Eli & Peter
Watering the garden
Pilgrim, First Baptist and Redeemer sent volunteers to work this beautiful morning. In addition, we had extra hands from Hancock and St. Brigid’s, as well as Eli, a Boy Scout who has been working on a community service badge and regularly helping out.
Carla is visiting family but she left us good notes on what needed to get done this morning. Mark delivered about 9 pounds in total of produce that was picked this morning, including asparagus, bok choy, lettuce, radishes, green onions and dill.
Radishes, Strawberries & Dill
2 foot high asparagus
Interestingly, he got an inquiry about what kind of bok choy we were growing—it didn’t look like the Shanghai variety seen at the store. This curious person really knew their bok choy…in contrast to my familiarity which was zilch before working at the garden.
In addition to the picking, we hilled potatoes and onions, dusted the broccoli and cabbage with Dipel. And of course there is always watering and weeding.
Tidbits from this morning
– A rabbit was waiting for us right at the gate of the main garden. Even if he weren’t shooed away, this bunny would have been disappointed if he had gotten in. There are a number of bunny-deterrent fences and netting around many of the beds.
– The first task of the morning was tackling the asparagus and cutting what we thought were likely the last spears of the beds for delivery. As we were cleaning up at the end of the morning, Mark excitedly drew our attention to a corner of the bed by the compost bin. He swore that there were now two 4 inch high spears that were not there earlier this morning when he and Theresa were cutting the asparagus.
2 new asparagus shoots
– How can you not be impressed by the fecundity of the soil when you work there? Today, I was weeding in the small garden and the biggest earthworm I ever saw eased out of the soil.
15 inch ground worm
Honestly, this worm kept coming and coming and I bet it would have measured at least 15 inches if I’d had a ruler.