- Squash
- Carrots
August 16, 2019
Thank you to those who continue to help us with the garden.
We are starting to get some production again! We harvested 17.75 pounds of peppers, 8 pounds of carrots and a ½ pound of beans from the garden this week.
Earlier in the year, we planted radishes, peas and lettuce for our fall garden. The radishes are up and some of the peas are starting to surfacing, but the lettuce hasn’t surfaced yet.
The birds have found the sunflowers and are starting to eat the seeds, and the bees have found the sunflowers also and are working on pollinating the new ones.
As the weeks go by, we will continue to harvest the peppers. My goal is 50 pounds of peppers for the year and we should make that goal as long as the weather holds out.
Our overall goal for the garden this year was to get 188 pounds of produce to meet our FIVE TON total for garden production since 2011. So far this year, we have produced 180 pounds! We should meet our FIVE TON goal next week.
GOOD JOB EVERYONE!
Fun fact: some things that weigh FIVE TONS include: a big hippopotamus, an Asian Elephant, or three pick-up trucks.
Patti Keller, RD, LD, CDE