A Cooperative Learning Project
Saturday we sifted the compost for the second time, extracting about half a wheelbarrow-full. I was impressed with the quantity, given that most came from garden waste (including grass clippings from the borders). The rest of the compost is decomposing well, except for the bamboo twigs (waste from setting up the bamboo trellis).
1. Fill garden apron pockets. Weight train.
2. Make cucumber moonbat hats for Town Day.
3. Have Elsa Dorfman photograph each one.
4. Slice thinly. Mulch neighborhood.
5. Serve cucumber aperitif/hair conditioner/poison ivy salve with cocktail umbrellas.
6. Carve miniature cucumber totems. Worship.
7. Create cucumber theater with handmade costumes and zucchini sets.
8. Give eye relaxation treatment to Belmont.
9. Dr. Ruth lecture series!
10. Remember winter. Declare delicious every single one.
Growth has exploded in some parts of the garden. Some veggies, including the eggplants and the cucumbers, have spilled over into adjacent paths and are now breaking out through open slots in the garden’s fence.
This a list of new crops we might want to plant next year. Please add to it.
And if the garden becomes permanent and we can add perennials:
We have harvested tasty young leaves from our collards and kale plants nearly every week over the past 2 months. They're now at a point where they look like a plantation of tiny palm trees.
If we plan to use drip irrigation in the future, lay it out before planting, then plant the seedlings next to the emitters. Trying to snake a soaker around full-grown squash and tomato plants was not the best practice.
Consider setting up some kind of small rain barrel or cistern or any kind of bucket-with-a-hose-fitting-on-the-bottom to feed drip lines. We can’t collect much rainwater without a roof and gutters, but we can fill a container from the hose and let it drain out slowly through drip lines to plants that like even moisture, like tomatoes.
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