Aug.14th beach minerals

Here is a slide show from August 2010:



What we did today:

This Sunday, Aug.14th at Digs:

Little Diggeroos - Anne M. led the Little Diggers on a geological tour of the beach looking for and identifying various minerals. Totally excellentay!

Weird item of day - Yes, some birds can pierce right through bird-netting with their jet-propelled sharp long beaks. Reports of more birds zooming through like misiles, breaking into the netting, in order to eat berries. Don't doubt it; there have been a number of sightings/witnesses. :>)

Gardener's meet - At this morning's meeting we discussed possible new signage we might need to try and communicate to visitors which beds are NOT TO BE PICKED, because they are family allotments, and belong to the families who work on them

(ie: Please please don't pick family's tomatoes or little digger's giant-onion-contest onions please please!)

Vegetables and fruits that are for people to take will always be put out on the table outside the fence.

New to the Garden? If you need a tour to know where "tasting is encouraged" and where not to pick by accident, come down any Sunday at 10 am or meet with Jane afer 4:30 on M-W-F, and someone will be happy to give you a garden tour.

Harvested some of these today - Bush beans (green/yellow), carrots, (some had split from too much delicious water!) kohlrabi, cucumber, leeks, small onions, dill, and misc. lettuces.

Planted today - Cauliflour and cabbage transplanted into bed no. 1, and winter rye was planted (keep moist) in the x-garlic beds, which are now fallow.
The option still exists to put remay white cloth over the sprouting rye to stop the birds from whooping it up and having a party.....it's the best kind of bird-party-pooper choice, mayhaps. :>)

Other chores - Brussel sprouts got new, doubly attractive stakes, and were tied up to them; tomatoes received some small pruning, and kale and winter lettuce plants were potted up a size.

A fine day for gardening. Thanks to all who come out and get diggy!

Best, Jen