The growing season, with the exception of cool weather crops such as kale and collards, is now officially over. Tomorrow the forecast high is 49, and we may get our first dusting of snow on Wednesday. All in all it has been a very good growing season, with peppers (sweet bananas, hot!! bananas, and bell),
While we managed to avoid the serious flooding many places saw in July, Mother Nature caught up with us in August and dumped 5+” of rain in just a matter of hours, starting around 3:30 in the morning. The rain started not with a casual drop or two as a warning, but as an instant
Harvests are coming in strong, and people are busy canning, freezing, and dehydrating food for the coming cool months. People have put away the traditional veggies like corn, peas, beans, but are also putting away soup, slaw, chili makings, salsa, and even pesto. I think we’re going to have a tasty fall and winter!! Gardeners
This spring as we’ve started new gardens and restarted workshops, I’ve noticed an interesting trend among gardeners: helping one another out. A couple of gardeners were ready to throw in the towel when work, health or age intervened, but other gardeners stepped in and planted their gardens for them. Some were unable to make it
Finally spring has sprung, and so have our plants. This past Saturday we had our garden planning workshop along with a seed and plant handout with gardeners eagerly planning on where things ought to be put. This was our first face-to-face meeting since COVID began, and gardeners said that they had missed the in-person workshops.
BUCC April 2022 Blog Our gardeners definitely have spring fever, and are ready to put things into the ground; however, Mother Nature apparently isn’t quite as ready as they are. Last weekend we had ¼- 1/2” hail that flattened a lot of things, including: daffodils, tulips, stripped blooms off trees, and pulverized anything that might
The weather can’t seem to make up it’s mind whether it’s winter or spring. Last week we had both the warmest and nicest day of the season so far, followed the next day by the coldest and snowiest. Friday we saw daffodils blooming on our hillside, forsythia blooming, the sun shining, and temperatures in the
Marcelle St. Germain Step by Step, Big Ugly Seems like we just planted our gardens yesterday, but the calendar and cooler temperatures say otherwise. Garden produce is ending, just a few last squash, pumpkins, peppers, and potatoes coming in. Hundreds of quarts of produce have been canned and frozen, baskets of squash, pumpkins, and
It’s hard to believe that the growing season is almost over, and I can’t wait to see the totals for what our gardeners grew. One gardener has just picked several 30+ pound watermelons, and others have huge pumpkins and winter squash that they are starting to harvest. Sounds like there’s going to be a lot
We have been getting some really good reports from our gardeners... of course, sometimes one may encounter a pest like cute little chipmunks digging potatoes out of a garden then sitting there to eat. But despite having to “share” produce, our gardeners are thriving, with one gardener harvesting nearly 300 pounds of potatoes that
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