June 15 Update from Beth

Hi Everybody
Holy Moly what a beautiful weekend! I could take 51 more of those. We had a great day in the garden Sunday so I guess I am here with your weekend update.

We planted two varieties of Pumpkins along the Mack edge of the corn row: large jack o'lantern type and smaller baking pumpkins. I'm already dreaming of pies and bread! We're hoping to have these viney plants grow up the hillside along the side toward Mack. Harvest will actually be closer to August but mad scientist Meg has some ideas about developing a few super size pumpkins that may delay a while longer. She said something about waiting for the great pumpkin with Linus.

Yikes! Enough about Fall!

We harvested lettuce, picked a few peas and some scallions, thinned the carrots, beets, radishes, and corn. If you stop by during the week feel free to hunt up some pea pods or onions. If you see some leafy lettuce begging for your dinner or sandwich you can snip it at the base and it will grow back in a week or two. Beets are coming along nicely and are good for both the bulb and the greens. Mark has a great sounding recipe where you use it a lot like spinach. If you ever have an ingredient that you want a recipe for also check www.allrecipes.com and use the ingredient search tab. I love that site. Is distribution working well for folks? We can evolve this with discussion so don't be shy about chiming in.

More maintenance: Domins mowed, many weeded, Parents hooked up a new rain barrel and kiddoes pruned bugs off of plants (so brave!), Clem & Rob turned and sifted the compost and most notably set up a system for the compost. COMPOST ORGANIZATION: Kitchen scraps (no meat) should be put in the left hand bin. Grass clippings can be put in the right hand bin. We can use any untreated grass clippings for mulch, which will allow us to water and weed less. Guru weeder Suzanne is among many who will appreciate that :)

On tap for this week is a spigot for the new rainbarell (pun intended) and of course watering per volunteer schedule. It really looks beautiful and has been so much fun. Thanks to everybody for all the hard work!