We had a sunny gardening session today with 23 adults and three children joining in.
Snapshot
The weather has been warm lately so watering was a priority. Some tired plants were removed and preparation done for more sowing and planting. Fertiliser and compost were added to soil for new plantings and teepees built to support snake beans to be planted soon. Stink bugs on the Tahitian lime were removed.
Harvest
The harvest was quite small and included silverbeet, celery, lettuce, mizuna, radish, asparagus (one spear!), dill, parsley and green garlic.
Sowing and planting
Eggplant seedlings were planted, Amish Deer Tongue lettuce thinned and replanted and radish sowed. We also planted some perilla seedlings.
Special mention
As we found last week, garlic had turned into witches broom. Several more garlic plants have sent up green shoots and Michael harvested these and emphasised how tasty they are and how expensive green garlic shoots like these are to buy from green grocers.
Another noteworthy event is that the first ginger shoots have showed themselves (photo below). We look forward to a good harvest in several months!
Coming up in the garden
Next week, we’ll aim to build some more teepees for snake beans and sow snake bean seeds. Spaghetti squash and more cucumber are also on the planting list, as are chilli seedlings that are being raised for planting but have made slower progress that expected.
St Helen's Community Garden 