- Cucumber
- Okra flower
- Runner beans
July 27, 2017
Hello again,
I want to thank everyone for the wonderful job on keeping the gardens weeded and harvested this season. We harvested some excellent lettuce, carrots, and onions. Cat Valero helped with the pepper and bean harvest. Jennie Kindler and Kelly Ried have done an awesome job with weeding and finally Bob Beck has kept everything tilled and clean looking.
The rains have brought on continued food growth, and along with the fertilizer, mostly everything is growing well! The cucumbers have plenty of blossoms on them and should be good producers. The squash is struggling and I am hoping the fertilizer will keep mosaic at bay.
When I planted the runner beans I started a system of planting with sunflowers to see if they would trail up the flower. Attached is a picture of what happened. I also picked two of the most beautiful cucumbers I have ever seen from the garden this week. The okra is flowering beautifully also.
Our little chomper Chucky (our troublesome little woodchuck) is still going at it. He sneaks in the cage, takes a few bites out of the apples and continues on with the beans.
To date we have harvested 104 lbs. of produce from the gardens.
Thank you,
Patti Keller, RD, LD, CDE