Hi Ya'll--check out this link I found on my Rodale newsletter. Puts weeds in a new light!
http://bcove.me/8p0eh6xs
See you in the garden!
-Debbie
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
June in the Edible Schoolyard
Happy June, Gardeners!
I have some June photos to share of the Edible Schoolyard (ESY). But first I want to thank Crystal Simmons of the Appalachian State University Office of Sustainability and Gerald Combs of Building Services for donating 2- and 5-gallon buckets for us to use in the garden for weeding, making compost tea, and hauling stuff.
The garden is really greening-up and taking shape. Peas are blooming, cherries are on the trees and little apples, tiny tomatoes are emerging, and I've even seen harvest-ready lettuce and greens!
Intern Ben Loomis has been doing a great job of getting out some tree stumps, not to mention his great looking garden. Ben has also taken some soil samples to the country extension office for testing. And, if that's not enough, he's also trying his hand at vermiculture. The last time I looked his worms were doing great.
Laura Rainville, who is doing her practicum in the ESY this summer, is getting ready to plant a wonderful herb garden. I'll keep you posted on what she'll be planting in the coming days.
I've been battling slugs eating my tender green bean and cuke shoots. I've set up a party for them: "beer pools" and some coffee grounds for the morning after. I think it's working. I've also had some moles ("watch out for that root") tunneling around in my garden. I purchase a solar mole chaser. It's a device that emits a sound and vibration that moles are supposed to hate. So hopefully they'll up and leave my patch real soon. My peas are blooming and I have a few tomatoes pop out. Lettuce, carrots, beans, and cukes are sprouting as well as basil, nasturtiums and marigolds.
Everyone's garden plots look great!
This year our intern Ben has planted a community garden where you can weed a little and pick a little. We'll also have a basket setting out for folks to take a bit. A sign will be put up to let everyone know what garden they can work in and pick from. I hope it's a big hit this year!
I also wanted to let you all know that Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer will be on campus as the guest speaker for Convocation at 10:00 am on September 6, 2012. At 2:00 they will be a Question and Answer Panel Discussion in the Linville Falls room of the Plemmons Student Union and at 7:30 pm Novella will have a lecture and book signing. She will also be at the Watauga County Library on September 7, 2012 at 10:30 am for a reading and book signing. If you haven't read her book yet, pick one up at the Bookstore. It is really wonderful! I promise you will love it.
Here's what the garden looks like now--quite a change from March.
Happy Gardening!
- Debbie
I have some June photos to share of the Edible Schoolyard (ESY). But first I want to thank Crystal Simmons of the Appalachian State University Office of Sustainability and Gerald Combs of Building Services for donating 2- and 5-gallon buckets for us to use in the garden for weeding, making compost tea, and hauling stuff.
The garden is really greening-up and taking shape. Peas are blooming, cherries are on the trees and little apples, tiny tomatoes are emerging, and I've even seen harvest-ready lettuce and greens!
Intern Ben Loomis has been doing a great job of getting out some tree stumps, not to mention his great looking garden. Ben has also taken some soil samples to the country extension office for testing. And, if that's not enough, he's also trying his hand at vermiculture. The last time I looked his worms were doing great.
Laura Rainville, who is doing her practicum in the ESY this summer, is getting ready to plant a wonderful herb garden. I'll keep you posted on what she'll be planting in the coming days.
I've been battling slugs eating my tender green bean and cuke shoots. I've set up a party for them: "beer pools" and some coffee grounds for the morning after. I think it's working. I've also had some moles ("watch out for that root") tunneling around in my garden. I purchase a solar mole chaser. It's a device that emits a sound and vibration that moles are supposed to hate. So hopefully they'll up and leave my patch real soon. My peas are blooming and I have a few tomatoes pop out. Lettuce, carrots, beans, and cukes are sprouting as well as basil, nasturtiums and marigolds.
Everyone's garden plots look great!
This year our intern Ben has planted a community garden where you can weed a little and pick a little. We'll also have a basket setting out for folks to take a bit. A sign will be put up to let everyone know what garden they can work in and pick from. I hope it's a big hit this year!
I also wanted to let you all know that Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer will be on campus as the guest speaker for Convocation at 10:00 am on September 6, 2012. At 2:00 they will be a Question and Answer Panel Discussion in the Linville Falls room of the Plemmons Student Union and at 7:30 pm Novella will have a lecture and book signing. She will also be at the Watauga County Library on September 7, 2012 at 10:30 am for a reading and book signing. If you haven't read her book yet, pick one up at the Bookstore. It is really wonderful! I promise you will love it.
Here's what the garden looks like now--quite a change from March.
Happy Gardening!
- Debbie
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