Update on The Bridge garden - July sowing suggestions.

Yesterday we had a wonderful group of staff volunteers come to The Bridge garden to help with cleanup. It was a beautiful day and we got so much done! 

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It was a joy to see my coworkers and catch up on their lives as we social distanced, worked and heard about their success stories with their personal gardens.

Bren helped empty the blue shed because we’re getting a new one!

Iya and Bren cleaned up tables and placed everything outside to allow it to solar sterilize.

Maureen deep watered because today is HOT

We found weird worms that I’ve never seen before:( Caenoplana is a genus of land planarians from Australia and New Zealand.  They are known to be in our region.)

Jenny weeded the beds

Tim and Michelle dismantled old garden beds and the compost bins.

Iya used her Tetris skills to pack the dumpster full!

 Who said video game skills don’t transfer to daily life?

It was a wonderful day with friends.

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Here are your growing reminders for this week:

July means fall sowing. Here is a list of what to do now in your garden. Keep seeds covered with bird netting to avoid ants, mice and birds digging them up. This time of year I sow all my seeds in 4" pots because of the warm weather. IF you sow in seed trays they will dry out over night and not sprout.

* Sow leaf lettuce - I grow New Red sails, Butterhead, Olga Romaine

* Sow Broccoli- I grow Waltham or Calabrese

* Sow Beets - For beet greens and pickled beets

*  Sow Carrots - Danvers half long OR Yellowstone; 

       (carrots require constant moisture to sprout which may   take up to 2 weeks. This can be a challenge in the warm         weather.  I sow them in space vacated by other crops, in         the shade of another plant.)

* Sow Sugar Snap Peas - Pole or bush

* Sow Cabbage

Your winter squash should be planted but if you've not done that yet you can still get them growing before the fall frost.

Plan on looking into garlic. I plant mine in the fall in the greenhouse so it is ready to pull in May or June of the following year.