Veggie News in early August

Find out about our Fall Fair here. It's the tiniest but it's the BEST! :>)

DIGS veggie news from this past July:

Sorry for not much blogging in July. But here's what's planted in each bed at the moment as of August 3rd:

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And now for the diggy veggie specific news....

First the bad news:

HEADLINE - Destructo Rocky Racoon and his Relatives Strike Again:

 Raccoons broke through the TOP of the bird netting over the raspberry cage, and, as usual, lumpishly crashed through the fruiting canes. Depressing for the humans, but extremely fun for the drooly racoons. Notice they only go for the caged raspberries. They don't touch the blueberries (also caged) nor do they eat many of the ever-bearing raspberries, which are open and easy to reach. Strange.

We await the annual feeling of raccoon DOOM when they eat all the grapes and apples just on the very day they were ripe. Yikes.

Also this week a bird (likely) nipped off the growing tip of the newly planted clematis. (what?!) We'd replanted a new one after losing the climbing clematis to frost this past winter.

Also, 45% of the more aristocratic garlic suffered Fusarium Wilt  and had to be destroyed. Usually we have a modest sized crop, but this year not so much.

And now for the good news:

We are harvesting lots of blueberries, kale, chard, rhubarb, green beans and broccoli right now. Come on down on Saturday mornings at 10am and be part of the tasty harvesting!!

The many many heads of lettuce had to be harvested during that 32 degree heat wave, but in a week or two, there will be more lettuce to make salads with. Right now garden workers can pick outer, larger leaves from the bigger lettuces by the gate and on the table.

The early potatoes this year were glorious, creamy dreamy and thin skinned. What a pleasure. We are also harvesting New Zealand Spinach (not everyone's fave, but prolific) and the zucchini are starting to come in (grated with onion for pancakes is a great use for them now!).

And in curious news:

The parsnips were successful, but now seem to be bolting in the heat! Will they work? Will the transplanted ones be hydra-headed?

Also, I'm curious if it's too early to start fall spinach, so have twelve tiny spinach seedling in my air-conditioned house right now. Wish me luck!

The specially cared-for DIGS carrots are terrific, try reaching under the Reemay to try one. Are you curious to taste what a real organic carrot is like?

Come on down and visit the garden. It's looking so very LUSH!

Harvesting on Saturday mornings is a togetherness activity! See you there!

Best, Jen