Community Garden Update: June's Ending; Spinach Harvest
By the final week of June, temperatures began to rise. This heat wave caused us to worry that the spinach would bolt before we got a chance to harvest the delicate greens.
To the garden we went to pluck the spinach from the earth so that the leaves could be used in salads, quiche, and smoothies. Some of it was blanched and frozen for later use to be taken out at Thanksgiving for a spinach-artichoke casserole.
Alas! An empty tract of dirt remained where the spinach once grew.
This patch was quickly filled back up with cauliflower, broccoli,
and celery.
Our first attempt at growing celery, we followed the planting instructions of a local greenhouse owner.
Crooked-neck squash had also been planted in mid to late June. Our plots were full and we were looking forward to watching the progress of our growing plants.
By June's ending we were pleased with the way our garden was coming along. We had enjoyed the fruits of our labor in the form of fresh organic spinach, and all of our vegetable plants were doing well.
The construction next to the Community Garden entrance had been completed. New landscaping and rock accents made for an inviting entrance to River's Edge Park.
Bolting is when agricultural and horticultural crops prematurely produce a flowering stem (or stems) before the crop is harvested, in a natural attempt to produce seeds and hence reproduce. - source, Wikipedia
To the garden we went to pluck the spinach from the earth so that the leaves could be used in salads, quiche, and smoothies. Some of it was blanched and frozen for later use to be taken out at Thanksgiving for a spinach-artichoke casserole.
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| Marlene harvesting spinach. |
Alas! An empty tract of dirt remained where the spinach once grew.
This patch was quickly filled back up with cauliflower, broccoli,
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| Difficult to see in the picture, cauliflower and broccoli seedlings grow in a row between the onions. |
and celery.
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| Celery was planted in between onions. |
Our first attempt at growing celery, we followed the planting instructions of a local greenhouse owner.
Crooked-neck squash had also been planted in mid to late June. Our plots were full and we were looking forward to watching the progress of our growing plants.
By June's ending we were pleased with the way our garden was coming along. We had enjoyed the fruits of our labor in the form of fresh organic spinach, and all of our vegetable plants were doing well.
The construction next to the Community Garden entrance had been completed. New landscaping and rock accents made for an inviting entrance to River's Edge Park.
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