Hi everyone.
Thank you for your continued support and prayers for our garden! With the change of seasons, so is our garden as we have been pulling up our summer crops and planting the fall. We have begun harvesting a few leaves of Romaine, turnip greens, and kale, with our spring mix and possibly carrots due in a couple of weeks. Our Brussels sprouts are over a foot tall, the snap peas are creeping up their trellis, and the beets are looking good. The sweet potatoes are being harvested this week with a few previews indicating football size taters! Still picking peppers, okra, beans, and eggplant, and the basil remains bountiful. We have been thinning out and transplanting runners from our strawberry beds and have tons to share (so let me know if you want any). Our chickens are laying an average of 9 eggs per day and we have one broody hen. We will be planting garlic and flower bulbs during the month of October along with preparing beds and planting cover crops for their winter slumber.
We are so thankful for our new intern, Daniel Corpening, along with two new members this past month..welcome Traci Philips and Jennifer Booker! New fall pictures are on facebook and updates on our blog: thegardenofconord.blogspot.com. Our Kidz Thyme continues on Monday nights from 6-7 with Debbie Cook leading our Jr. gardeners in a variety of fun gardening themed activities and is enjoyed by all (including the moms)!
Our fall garden season officially began 9/1, however, it is never too late to join the garden! Only $10.00 per season with our last work day for fall scheduled to be on 11/19, with some of our fall veggies available to harvest through the winter. If you would like to learn more about our garden and have some seeds of ideas you would like to share, join us at our next Garden Advisory Board meeting on Tuesday, October 25th at 6:30 pm. Come grow with us! It WILL be good!
-Donna Poe, Garden Coordinator
