Vegetable Demonstration Garden
This week’s harvest includes:
Tomatoes—11.82 pounds
Okra—16.85 pounds
Cucumbers— 19.81 pounds
Armenian cucumbers—0.3 pounds
Lemon cucumbers—16.3 pounds
Sweet peppers—4.3 pounds
Hot peppers— 13.3 pounds
Eggplant—2.7 pounds
Crowder peas— 0.5 pounds
Butternut squash— 28.2 pounds
Acorn squash—1.4 pounds
Yard long beans—3.9 pounds
Mexican sour gherkins—5 pounds
Herbs—2.1 pounds
Golden Crispy melon—7.19 pounds
Yellow squash—5.3 pounds
Sweet potato vines—9.2 pounds
A total of 148.17 pounds of produce was harvested last week. These vegetables were donated to the Caring Place. To date, Williamson county master gardeners have donated a total of 2,861.535 pounds of demonstration garden produce to local charities.
Weekly rainfall: no rainfall was measured the week ending 08/14/2016
Summary of garden activities
Routine maintenance activities and harvesting encompassed most of the week’s activities. The demo garden continues to yield a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables! Herb gardeners contributed rosemary and sage harvests to the weekly vegetable donation. The compost bin temperature measured 95 degrees F on Tuesday. The pile was turned and more waste material added to it. Dead and dying plant material from the tomatoes in row 9 were cleared. Three new tomato plants were placed in row 9 and the surrounding soil treated with diatomaceous earth. The west end of row 5 (where the beans used to live) was broad forked. Several leaks were identified in the irrigation system including the supply pipe going to trial bed D and in row 5. Rodents may be burrowing into the irrigation system as a water source during the dry summer season causing these leaks. More irrigation leaks were repaired on Friday in the drought tolerant garden. The orchard was weeded, composted, and mulched. Raised bed gardeners performed their usual harvesting and maintenance.
Gardeners harvest southern peas (left pic) and hand water the orchard in the right pic.
Turning the compost is hard work in the left pic. Harvesting herbs and watering in the herb garden (right pic).
Minnesota midgets are personal-sized melons, which are YUMMY (left pic). And the prettiest flowers in the garden belong to the luffah (right pic).
August Gardening in Central Texas
The Texas A&M Agrilife Extension vegetable garden planting guide suggests the following vegetables for summer planting:
Warm season greens
Beans, snap and lima
Cucumber
Corn
Summer squash
Eggplant transplants
Pepper transplants
Irish potatoes
Come and visit us!
Our demonstration garden is located beside the Williamson County Extension Office driveway at 3151 SE Inner Loop Road, Georgetown, Texas. Master gardeners are usually at work in the vegetable garden on Tuesday and Friday mornings from 8:30 AM to noon, weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to stop by to see the garden or to ask questions of the master gardeners!
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