Strawberries: will have to wait until later (maybe Saturday) because of the wet conditions. We learned last year what a mess it can be working out there in the moist soil.
New Families: Welcome to the Shields and the Hansels. Invitations have been extended to two more families. We're still waiting to hear back for sure.
Email notifications from the blog: The email notifications when a blog entry is posted are only allowed for up to 10 emails. With the extra families, this will no longer work. I have created a distribution list in outlook so whenever an blog entry is posted, I will receive an email and then forward it on to the group. So you can continue to contact the group this way if desired.
Contact Information: I have updated the contact information to the right on the blog. Please look over it and verify your information with me.
Thanks to everyone for all you do! We're looking forward to another great year.
Janet
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
STRAWBERRIES!!
First off, could you please notify me if you receive the notification that a post was made so I can follow through with those who were not notified.
Cyndi purchased 100 strawberry plants. We are planning on planting those on Monday. We will meet on Monday, February 15th, at 12:30pm at the garden (WEATHER PERMITTING). We need to get some soil to add to the plants. Do we want to get a truck load like last year or just use some bags of soil? Let Cyndi know what you think.
Cyndi purchased 100 strawberry plants. We are planning on planting those on Monday. We will meet on Monday, February 15th, at 12:30pm at the garden (WEATHER PERMITTING). We need to get some soil to add to the plants. Do we want to get a truck load like last year or just use some bags of soil? Let Cyndi know what you think.
Minutes from meeting February 7
Minutes from Garden Meeting
February 7, 2010
Present:
Neff and Vikki Russell
David and Cecily Spencer
Lou Arne
Ken and Janet Lightheart
Rick and Linda Fernandez
Lynne Wilder
Steve and Cyndi Cannon
Pete and Heidi Blue
Discussion about last year’s garden
Last year, after a month or two into planting, we decided to divide the responsibility of overseeing individual crops between families. Each family was in charge of a crop or two to oversee as shown below (from the minutes from our meeting held last year)
Assignments:
The garden has been divided up by plants and has been assigned to different families. These families are in charge of the following concerning their plants and area surrounding the plants:
• Planting (any remaining planting)
• Weeding the area surrounding the plants
• Placing stakes with information of type of plant and other pertinent information
• Fertilizing (research and application)
• Pesticide (notification and application)
• Any other needs for the plants: researching, applying poles or trellises, etc.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT EACH FAMILY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE WORK. We will continue to work together as often as allows. When help is needed the whole group will be notified and all who are able to help should be there. We will also continue to have times scheduled for all of us to be there together.
After much discussion, it was determined that we will proceed with making a plan for the garden and then divide the plan into individual crops just as we did last year. It will differ from last year though by having each area covered by two families instead of just one. This will help with vacation coverage and sharing workload.
Two families will not be in charge of the same two sections though. The sections will overlap so families will have an opportunity to learn about the crop from the family who had the crop the previous year. Therefore, each family should be able to have two years to learn and become “experts” on that crop before they move to another one.
For example, if we divide the garden into 10 sections (1-10), with 10 families (A-J), each family would overlap with two different families as shown.
Finances
Paul was not able to attend the meeting, so actual numbers will need to be discussed at our next meeting. The following items to purchase were discussed:
1. Shed (Craig’s List, Lowes, have someone build)
2. Fencing for Beans (Lou to contact Quality Fence)
Current Seed Supply
Rick will assess the current seed supply. If anyone has any seed left from last year, please notify Rick.
What to plant
We discussed which crops to plant more of, the same, or less of as follows:
PLANTED TOO MUCH LAST YEAR (we should plant less this year):
Cucumbers
Yellow Squash
Zucchini
Cherry Tomatoes
Peppers
JUST RIGHT:
Corn (the same amount but in stages)
Pumpkins (it was determined that we should plant about the same amount but make sure we pinch the growth off to improve the size of pumpkins)
PLANTED NOT ENOUGH LAST YEAR (we should plant more this year):
Cantaloupes
Peas
Green Beans
Watermelons (Bro. Neilsen should be contacted to determine how to grow a better crop)
Onions
PLANTS NOT TO INCLUDE:
Carrots (not the right kind of soil)
OTHER PLANTS TO INCLUDE:
Strawberries
Banana Squash
What needs to be done right now or soon:
Strawberries: Cyndi to look into purchasing strawberry plants. We will try and get those planted next Monday.
Peas: In about a month (Rick to look into)
Onion starts and lettuce
More Families
It was decided that we would like to include about 4 more families in the garden. Lou will contact other families discussed and let us know who else will be joining us.
Next Meeting
Our next meeting will be help Sunday evening, March 11th. Time and location yet to be determined.
February 7, 2010
Present:
Neff and Vikki Russell
David and Cecily Spencer
Lou Arne
Ken and Janet Lightheart
Rick and Linda Fernandez
Lynne Wilder
Steve and Cyndi Cannon
Pete and Heidi Blue
Discussion about last year’s garden
Last year, after a month or two into planting, we decided to divide the responsibility of overseeing individual crops between families. Each family was in charge of a crop or two to oversee as shown below (from the minutes from our meeting held last year)
Assignments:
The garden has been divided up by plants and has been assigned to different families. These families are in charge of the following concerning their plants and area surrounding the plants:
• Planting (any remaining planting)
• Weeding the area surrounding the plants
• Placing stakes with information of type of plant and other pertinent information
• Fertilizing (research and application)
• Pesticide (notification and application)
• Any other needs for the plants: researching, applying poles or trellises, etc.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT EACH FAMILY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE WORK. We will continue to work together as often as allows. When help is needed the whole group will be notified and all who are able to help should be there. We will also continue to have times scheduled for all of us to be there together.
After much discussion, it was determined that we will proceed with making a plan for the garden and then divide the plan into individual crops just as we did last year. It will differ from last year though by having each area covered by two families instead of just one. This will help with vacation coverage and sharing workload.
Two families will not be in charge of the same two sections though. The sections will overlap so families will have an opportunity to learn about the crop from the family who had the crop the previous year. Therefore, each family should be able to have two years to learn and become “experts” on that crop before they move to another one.
For example, if we divide the garden into 10 sections (1-10), with 10 families (A-J), each family would overlap with two different families as shown.
Finances
Paul was not able to attend the meeting, so actual numbers will need to be discussed at our next meeting. The following items to purchase were discussed:
1. Shed (Craig’s List, Lowes, have someone build)
2. Fencing for Beans (Lou to contact Quality Fence)
Current Seed Supply
Rick will assess the current seed supply. If anyone has any seed left from last year, please notify Rick.
What to plant
We discussed which crops to plant more of, the same, or less of as follows:
PLANTED TOO MUCH LAST YEAR (we should plant less this year):
Cucumbers
Yellow Squash
Zucchini
Cherry Tomatoes
Peppers
JUST RIGHT:
Corn (the same amount but in stages)
Pumpkins (it was determined that we should plant about the same amount but make sure we pinch the growth off to improve the size of pumpkins)
PLANTED NOT ENOUGH LAST YEAR (we should plant more this year):
Cantaloupes
Peas
Green Beans
Watermelons (Bro. Neilsen should be contacted to determine how to grow a better crop)
Onions
PLANTS NOT TO INCLUDE:
Carrots (not the right kind of soil)
OTHER PLANTS TO INCLUDE:
Strawberries
Banana Squash
What needs to be done right now or soon:
Strawberries: Cyndi to look into purchasing strawberry plants. We will try and get those planted next Monday.
Peas: In about a month (Rick to look into)
Onion starts and lettuce
More Families
It was decided that we would like to include about 4 more families in the garden. Lou will contact other families discussed and let us know who else will be joining us.
Next Meeting
Our next meeting will be help Sunday evening, March 11th. Time and location yet to be determined.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Recipes
I have added recipes to the right. Please email me your recipes and I will add them. I believe the consensus was to continue harvesting as possible on Monday nights, Wednesday nights, and Saturday mornings. There will be some more items that will need to be harvested all at once (like the tomatoes and corn). When this is the cause, everyone will be notified. We pickled over 100 pints of pickles and relish yesterday. There are still a lot of cucumbers left. I believe the plan is to get together again on Friday (possibly at Wilders) and pickle some more.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Harvest News!
We will be gone for a week, but here is our assessment of what is going on at the farm (what we know about any way). We wish we could stick around to help.
Canning Day: I am planning on having a canning day at my house a week from Tuesday, August 11th. We will start at 8am. I hope we will be able to can some more beans, pickles, and pickled squash. I have a lot of cucumbers at my house that the kids harvested today. There are plenty more.
Harvest give away: We were discussing what to do with our abundance of food at our last canning day. It was suggested that we allow the children to give food to those in need or as gifts to others. Anyone that wants to can try to sell them.
Beans: There are more bush beans to harvest. (The beans that are by the peppers). These should be picked to can. These are the beans that were too small to pick last time. I would hate to see those go to waste. If someone can pick them, we will plan on canning them next week. There are also pole beans to harvest. (The beans that are inbetween the potatoes and corn.) We can pick those to can or to eat fresh. The pole beans will mature over time, so they are for good for eating fresh or canning.
Zucchini and Yellow Squash: The zucchini plants need to be harvested every few days if small vegetables are desired. We harvested a LOT of large zucchinis today. Cyndi has them at her house. Katherine said the squash can be cut and frozen for later if desired. There are still more zucchini plants and yellow squash to be harvested.
Potatoes: I harvested almost a full row of Red Chieftain potatoes today - two bucket fulls. (Cyndi has these at her house). (The Red Chieftains are the ones in the middle of the potato patch - about half of the rows. They are the shorter plants that are inbetween the Russets and the variety potatoes.) They are beautiful and there are about 6-10 potatoes from each plant. We can leave these in the ground until we want to eat them (unless they start to get too many white spots which indicates too much watering). The green leaves on the top will help pull some of the water out. The best thing would be to decrease the watering on the red potatoes, but we can not do that selectively so we can leave them in the ground for now and just watch them. If anyone wants potatoes, you can just go dig them up as needed. The Russets won't be ready until about the middle of September. They store better than the reds and can be kept in a dark bag throughout the winter.
Peppers: We didn't harvest any peppers today. They can be harvested at any time. They can be cut and frozen. Katherine has instructions on how to do this.
Canning Day: I am planning on having a canning day at my house a week from Tuesday, August 11th. We will start at 8am. I hope we will be able to can some more beans, pickles, and pickled squash. I have a lot of cucumbers at my house that the kids harvested today. There are plenty more.
Harvest give away: We were discussing what to do with our abundance of food at our last canning day. It was suggested that we allow the children to give food to those in need or as gifts to others. Anyone that wants to can try to sell them.
Beans: There are more bush beans to harvest. (The beans that are by the peppers). These should be picked to can. These are the beans that were too small to pick last time. I would hate to see those go to waste. If someone can pick them, we will plan on canning them next week. There are also pole beans to harvest. (The beans that are inbetween the potatoes and corn.) We can pick those to can or to eat fresh. The pole beans will mature over time, so they are for good for eating fresh or canning.
Zucchini and Yellow Squash: The zucchini plants need to be harvested every few days if small vegetables are desired. We harvested a LOT of large zucchinis today. Cyndi has them at her house. Katherine said the squash can be cut and frozen for later if desired. There are still more zucchini plants and yellow squash to be harvested.
Potatoes: I harvested almost a full row of Red Chieftain potatoes today - two bucket fulls. (Cyndi has these at her house). (The Red Chieftains are the ones in the middle of the potato patch - about half of the rows. They are the shorter plants that are inbetween the Russets and the variety potatoes.) They are beautiful and there are about 6-10 potatoes from each plant. We can leave these in the ground until we want to eat them (unless they start to get too many white spots which indicates too much watering). The green leaves on the top will help pull some of the water out. The best thing would be to decrease the watering on the red potatoes, but we can not do that selectively so we can leave them in the ground for now and just watch them. If anyone wants potatoes, you can just go dig them up as needed. The Russets won't be ready until about the middle of September. They store better than the reds and can be kept in a dark bag throughout the winter.
Peppers: We didn't harvest any peppers today. They can be harvested at any time. They can be cut and frozen. Katherine has instructions on how to do this.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Harvesting
We propose that we gather every Sat. morning @ 8:00 to harvest. That would make distribution easy. If you can't make it, you could ask another family to pick up your produce. Summer squash and lettuce are coming on strong, and maybe a few tomatoes.
Janet, is there a way to list in one place on this blog all that we have learned so far about gardening? It would be nice to record findings as we go, before we forget them.
Steve and Cyndi
Janet, is there a way to list in one place on this blog all that we have learned so far about gardening? It would be nice to record findings as we go, before we forget them.
Steve and Cyndi
Friday, June 26, 2009
Compost and Lettuce
We started a compost pile in the middle of the garden by the tomatoes. Rick has done some research and found that the weeds work great in a compost pile. If you leave it long enough, the seeds will all die.
Also, the lettuce needs to be harvested before it goes to seed. You can just cut off the lettuce leaves an inch or so above the root and it should grow back and be able to be harvested later.
Should we meet again and talk about how we will go about harvesting? Where and when would be a good time.
The garden is looking great! Thanks for all your effort and time!
Also, the lettuce needs to be harvested before it goes to seed. You can just cut off the lettuce leaves an inch or so above the root and it should grow back and be able to be harvested later.
Should we meet again and talk about how we will go about harvesting? Where and when would be a good time.
The garden is looking great! Thanks for all your effort and time!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Watering Schedule
Pete talked with John Neilsen about the watering. The ideal days for us to water will be Tuesday and Thursday because those are the days which the pump is running so we will maximize our watering. We will also be watering on Saturdays in the evening. There will not be as much pressure on Saturday so we water longer - also because it will be the longest between watering days. This will also allow us to get and work in the garden on Monday evenings and Saturday mornings which seem to be the best times for everyone.WATERING SCHEDULE: (to be overseen by Pete and Larry)
Tuesday am
Thursday am
Saturday pm (For 2-3 hours)
Saturday, May 16, 2009
White Bucket
I took a white bucket to the garden today. Inside is a laminated plan for planting which includes the families in charge of each area. Also, taped to the inside of the lid is the list of contact information for everyone. There are also some stakes and tape for labelling the plants.
Update on planting
I planted the bush beans and the peppers this morning, fertilized with some Miracle Grow, and then turned the water on. We will be turning it off tonight before Stake Conference.
I will be going out Monday morning to start the soil preparation for the potaotes. We are hoping to get out Monday evening at 6:00pm to plant those and the pole beans. So if anyone wants to join us that would be great.
I have Katherine's Mantis if anybody else needs it. I will be using that Monday morning. Thanks, JAN
I will be going out Monday morning to start the soil preparation for the potaotes. We are hoping to get out Monday evening at 6:00pm to plant those and the pole beans. So if anyone wants to join us that would be great.
I have Katherine's Mantis if anybody else needs it. I will be using that Monday morning. Thanks, JAN
Thursday, May 14, 2009
What kind of Peppers do you want?
What kind of peppers would everyone like? I purchased a variety of sweet bell peppers today, but I wasn't sure if anyone wanted some hot peppers and if so, what varieties?
The Garden Shop over on W Main by Thunderbird still had some seed potato and some other great plants if anyone needs anything else.
JAN
The Garden Shop over on W Main by Thunderbird still had some seed potato and some other great plants if anyone needs anything else.
JAN
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Seed Potato
I checked with my brother in Idaho and he has 2 boxes of Norcota Russett Seed for us. Leslie Fernandez' new brother-in-law will be bringing them when he comes for the wedding next weekend. I also ordered a box of red potato seed from Klamath Falls that should arrive on Friday. With the father son campout this weekend and then Stake Conference we won't be able to do anything at the garden this weekend. Our plan is to go and do some planting and/or preparing for the potatoes and beans next Monday night.
Is the water up and running? How do the pumpkins look?
Lighthearts
Is the water up and running? How do the pumpkins look?
Lighthearts
Please check your contact information
Please make sure your contact information over to the right is correct. Also, if you will post what you do and learn from your area, I will add a link over to the right so we can see the progress by family.
Any questions or if you need help getting on to the blog, let me know. JAN
Any questions or if you need help getting on to the blog, let me know. JAN
Minutes from meeting
I will also send this out as a word document to your emails.
Medford Gardening Project
Minutes from meeting
May 12, 2009, 8:30pm at Fernandez’s
Summary of Activity
1. Water: A review of what is going on with the water was presented. See details below.
2. Condition of plants: A review of the condition of the plants was presented.
• The peas are doing well.
• The sugar pumpkins that were covered with frost blanket after they were planting are mostly doing well. The other pumpkins all died (after planting two full flats at different times.) The Blues replanted these and they are looking okay. John Neilsen suggested that the plants were in too much shock when they were planted. They not only had transplant shock but also shock from not being left outside overnight before they were planted.
• Some of the Butternut squash are doing okay, but will be replanted with starts and seeds.
• The Cantaloupe did not make it.
• The onion starts are hanging in there
Planting and growing suggestions:
1. STARTS:
a. Allow the starts to have more sun as they grow
b. Leave the starts out progressively more each day so they can become accustomed to being outside. They should remain outside throughout the night and recover before they are planted at the garden.
2. TOMATOES:
a. The tomato plants were left in the window that received the most afternoon sun.
b. Fertilize Tomatoes with Miracle Grow to improve growth.
c. Some of the tomatoes were transplanted into bigger containers to help growth. This may or may not have helped.
Tomato Plants: We have two different leads on receiving some tomato plants:
1. Larry Carpenter has about 30 plants that he would like to give us. He started growing them in sun boxes in January. He is asking that we just document which plants do best. He is trying to determine which tomato plants do best in this area. Rick will be following up on this.
2. The Wilders and Arnés have an acquaintance that also has about 30 starts that we can have. Lou will be following up on this.
Needs
1. Hoses
A. Steve and Larry will be bringing hoses, if more are needed Paul will purchase some
2. Tarp for Soil
A. Lighthearts to bring
3. Soil from BioMass
A. Paul to borrow Lou’s truck and deliver on Saturday
4. Mantis (Wilders/Hamblins) for preparing rows
A. Contact Katherine or Lynne to borrow the Mantis if you are planting
5. Bucket for papers
A. Cyndi will bring a white bucket for papers, clipboard, and other needs
6. Roll for plans
A. Charles will get a tube to put the plans in
Watering:
1. Instead of a watering schedule, Larry and Pete will be taking care of all the watering. John Neilsen suggested that it would be good to have only one or two people in charge. Thanks to Larry and Pete for taking on this venture.
2. Pete gave a review of what he has done to the sprinklers
a. After speaking with John Neilsen, they concluded that a different type of sprinkler would be better for the garden.
b. Pete looked through the Pear Farms supply of odds and ends of sprinklers and changed out some of them.
c. Not all of them where functioning properly so he has purchased some new sprinkler heads to see if they will work.
d. The sprinklers on the outer sides have been switched to only rotate 180º instead of 360º. This will allow us to water the garden without watering the grass areas around.
e. Because of this, the sprinklers on the outside will need to run half the amount of time as the inside to ensure even coverage.
f. This also allows us to turn the sprinklers on and use the hose bib near the pumpkins without getting wet.
3. Pete should have the water up and running today or tomorrow.
4. It was suggested that a log be kept of the amount of watering done.
Responsibilities:A suggestion has been made to have a person or two in charge of specific aspects of the garden. The following is a tentative schedule for this. If there are any comments or suggestions on these assignments, we can work them out.
The idea behind this would be if there are specific questions about these areas, the person responsible should be contacted. This way, hopefully duplication won’t occur. For example, if your area of the garden looks like it needs to be fertilized, you would contact the person in charge. They will coordinate the fertilizing and if necessary purchase the fertilizer in mass quantities instead of small, more expensive packages. The actual work would be done as a group or by the family in charge of the specific area.
• Watering: Pete Blue and Larry Wilder
• Planting: Paul Anderson
• Fertilizing: Rick Fernandez
• Pesticides: Ken Lightheart/Steve Cannon
Assignments:
The garden has been divided up by plants and has been assigned to different families. These families are in charge of the following concerning their plants and area surrounding the plants:
• Planting (any remaining planting)
• Weeding the area surrounding the plants
• Placing stakes with information of type of plant and other pertinent information
• Fertilizing (research and application)
• Pesticide (notification and application)
• Any other needs for the plants: researching, applying poles or trellises, etc.
Note: the plans also has the name of the family responsible for each area. These plans will be left at the garden at all times.
Family Responsibility Needs Other
Anderson
Cucumbers: Plant starts
Potatoes: Obtain seed and plant
Zucchinis
Arné
Watermelon: Make 30 hills and plant seeds (in 2-4 weeks) A suggestion was made to plant half in 1-2 weeks and the other half in 3-4 weeks.
Herbs
Blues
Watering
Pumpkins
Cannon
Squash:Replant starts & seeds
Spring Garden
Strawberries
Dockreys
Corn
Fernandez
Cantaloupe:Planted on 5/9
Peas
Hamblin/Wilder
Tomatoes: Plant on 5/23
Lightheart
Beans:Plant from seed (no top soil needed)
Bell Peppers: Purchase starts and plant
Assist with potatoes and corn
Remember that you are assigned to the area. This does not mean you need to do all the work yourselves. If you need help with something (such as places trellises, planting, etc.), please contact the rest of us.
Other:
• If anyone is interested in using a section of the garden that is not being planted to grow something on their own, they are welcome to do that.
• We are okay on money currently. Make sure you turn receipts into Paul for reimbursement so that we can have an accurate record of expenses.
Medford Gardening Project
Minutes from meeting
May 12, 2009, 8:30pm at Fernandez’s
Summary of Activity
1. Water: A review of what is going on with the water was presented. See details below.
2. Condition of plants: A review of the condition of the plants was presented.
• The peas are doing well.
• The sugar pumpkins that were covered with frost blanket after they were planting are mostly doing well. The other pumpkins all died (after planting two full flats at different times.) The Blues replanted these and they are looking okay. John Neilsen suggested that the plants were in too much shock when they were planted. They not only had transplant shock but also shock from not being left outside overnight before they were planted.
• Some of the Butternut squash are doing okay, but will be replanted with starts and seeds.
• The Cantaloupe did not make it.
• The onion starts are hanging in there
Planting and growing suggestions:
1. STARTS:
a. Allow the starts to have more sun as they grow
b. Leave the starts out progressively more each day so they can become accustomed to being outside. They should remain outside throughout the night and recover before they are planted at the garden.
2. TOMATOES:
a. The tomato plants were left in the window that received the most afternoon sun.
b. Fertilize Tomatoes with Miracle Grow to improve growth.
c. Some of the tomatoes were transplanted into bigger containers to help growth. This may or may not have helped.
Tomato Plants: We have two different leads on receiving some tomato plants:
1. Larry Carpenter has about 30 plants that he would like to give us. He started growing them in sun boxes in January. He is asking that we just document which plants do best. He is trying to determine which tomato plants do best in this area. Rick will be following up on this.
2. The Wilders and Arnés have an acquaintance that also has about 30 starts that we can have. Lou will be following up on this.
Needs
1. Hoses
A. Steve and Larry will be bringing hoses, if more are needed Paul will purchase some
2. Tarp for Soil
A. Lighthearts to bring
3. Soil from BioMass
A. Paul to borrow Lou’s truck and deliver on Saturday
4. Mantis (Wilders/Hamblins) for preparing rows
A. Contact Katherine or Lynne to borrow the Mantis if you are planting
5. Bucket for papers
A. Cyndi will bring a white bucket for papers, clipboard, and other needs
6. Roll for plans
A. Charles will get a tube to put the plans in
Watering:
1. Instead of a watering schedule, Larry and Pete will be taking care of all the watering. John Neilsen suggested that it would be good to have only one or two people in charge. Thanks to Larry and Pete for taking on this venture.
2. Pete gave a review of what he has done to the sprinklers
a. After speaking with John Neilsen, they concluded that a different type of sprinkler would be better for the garden.
b. Pete looked through the Pear Farms supply of odds and ends of sprinklers and changed out some of them.
c. Not all of them where functioning properly so he has purchased some new sprinkler heads to see if they will work.
d. The sprinklers on the outer sides have been switched to only rotate 180º instead of 360º. This will allow us to water the garden without watering the grass areas around.
e. Because of this, the sprinklers on the outside will need to run half the amount of time as the inside to ensure even coverage.
f. This also allows us to turn the sprinklers on and use the hose bib near the pumpkins without getting wet.
3. Pete should have the water up and running today or tomorrow.
4. It was suggested that a log be kept of the amount of watering done.
Responsibilities:A suggestion has been made to have a person or two in charge of specific aspects of the garden. The following is a tentative schedule for this. If there are any comments or suggestions on these assignments, we can work them out.
The idea behind this would be if there are specific questions about these areas, the person responsible should be contacted. This way, hopefully duplication won’t occur. For example, if your area of the garden looks like it needs to be fertilized, you would contact the person in charge. They will coordinate the fertilizing and if necessary purchase the fertilizer in mass quantities instead of small, more expensive packages. The actual work would be done as a group or by the family in charge of the specific area.
• Watering: Pete Blue and Larry Wilder
• Planting: Paul Anderson
• Fertilizing: Rick Fernandez
• Pesticides: Ken Lightheart/Steve Cannon
Assignments:
The garden has been divided up by plants and has been assigned to different families. These families are in charge of the following concerning their plants and area surrounding the plants:
• Planting (any remaining planting)
• Weeding the area surrounding the plants
• Placing stakes with information of type of plant and other pertinent information
• Fertilizing (research and application)
• Pesticide (notification and application)
• Any other needs for the plants: researching, applying poles or trellises, etc.
Note: the plans also has the name of the family responsible for each area. These plans will be left at the garden at all times.
Family Responsibility Needs Other
Anderson
Cucumbers: Plant starts
Potatoes: Obtain seed and plant
Zucchinis
Arné
Watermelon: Make 30 hills and plant seeds (in 2-4 weeks) A suggestion was made to plant half in 1-2 weeks and the other half in 3-4 weeks.
Herbs
Blues
Watering
Pumpkins
Cannon
Squash:Replant starts & seeds
Spring Garden
Strawberries
Dockreys
Corn
Fernandez
Cantaloupe:Planted on 5/9
Peas
Hamblin/Wilder
Tomatoes: Plant on 5/23
Lightheart
Beans:Plant from seed (no top soil needed)
Bell Peppers: Purchase starts and plant
Assist with potatoes and corn
Remember that you are assigned to the area. This does not mean you need to do all the work yourselves. If you need help with something (such as places trellises, planting, etc.), please contact the rest of us.
Other:
• If anyone is interested in using a section of the garden that is not being planted to grow something on their own, they are welcome to do that.
• We are okay on money currently. Make sure you turn receipts into Paul for reimbursement so that we can have an accurate record of expenses.
Lighthearts Pumpkins
Day 1 (4/6): Planted Pumpkin Seeds and watered
Day 5 (4/11): Seeds started to sprout
Day 6 (4/12): Removed lid
Day 7 (4/13): Plants about 4-6 inches tall
Day 9 (4/15): Watered (1/4cup each plant)
Day 10 (4/16):
Day 13 (4/19): Watered (about 1/4C each)
Day 19 (4/25): Watered plants - third leaves started growing
The pumpkin plants ended up being very leggy and difficult to separate to plant. This is possibly due to lack of sunshine. We don't have a great place to put the plants outside due to the deer, so I'm not sure if that is why they were leggy or if was still too early in the season to plant.
Day 21 (4/27): Planted one flat
We planted one flat and watered them with buckets. We checked on them on 4/28, they still looked good. On 4/30 we checked on them again and by that time they were all wilted. I think because of lack of water and also because they weren't real healthy to start with.
Day 24 (4/30): Planted other flat
We planted the second flat and watered with the sprinklers after they were planted.
Day 29: (5/4): Plants didn't survive. The consensus was it was probably too much of a shock to be transplanted and also have the cold night air.
Day 5 (4/11): Seeds started to sprout
Day 6 (4/12): Removed lid
Day 7 (4/13): Plants about 4-6 inches tall
Day 9 (4/15): Watered (1/4cup each plant)
Day 10 (4/16):
Day 13 (4/19): Watered (about 1/4C each)
Day 19 (4/25): Watered plants - third leaves started growing
The pumpkin plants ended up being very leggy and difficult to separate to plant. This is possibly due to lack of sunshine. We don't have a great place to put the plants outside due to the deer, so I'm not sure if that is why they were leggy or if was still too early in the season to plant.
Day 21 (4/27): Planted one flat
We planted one flat and watered them with buckets. We checked on them on 4/28, they still looked good. On 4/30 we checked on them again and by that time they were all wilted. I think because of lack of water and also because they weren't real healthy to start with.
Day 24 (4/30): Planted other flat
We planted the second flat and watered with the sprinklers after they were planted.
Day 29: (5/4): Plants didn't survive. The consensus was it was probably too much of a shock to be transplanted and also have the cold night air.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Email from Pete
I went out to the garden on the way home from work today. Most of the starts that we have planted have died. I think it is mainly the sprinklers are to large of a stream and it damages the plants. I have talked with John and I have some different sprinkler heads that he had and I will change them out on Saturday. Hopefully that will solve that issue. I don't have everyones email addresses so could you forward this to them so they know we can still plant what we have on Saturday and still have some hope that the new plants will survive...
Thanks,
Pete
Thanks,
Pete
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