April Garden Workday Recap

Record Turnip Harvest for Metrocrest Food Pantry!

We had lovely weather for our April workday, and we accomplished alot even though it was a busy weekend for many.

Thanks to volunteers from Young Men’s Service League for weeding, mulching, and re-establishing our garden path.

Thanks YMSL!

Turnips, Cabbages, and other leafy greens were harvested and a cart-load sent to the food pantry. All cole crops should be harvested NOW…they are starting to “bolt” and turn bitter. (leaves of all coleslaw crops can be donated, and eaten like cabbage)

Time to harvest cole crops…warm weather makes them bitter!

We planted summer crops with Tomato, Peppers, Cucumbers and Cantaloupe, transplants supplied by Diane Brown, Al McGaver, and Dan Kinkade. Now is the time to plant warm season crops. It’s late to plant onions and potatoes…but leave them in the ground until early June.

Now is the best time to plant warm season crops.

We discussed creating a blue flag or to renovate the blue stakes to let gardeners know that you are unavailable and need help watering and harvesting. We did not decide which option we preferred, but thanks to Pat Gaines and Justine Faghihifar we now have fancy new stakes!

Use these when you need help when you are out of town.

Finally, we still have a couple of open plots available. Remind new gardeners that we only give out new plots on workdays…we don’t hold plots!

You must go though orientation during a garden workday.

Our next garden workday is May 11th…see you there.