers
some of the peppers are good size. So we left the shade cloth next to the rows
and Thurs crew can decide to put it away or replace

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 – Leslie

Aphids are still pretty widespread on Row 1 & 3. Sprayed a lot of the aphids off with water. All other rows looked good. Cleaned off chairs and tables for the Tuesday Farmer’s Market.

MONDAY, AUGUST 8 – Cyndi and Heidi

Harvest:

Tomatoes- 1lbs.

Zucchini- 3.5 lbs.

Peppers- 1lbs.

Rows 1 and 3 – fertilized peppers with FE.

Row 3 – Sprayed and dug up an ant hill at the end of the row by the water connection.

Row 4 – repair the leak.

Stream of ants on counter top, sprayed and cleaned up area. Large spider in tool shed, sprayed for that as well.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7-posted by Lori with Julia
*Biggest aphid problem appears to be in pepper rows 1 and 3. Here’s what Roy suggests: Today we used hard spray of water (especially under the leaves, which is where you’ll see the most aphids) to try to knock them off. He suggests we do this 3x this week, and spray with insecticidal soap 1x this week. See schedule for this below.
*Roy also reminded me that peppers don’t need black shade cloth until they have decent-sized fruit. Shade cloth helps keep the peppers from getting sunburned. Row 5 row cloth removed.
*1 more reminder from Roy: Initial pruning has been done on new tomatoes. Please don’t trim leaves/branches from these plants. The plants need those leaves to grow and also to shade the fruit from the sun.
Mon: harvest; fertilize rows 1 and 3 peppers.
Tues: use hard spray of water on rows 1 and 3 (and any other rows that have aphids). Be sure to get under the leaves.
Wed: spray rows 1 and 3 (and any other rows that have aphids) with insecticidal soap/water mix. Be sure to get under the leaves.
Thurs: harvest; use hard spray of water on rows 1 and 3 (especially under the leaves).
Fri: fertilize the tomato rows that have have been producing tomatoes (not the new rows).
Sat: use hard spray of water on rows 1 and 3 and any other rows that have aphids. Be sure to get under the leaves.
Sun: fertilize zucchini row.

SATURDAY AUGUST 6– posted by Tejal with Chyna, Kaitlyn

• Pruned and staked tomatoes in row 6.
• Lot of adult aphids on row 6 so we should plan to spray again.
• Found garden gate had been left open.

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

Checked plants for aphids. Saw lots of ants and aphids on peppers. Used Safer mixture on Rows 1, 3, and 5.

Did complete inventory.

THURSDAY, August 4 – Posted by Peggy, Cheri & Linda
Rows 1, 3 & 5 Pepper plants growing well. Harvested 1 fruit.
Rows 2, 4 , 6 & 8 Tomato plants. Harvested 8 lb.s
Row 7 Zucchini plants have lots of blooms, a few finger size fruits.
Boxes arranged in the shed. Green waste placed on the curb.

WEDNESDAY, AUG 3 Kerry, Chris, and Estela
-Pruned Zucchini
-Noticed tomato rows look dry, leaves are crunchy
-Weeded the orchard
-Noticed the Burgundy Plum tree’s new growth looks abnormal, leaves are curled under and seem growth stunted
All else looks good and clean

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 – Tony and Leslie

Added stakes and first level string to row 5 peppers and covered with black row cloth

Observed more aphids on rows 1 and 3 peppers and a few on row 7 zucchini. Wasn’t sure if we should apply more Safer Soap as it was just applied Sunday.

Wiped down furniture in preparation for Farmers Market

MONDAY, AUGUST 1 – CYNDI AND HEIDI

Harvest:

Tomatoes – 2 lbs.

Peppers – 5.5 lbs.

Sprayed both rows of peppers with safer soap, to cut down ants.

Raked and cleaned area from tree. Cleaned counter. Put all the extra boxes laying out in the garage.

SUNDAY, JULY 31-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
Sprayed for aphids with Safer Insect Killing Soap (concentrate mixed with water): rows 1, 3 peppers and rows 2, 4, 6, 8 tomatoes. We saw aphids and ants on some of the pepper plants in addition to those seen Sat on row 8 tomatoes. We uncovered the north (or downhill) side of the peppers. Shading is only needed on the sunny side, to help avoid sunburn. Turned and added to Biostack.
Mon: harvest
Tues: stake and string row 5 peppers. (I’ll drop off 3′ wooden stakes. See other pepper rows for examples. Stakes should be placed fairly close to the plants and 1st string low enough to give support. Can always add another row of string when the plants get bigger.)
Wed: usual garden chores
Thurs: harvest
Fri: Check peppers and tomatoes for signs of aphids. If you see signs, can either use hard spray of water to knock them off or apply Safer insecticidal soap again. (We used the last of it today; have ordered more. If we don’t have any by Fri, can borrow from one of the other gardens. The other insect products in the lower cabinet are not the ones we want to use in the summer for aphids because they have oil in them, which could burn the leaves, or their main target is disease not aphids.)
Sat: Roy suggests a repeat performance, this time doing first pruning, staking, and stringing of row 6 tomatoes. Same thing you did in Row 8.
Sun: usual garden chores.

SATURDAY, July 30– posted by Tejal with Chyna, Soumitra and Dipak

Pruned and staked tomatoes in row 8 under Roy’s guidance. Learnt something new today! We observed adult aphids on that row and so we should plan on spraying for aphids soon.

FRIDAY, July 28- posted by Annette with Bernadine

All rows are looking good. No leaks anymore. Emptied trash.

Inventory of refurbishing materials. A recent delivery.

THURSDAY, JULY 28 –posted by Peggy, Linda & Mike

Rows 1 & 3 Peppers, harvested 1 lb.

Rows 2 & 4 Tomatoes, harvested 8 lbs.

Row 5 Peppers growing well, some flowers.

Row 6 & 8 Tomatoes growing well, some flowers.

Row 7 Squash plants doing well.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27-Chris, Estela, and Diana
-Checked rows 1 and 3 peppers are doing good under the shade cloth
-Pruned tomatoes in rows 2 and 4
-Checked tomato plants in rows 6 and 8 doing great
-Zucchini in row 7 also doing great
-New pepper plants in row 5 look good as well

TUESDAY, JULY 26 – Tony & Leslie

Lots of aphids on row 1 peppers. Sprayed Safer Soap Wiped down chairs and tables for Farmers Market Replaced broken door handle on shed. Because new handles are a different style, also replaced the good handle and stored the old one on top shelf of shed as a backup

MONDAY, JULY 25 – Sandy, Cyndi, and Heidi
Harvest:
11 lbs peppers 🫑
9 lbs tomatoes 🍅
19.5 lbs apples 🍏

Cyndi raked the driveway and patio.
I watered native garden .

SUNDAY, JULY 24-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
Plants look great. Watch for signs of worms, grasshoppers, and aphids. Saw little green praying mantis in the row 3 bell peppers. Left the shade cloth up on that end so she doesn’t get stuck inside. Turned, added to, and watered Biostack. Still too soon to do first pruning of tomatoes but I’m checking on getting stakes for row 8 tomatoes.
All teams: Usual garden chores.

SATURDAY, July 23-posted by Tejal

Planted green peppers in the newly refurbished row 5. Roy stopped by and provided the starters as well as marked the holes where the plants needed to go. I made sure to water thoroughly before and after planting and sprinkled Sluggo+ per instructions.

• FRIDAY, JULY 22 – Bernadine
• Checked all rows.
• Refurbished Row 5.
• Inventory of Refurbishing supplies.

THURSDAY, JULY 21- posted by Peggy, Linda, Jill, Cheri, Tess & Patty
Rows 1 & 3 Bell Peppers growing well, harvested ½ lb.
Rows 2 & 4 Tomatoes harvested 28 lb.s
Row 5 Zukes, harvested 2 lb.s. All plants removed, composted.
Row 6 Tomato plants growing well.
Row 7 New squash plants look good.
Row 8 Tomato plants doing well.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 -Estela and Kerry
-Checked all rows-things look good
-Fertilized rows 1 and 3 (peppers) with Bioflora
-Weeded between rows

TUESDAY, JULY 19 – Tony

Fertilized rows 2 & 4 tomatoes

Removed broken handle from tool shed. Working with Rubbermaid to get a replacement

MONDAY, JULY 18 – Sandy, Heidi and Cyndi
Harvest –
Peppers – 11 lbs.
Tomatoes – 23 lbs.
zucchini – .5 lbs.

Apples – 27 bs.
nectarines – 5 lbs.

Watered native garden.
Handle on tool shed at garden 1 is broken.

SUNDAY, JULY 17-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
Checked all rows. Plants look good, except for row 5 zucchinis (which we’ll take out this week). Added to and turned Biostack.
Mon: harvest
Tues: fertilize rows 2&4 tomatoes (side dress with Bioflora granular fertilizer)
Wed: fertilize rows 1&3 peppers (side dress with granular fertilizer)
Thurs: harvest (and, if you have time, remove all zucchini plants in row 5)
Fri: refurb row 5
Sat: I think Roy has bell pepper plants for you to plant in row 5. I’ll email you after I hear back from him.
Sun: usual garden chores.

Saturday, July 16 – posted by Tejal with Chyna, Kaitlyn, Soumitro

We were very happy to welcome Soumitra, our new garden 1 volunteer. He was accompanied by his friend Dipak

We gave them both the tour of the garden and they were quite impressed with the program. Since there were no specific tasks for us this week, we worked on the usual chores of checking the rows for pests, weeds, water leaks etc. Happy to report everything looked good. We also worked on the biostack and then helped out Anne and Rain in Garden 3 with refurbishing.

FRIDAY, July 15– posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Checked all rows. It appears there is still a large leak in Row 3. Couldn’t find it.

Trimmed the succulents outside garden. Watered palm trees.

Inventory of Refurbishing supplies.

THURSDAY, JULY 14 – posted by Peggy, Linda, Jill & Cheri
Apples,  8 lbs. harvested
Rows 1 & 3 Bell Peppers growing well, harvested ½ lb.
Rows 2 & 4 Tomatoes harvested 75.5 lb.s
Row 5 Zukes, harvested 2 lb.s
Row 6 Tomato plants growing well.
Row 7 New squash plants look good.
Row 8 Tomato plants doing well.
Large leak tape  repaired in row 3 by Jill and Cheri.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 – Chris and Estela
-Planted zucchini in row 7
-Lightly sprinkled with Sluggo
-Roy applied nematodes and watered row
-Tomatoes in rows 2 and 4 can be harvested along with apples in orchard

TUESDAY, JULY 12 – Tony

Planted tomatoes in row 6, watered in and applied Sluggo Plus (Roy had already applied beneficial nematodes; he also applied nematodes to row 7 for tomorrow’s zucchini planting)

Brought greenery bins in from curb. Wiped down furniture.

MONDAY, JULY 11– Cyndi and Heidi

Harvest

Zucchini 1.5 lbs

Tomatoes – 30.5 lbs

Peppers -22.5 lbs. Picked several lbs that had bottom rot.

Row 3 had a leak we could not find

Row 5 Had a leak at the turn off valve, Kevin from Garden 2 was able to fix it.

Orchard – Cyndi, Heidi , Phyllis and Eleanor

Apples 9 lbs.

Peaches were mostly all eaten by birds. Cleaned up all the rotten or damaged fruit.

SUNDAY, JULY 10-posted by Lori with Dick and Julia
Checked all rows; tomatoes and peppers look good. Started new batch of compost in the Biostack.
Mon-harvest (check tomato in plastic storage box; if too green can leave it for Thurs)
Tues-contact Roy for tomato plants and plant in row 6. Plant on downhill side of watering tape, close to tape, same spacing as row 8. Water in and lightly sprinkle with sluggo+
Wed-contact Roy for zucchini plants and plant in row 7. Plant on downhill side of watering tape, close to tape, 18″ apart. Water in and lightly sprinkle with sluggo+.
Thurs-harvest (check plastic storage box for tomato or any other fallen fruit)
Fri-Sat-Sun-usual garden chores.

SATURDAY, July 9-posted by Tejal with Chyna

Refurbished row 7.

FRIDAY, July 8-posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

Pulled remaining Cucumber plants, Row 6, as instructed by Lori. Refurbished row.

Rows 1 and 3 have lots of Peppers, green and red that look ready to harvest. Row 3 has lots of ants at the end of the row.

Trimmed outside the garden.

Inventory of Refurbishing supplies. There is enough for 7 Refurbishings.

THURSDAY, JULY 7 – posted by Peggy, Cheri, Linda & Jill

Rows 1 & 3 – Peppers growing well, a few sunspots noted, 1 lb. harvested.

Rows 2 & 4 – Tomatoes, some blossom rot noted, 71 lbs. harvested.

Row 5 – Zukes, growing well. 1.5 lbs. Harvested. Some new flowers.

Row 6 – Cucumbers look to be fading, 1.5 lbs harvested.

Row 7 – Beans plants, not producing significant fruit, ¼ lb. Plants removed. 

Green Waste cans on curb. Extra boxes brought up from garage.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 – Estela, Diana, and Kerry
-pulled out some dead squash plants
– Pruned the plants left-hoping they will still produce
-Cleaned up the orchard of fallen fruit (1/2 eaten by who knows what)
-The large apple tree is very heavy with fruit, needs some harvesting
-Checked the peppers, they look ok under their shade
-Over all things looked a little dry to us

TUESDAY, JULY 5 – Tony

Pulled some of the row 6 cukes and row 7 beans that were no longer producing. Pulled spent leaves from row 5 zucchini. Chopped compost. Wiped down furniture for farmers market. Brought greenery bin in from curb.

MONDAY, JULY 4 – Sandy, Heidi and Cyndi
Harvest :
Zucchini: 3 lbs
Tomatoes 🍅: 17 lbs
Green beans; 1 lb

Orchard:
Golden apples : 5 lbs
Anna apples: 12.5 lbs
Plums: .5 lbs

Picked up rotten fruit

SUNDAY, JULY 3-posted by Lori with Dick and Julia
Tomatoes and peppers look good, except for the tomatoes with blossom end rot at east end of Row 4. (We tossed some of them.) Roy has cranked up the water, which should help. Row 5 zucchinis, row 6 cucumbers, and row 7 beans will all be done soon. Dumped out batch of Biostack compost; starting new batch.
Mon or Thurs: there are a few tomatoes in the plastic box on top of the box cabinet; they had fallen on the ground.
All teams: Usual garden chores. Can start pulling out spent plants in rows 5-6-7; leave any that are close to producing (or still likely to produce) edible fruit. Newly planted tomatoes (row 8) look healthy. Please wait for Roy’s guidance on when and how to prune them. The 1st pruning should be done only after the plants have plenty of flowers. Check peppers to see if they need another layer of string–either below or above the one that’s there now. The purpose of the stakes and string is to support the growing plants. Something to hang the shade cloth on is just an added bonus.

SATURDAY, July 2-posted by Tejal with Chyna
Usual garden chores. Garden looks good.

FRIDAY, July 1-posted by Annette

Checked all rows. Everything was watered. New Tomato plants looked good.

Full inventory

THURSDAY, June 30 – posted by Peggy, Tess, Linda & Pat

Rows 1 & 3 Peppers growing well, harvested 4 lbs.

Rows 2 & 4 Tomatoes, harvested 23 lbs.

Row 6 Zucchini, harvested 7 lbs.

Row 7 Beans, harvested 2 lbs.

Row 8 New tomato plants look fine.

Green Waste Cans placed on curb.

TUESDAY, JUNE 28 – Tony & Leslie

Planted tomatoes in row 8. (Roy had pre-applied beneficial nematodes). Applied Sluggo+ Removed spent leaves from zucchinis. All other rows look good. Wiped down furniture Broke down a large fallen eucalyptus branch

MONDAY, JUNE 27 – Sandy, Heidi, and Cyndi

Harvest :
Squash .5 lbs
Beans 1.5 lbs
Tomatoes 🍅 .5 lbs
Cucumbers 1.5 lbs
Apples 8 lbs

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 Kerry
-Light weeding between rows
-Row 5 has a few huge zucchini that needs to be harvested
-Rows 1 and 3 peppers look good
-Rows 2 and 4 tomatoes look pretty good-a little dry
-Row 7 beans might need stakes
-Cleaned out dry leaves from beans

SUNDAY, JUNE 26-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
Refurbished row 8. Roy helped us fix a leak in row 5. Turned Biostack.
Mon and Thurs harvest teams: If you want, you can leave some of the bell peppers on the plants to turn red (similar to what the other gardens do). It’s up to you. Either way is ok.
Mon: You’ll find a few zucchinis (from row 8) in plastic container on top of the cabinet with the boxes.
Tues: Contact Roy for beneficial nematodes and tomato plants for row 8. He’ll show you what to do .
Wed-Sun: usual garden chores.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25-posted for Tejal and Chyna
Removed zucchini plants from row 8 and chopped them up for bin 1.

FRIDAY, June 24– Annette and Bernadine

Put stakes and sting in Row 1. Covered with black shade cloth. Lots of green peppers.

Checked all rows. Squash leaves are not looking good.

Inventory of Refurbishing materials.

THURSDAY, JUNE 23- posted by Peggy, Jill & Linda

Rows 1 & 3 Pepper plants growing well. 4 lbs. harvested.

Shade cloth applied to R 3. Please stake R 1 for shade cloth.

Rows 2 & 4 Tomatoes, lots of green fruit. Harvested 3 lb.

Rows 5 & 8 Summer Squash 10 ½ lbs. harvested.

Row 6 Cucumbers continue to grow well. Flowers. 5.5 lbs harvested.

Leaf miner bug tracings seen on leaves.

Row 7 Green Beans doing good. Harvested 6.5 lbs.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 Estela and Belinda
-Cleaned up Rows 5 &6
-Not much work needed

MONDAY, JUNE 20 – Cyndi and Heidi

SUNDAY, JUNE 19-posted by Lori with Dick
Checked all rows; zucchini plants in both rows looked stressed. Have asked Roy to take a look to see if he can figure out the problem. The other plants look good. Fertilized row 7 beans and row 6 cukes with FE. Turned Biostack and have moved all green waste from precompost bins into the larger composter.
NOTE: If anyone is mowing their grass this week, please bag it up and drop it off near the composting area for Dick to use in the Biostack next Sunday. We need just 1 bag. Thanks.
All teams: usual garden chores this week.
Mon: We have 1 large cuke ready to harvest on Mon (marked with a bamboo stake).
Fri: I’ll drop off some new 3′ wooden stakes for the row 1 peppers. Please stake and string same as garden 2 and our other pepper row.

SATURDAY, June 18- Tejal
Its good to be back in the garden. The garden looks great! Did regular chores of checking all rows and chopping and turning Biostacks 1 and 2

FRIDAY, June 17– Annette and Barbie

Row 3 was completely staked and string had been added. Didn’t see any more stakes for Row 1. Watered the end of Row 1. Very dry. Cleaned up outside the garden.

Inventory of Refurbishing materials.

THURSDAY, JUNE 16 – posted by Peggy & Linda
Rows 1 & 3 Pepper plants growing well. Fruits too small to harvest.
Rows 2 & 4 Tomatoes, lots of green fruit. Harvested 1 lb.
Rows 5 & 8 Summer Squash 12 ½ lbs. harvested
Row 6 Cucumbers continue to grow well. Flowers, no fruit.
Row 7 Green Beans doing good. Harvested 3.5 lbs

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 – Estela and Kerry
-Staked Row 3 peppers
-Wiped down counters and tidied up area
-All else looked good

TUESDAY, JUNE 14 – Leslie

Checked all rows, everything looks good. Cleaned up chairs and table for Farmer’s Market.

MONDAY, June 13 – Sandy and Cyndi

Harvest:

Zucchini – 5 lbs

Squash – 1 lb

Orchard Harvest:

Apples – 11lbs. Peaches – 1 lb.

Raked, weeded, swept the area. No evidence of pests. Native garden watered. Orchard Removed all the rotten or eaten fruit.

SUNDAY, JUNE 12-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
Perfect, Kaitlin!
Checked all rows; plants look good. Saw first beans. Might have some that can be combined with the other garden by Thurs. Will leave row 8 zucchini plants in the ground a while longer. Sprayed a couple tomato plants in the middle of row 2 with water after seeing signs of aphid skeletons on the leaves. Turned Biostack. Will be starting new batch soon.
All teams: usual garden chores.
Wed and Fri: Row 3 peppers are ready for staking. There are twenty 3-ft wooden stakes on the ground near rows 1-2. You can split this job up if you want, with Wed doing part of it and Fri doing the rest. Look at Garden 2 for example of how the stakes should be placed in the ground and how the string is used to support the plants.

SATURDAY, JUNE 11 – Kaitlin
Over the past several weeks on Saturday. I’ve mostly be doing regular tasks like checking over the plants, pulling any small weeds, and doing the Biostacks. Today I am working a little bit more on the composting bins and moving some of the older stuff into bin 2 which is what I used to do with Tejal so I hope that’s alright! I chopped up any new stuff in bin 1 and mixed it with the rest of the stuff in the bin.

FRIDAY, June 10 – Bernadine

Checked all rows.

Watered Row 1.

Inventory of refurbishing supplies.

THURSDAY, JUNE 9 – posted by Peggy & Linda

Rows 1 & 3 Peppers, harvested 1.5 lbs.

Rows 2 & 4 Tomatoes inspected for aphids and horn worms.None found.

Rows 5 & 8 Zucchini/ Summer squash, harvested 12.5 lbs. Lightly pruned.

Row 6 Cucumbers doing well, starting to vine.

Row 7 Beans growing well.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 – Kerry, Chris, Diana, and Belinda
-Added another row of string to tomatoes in Rows 2 and 4
-Noticed a few giant squash in Row 8 need to be harvested
-Did not see aphids or worms on tomatoes
-Weeded paths between rows and also the orchard
-There is one apple tree in the orchard so full a branch is weighted to the ground

TUESDAY, JUNE 7 – Tony & Leslie

Checked all rows and everything looked good. Lightly weeded.

MONDAY, JUNE 6 – Sandy, Heidi, and Cyndi
Harvest:
Zucchini squash- 11.5 lbs
Yellow squash – .5 lbs

Row1 — used water meter. Watered 1st half of row.
Raked, weeded, cleaned.
Watered native garden.

SUNDAY, JUNE 5-posted by Lori with Julia and Dick
All rows look good. Will let row 8 zucchinis go a little longer to see if the small ones grow. Turned Biostack. Added string to part of row 2 tomatoes. Bean plants finally have flowers; small beans should be visible soon.
All teams: Usual garden chores. Keep watching for aphids and tomato hornworms. As tomato branches grow, can add more string and also gently guide branches onto existing strings for support.

• Friday, June 3 – posted by Bernadine with Barbie
• Checked all rows. Row 1 on Eastern end was dry. We watered.
• Placed non-greenwaste barrel to curb.
• Pruned plants outside garden.
• Did full inventory of supplies.

• THURSDAY, JUNE 2 – posted by Peggy & Linda

Row 1 Peppers, harvested 1.5 lbs.
Row 2 Tomatoes doing well. Lots of small fruit.
Row 3 Peppers no pickable fruit. Plants look good.
Row 4 Tomatoes growing well.
Row 5 Zucchini, harvested 11.5 lbs. Lightly pruned.
Row 6 Cucumbers plants look good.
Row 7 Beans checked for moisture, meter reads moist.
Row 8 Summer Squash, dead leaves pruned.
Green waste taken to curb. Plant waste composted.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 – Chris, Estela, Kerry, and Diana
-Pruned Rows 5 & 8
-Pruned and tidied up tomato rows
-Weeded west ends of all rows
-The garden looks beautiful!

TUESDAY, MAY 31 – Leslie and Tony

Checked all rows. Everything looked good. Cleaned the pollen off of the table and chairs in preparation for the farmers’ market.

MONDAY, MAY 30 – Sandy and Cyndi
Today’s harvest:
Zucchini – 16 lbs
Yellow squash – 1 lb
Watered the native garden .
Raked the paths between the planted rows.

SUNDAY, MAY 29-posted by Lori with Dick and Julia
*Checked all rows; plants look good. Will let row 8 zucchinis go a little longer; they still have fruit and flowers. Sprayed a couple of the row 8 plants with water to knock off aphids. Turned Biostack.
*We have 3 new watering cans and a new pump sprayer. Both had good reviews. Let me know if you have questions about operating the pump sprayer.
All teams: Usual garden chores. Time to start watching for hornworms on tomato plants. Haven’t seen signs of them yet but they’re inevitable. Also watch for aphids on other plants. No fertilizing needed for any plants right now. Next up will be beans and cukes but not until they have fruit growing on many plants. And then we’ll fertilize with FE.
FYI: Roy has increased watering time for rows 1-4.

FRIDAY, May 27 – posted by Bernadine with Barbie

• Checked Rows.
• Checked inventory
• Pruned outside plants.

THURSDAY MAY 26 – posted by Peggy & Linda

• Row 1 Peppers, small fruit. 
• Row 2 Tomatoes also look good, many blossoms.
• Row 3 Peppers plants look sturdy.
• Row 4 Tomatoes starting to bear fruit.
• Row 5 Zucchinis doing well, harvested 8 lbs.
• Row 6 Squash looks strong.
• Row 7 Beans appear strong, appear dry,watered x 10 min.s 
• Row 8 Zucchini and yellow squash plants starting to look past their prime.
• Plant waste put in the compost bin.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 – Kerry, Chris, and Estela
-Weeded pathways and Orthard-lots of apples coming soon
-Pruned summer squash, very few squash left but ready to harvest
-Cleaned out the dead Nasturtiums next to Row 8
-All else looked good

TUESDAY, MAY 24 – Tony & Leslie

Applied Bioflora to zucchini rows 5 & 8, 96 oz on each row according to Roy All rows looking good!

MONDAY, MAY 23 – Sandy and Cyndi
Harvest:
Yellow squash : 1 lb
Zucchini: 5 lbs.

Watered native garden .

SUNDAY, MAY 22-posted by Lori with Dick and Julia
*I tried unsuccessfully to fix a leak in Row 8. Have asked Roy for help with this; am hoping he can fix it Mon a.m. Water to that row is turned off. Plz make sure it’s turned back on after tape is fixed.
*Replaced 3 cuke plants in row 6.
*Removed all row cloths and put them away.
*Turned Biostack.
All teams: Usual garden chores. Anyone who has time can remove the wire hoops from the rows.
FYI: It’s usually best to wait to fertilize until there is fruit on the plants. Row 1 peppers and Row 2 tomatoes have fruit–so fertilizing those rows last week made sense. Row 3 peppers are still mostly just flowers. Row 7 beans don’t have any fruit yet. Row 4 tomatoes have a few small tomatoes but not quite ready to fertilize.

Friday, May 20 – Posted by Bernadine with Barbie

Row 2 Bioflora and watered

Checked all rows

Checked inventory

Watered Palm Trees

Pruned Pepper Tree

THURSDAY MAY 19 – posted by Peggy & Linda

• Row 1 Peppers watered, small fruit. Bio Flora fertilizer applied.
• Row 2 Tomatoes also look good, many blossoms.
• Row 3 Peppers plants look sturdy. Also fertilized.
• Row 4 Tomatoes starting to bear fruit. Weeded.
• Row 5 Zucchinis doing well, harvested 14 lbs. Lightly pruned.
• Row 6 Squash looks dry, watered x 10 minutes.
• Row 7 Beans appear strong,watered x 10 min.s Fertilized with Bio Flora..
• Row 8 Zucchini and yellow squash plants lightly pruned. Also Fertilized.
• Plant waste put in the compost bin.

ADDED NOTE for Tuesday May 17: Roy has replaced the watering tape in row 1. He says water pressure looks good. Please check moisture level with meter but the row should be getting adequate water now without need to hand water.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 – Diane, Chris, and Estela
-Added string to Row 2 tomatoes
-Used water meter and hand watered Rows 1 and 2
-Tucked tomatoes into strings in Row 4
-Roy repaired sprinkler tape in Row 5
-Still a gopher hole at end of Row 7
-Cleaned up walking rows of foliage/dried leaves

TUESDAY, MAY 17 – Tony & Leslie

Added 2nd row of string to row 4 tomatoes Checked all rows and everything is looking good. Row cloths are off most rows right now due to warm weather – Roy suggested leaving them off a while longer. Removed spent leaves from zucchinis. Lightly weeded

MONDAY, MAY 16 – Sandi and Cyndi
Harvested:
Yellow squash – 3 lbs
Zucchini- 14.5 lbs.

Checked and hand watered row 1
Watered native garden .

SUNDAY, MAY 15-posted by Lori with Julia
*Row 8 leak fixed by Roy.
*Row 7: gopher. Saw mounds and holes but also saw gopher pop its head out of 1 hole numerous times this morning. Roy shoved a poison bomb down the hole and will have his workers check it this week. Watch for new mounds & holes.”
*Cukes planted in row 6 on Sat. Covered with black cloth for now because of heat.
*Julia used moisture meter to check row 1 moisture. As others have noted, east half (marked with flag) is very dry. Roy switched the watering tape to the other connector to see if that helps.
*Added 2nd layer of string to most of row 4 tomatoes.
Mon: harvest zucchinis; use moisture meter to check soil moisture row 1. It should be autowatering Mon morning. Water only if meter shows dry.
Tues: continue adding 2nd layer of string to row 4 tomatoes (using plasticized string on shelf in locked cab). There’s no special way to do this; just support tomatoes on both sides, tying string through the holes and carefully pulling tight.
Wed: add 2nd layer of string to row 2 tomatoes. See Tues above for details. Check row 1 moisture with meter. Water only if dry.
Thurs: harvest zucchinis; fertilized zucchini rows if you have time.
Fri: side dress row 2 tomatoes with Bioflora and water in.
Sat-Sun: usual garden chores.

FRIDAY, May 13– posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

• Checked all row for moisture. Row 1 was very dry at the end, so watered it by hand.
• Row 8 seems to have a leak.
• Row 7 was wet, but has some gaps.
• Row 4- posts had been put in, so strung the first row of string.
• Took off white row covers. Roy said to keep them next to the rows to be put back after heat wave.
• Inventory of Refurbishing supplies. It may be enough to finish off the spring refurbishing.

THURSDAY MAY 12 – posted by Peggy & Linda

• Row 1 Peppers growing well, Row cover intact.
• Row 2 Tomatoes also look good, many blossoms.
• Row 3 Peppers plants look sturdy.
• Row 4 Tomatoes starting to bear fruit.
• Row 5 Zucchinis doing well, harvested 17 lbs.
• Row 6 no plants.
• Row 7 Beans appear strong,watered x 10 min.s
• Row 8 Zucchini and yellow squash plants look strong.
• Plant waste put in the compost bin.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11-Kerry-Estela-Chris
-Refurbished Row 6 (there was no watering tape)
-Recovered the west ends of Rows 1 and 3
-Noticed Row 8 needs harvesting
-Row 4 tomatoes are falling over, needs stakes

MONDAY, MAY 9 – Sandy
Harvested 29 lbs of cabbage 🥬
Pulled out plants with roots and put it all in bin.
Watered native garden.
Planted replacement green beans .

SUNDAY, May 8 – Happy Mothers Day – posted by Julia

• Row 1 – Peppers look good, but east end looked dry, so used the water meter – it was dry from the 3rd hoop to the east side of the row, the rest of the row showed moist. I hand watered the east side of the row and re-covered.
• Row 7 had big water leak, when the water turned on from rows 5-8. I marked the area that has a gash in the tapiewith an orange flag and informed Roy. Water is turned off for now, until repaired, but continue to hand water – it has greatly helped. Checked the row with the water meter and the whole row is moistt, so watered it again today. Beans are coming up much better, but one area where the leak is has no beans growing, some soil is disturbed by the leak.
• Row 4 tomatoes are growing well, and a few flowers on them. Roy suggested and helped prune the row. Will need stakes placed this week: one green metal post between every 2 plants (possibly Tuesday team, or next team available). Roy said he can be contacted to assist and also show how to properly start 1st string for the tomatoes once the post are in. It appears we have at least 14 green post (lying between the box shed and main work shed).
• Compost was turned and added more green and brown products. Temperature was about 100 degrees F and it had settled to the level of the 2nd layer.
• Rolled up the white cover on the west fence line and placed in the bin.
• Per Roy’s Instructions for the week:
  • Monday – harvest ALL the cabbage in row 6, and remove roots
  • Next team that can, place green metal post in row 4 tomatoes and start string
  • Also one team this week to refurbish Row 6 cabbage
  • We will be planting cucumbers, so when ready can contact Roy for these and instructions for planting.
  • After the above items are done, all teams can continue to check first, and hand water Row 7 bean (if water line not repaired) and check with water meter east end of Row 1 peppers for appropriate moisture.
  • Usual chores daily and will recheck on the weekend to see what is needed further.

FRIDAY, May 6– posted by Annette with Bernadine and Barbie

• Put twine on Tomato Row 2.
• Removed white cloth from Row 4. Hung on fence to dry. Tomatoes plants are looking very healthy.
• Trimmed outside the garden.
• Inventory of Refurbishing supplies

THURSDAY,  MAY 5 – posted by Peggy & Tess

• Row 1 – Peppers, starting to set fruit.
• Row 2 – Tomatoes with lots of blossoms.
• Row 3 – Peppers growing well.
• Row 4 – Tomatoes looking good.
• Row 5 – Zucchini starting to set fruit.
• Row 6 – Cabbage, many small heads, fertilized with Bio Flo.
• Harvested 7 lbs. Of Cabbage and 6.5 lbs of Zucchini.
• Row 7 – Beans, watered x ten minutes.
• Row 8 – Zucchini also fertilized with Bio Flo, watered well.
• Green waste can on the curb for pickup.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4-Chris, Estela, and Kerry
-Watered Row 7 beans are starting to sprout and looked healthy
-Weeded the orchard-lots of apples on all the trees!
-Checked under white covers of all covered rows and things are looking good
-Zucchini in Row 8 looks ready to harvest

TUESDAY, MAY 3 – Karen and Leslie
Planted beans, watered in really good, sprinkled Sluggo. All other rows look really good.

Monday, May 2 – Cyndi

Harvest: Cabbage – 7 lbs

Zucchini – 3 lbs

Squash – 2 lbs

Watered Row 7, beans.

checked all rows, looked good.

Raked, swept and clean up.

 SUNDAY, MAY 1-posted by Lori with Julia
Repruned row 2 tomatoes with Roy’s help and then pounded in the metal stakes.
*For the next couple weeks, please do not do any more pruning on either of the tomato rows.
All rows look healthy.
Mon-Harvest; give row 7 a good spray of water to keep soil moist.
Tues-Contact Roy for bean plants from the greenhouse, to be planted 6” apart on both sides of the watering tape (close to the tape). Wet soil thoroughly before planting. After planting, sprinkle lightly with Sluggo+ and cover.
Wed-Give row 7 a good spray of water to keep soil moist; usual garden chores.
Thurs-Harvest; give row 7 a good spray of water to keep soil moist.
Fri-Contact Roy for help with doing first stringing for row 2 tomatoes.
Sat-Sun-Usual garden chores. If bean plants are growing and look healthy, no need to spray with water anymore.