Welcome
Hi All and welcome to the Scenic Terrace Garden journal. This is being put together so that we may all be in on the growing and nurturing of our shared vegetable garden. Thank you, David, for the vegetable garden, and for bringing Deborah in to guide us along the way. Thank you David, Deborah and Olesia .. Miguel too? for breaking the ground, turning the soil, clearing the weeds and preparing the beds that then welcomed the seeds and little plants. What an effort!What's in the journal?
The garden journal is a place where we can find updates, lists of what's ripe, what's just coming in, and what needs doing. It's also a place for our own individual reactions and contemplations.
Each Tuesday, there will be a blog entry noting "Ready to Pick" items as well as the "Chores/Tasks" that may be done by any of us. This week's lists are found immediately after this message. The Tuesday entry will also include notes from Deborah relating to the different plants and their individual care. At the end of this entry, please find a list of all the herbs and vegetables available in the different gardens (vegetable garden and the terraced herb garden) for your reference.
As we spend time in the garden, we see and learn new things that are worth sharing. Conversations with Deborah or David often bring important information that we all may need to know. Gardening tips we read about and try out (w/Deborah's approval) are also worth passing on.
There are days when we peek in and notice that the seeds sowed in March have become lush green grows, like the Romaine lettuce seeds Olesia sowed back in March.
More currently, the beans in starter pots and the potato cuttings in the sunken beds planted by Deborah are just peaking through after being put in the soil less than two weeks ago. So nice to see.
Take a picture, share the love, let us all know how amazing it is to see the plants growing so beautifully. Also, post recipes - who has a great salad or soup recipe for beets or fava leaves? Which tomato is the best for burgers? Do we grow it in the garden? YES!
Happiness is Community Gardening -
Vivian
(T) 05.05.2020 THIS WEEK
READY TO PICK:
Romaine Lettuce - 2-3 large leaves/plant/day
Red Sail Lettuce - 2 large leaves/plant/day
Chard - 2-3 large leaves/plant/day
Fava Leaves - pick from bottom of plant; up to 4 leaves/plant/day
CHORES/TASKS:
Weed the gardens
NOTES:
- Mulch was laid down throughout the garden this past week, providing additional nutrients and moisture to the plants as well as a bit of warmth. Plants are responding very well.
- The potted sprouting beans are being hand watered (VS-am) and will be transplanted this coming week. They will be found just in front of the garden wall, behind the Fava patch.
- All potted herbs (lemon balm, mint, dill) are being hand watered (VS-am)
REFERENCE LIST OF ST GARDEN HERBS AND VEGETABLES:
VEGETABLES
Artichoke-Romanesco
Artichoke
Beans-Bush
Beans-Fava 'Broad Windsor'
Beans-Pole
Beets
Carrots
Celery
Chard-Swiss
Cucumber-Japanese
Lettuce-Red Sail
Lettuce-Romaine
Onions-Yellow Sweet Spanish
Peppers-Green
Peppers-Gypsy Sweet
Peppers-Fresno
Pepper-Italian Frying Pepper 'Jimmy Nardello's'
Potato-Baking
Potato-Red
Potato-White
Tomato-Beefsteak 'Caspian Pink'
Tomato-'Black Krim'
Tomato-Martino's Roma
Tomato-New Girl
Tomato-Pork Chop (Yellow/Green)
Tomato-'Thessaloniki'
Tomato-'Vernissage'
Zucchini
HERBS
*All herbs are located on the terraced garden by the courtyard steps unless otherwise noted
Basil-Italian
Cilantro
Chives
Dill-'Bouquet' (potted/garden)
Lemon Balm (potted/garden)
Minto-Mojito
Mint-Moroccan (potted/garden)
Oregano
Parsley
Rosemary
Thyme
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