The weekly vegetable harvest from our gardens includes:
Tomatoes— 84.54 pounds
Cucumbers— 44.9pounds
Green Beans—1.4 pounds
Yellow Squash—47.8 pounds
Eggplant—5.69 pounds
Peppers—21.7 pounds
A total of 206 pounds of produce was harvested this week. Approximately 102 pounds of these vegetables were donated to the Caring Place and the Annunciation Maternity Home on Tuesday of this week. On Friday, 103.6 pounds of produce were harvested. All charity organizations were closed on Friday so the master gardeners distributed the harvest among themselves. To date, the Williamson county master gardeners have donated over 1,530 pounds of demonstration garden produce to local charities!
Measured rainfall: 1.25 inches the week ending 7/05/2015.
Activities in the garden
In this holiday short week, master gardeners worked on garden maintenance, irrigation repairs, and planting brown crowder peas in Row 9. Failure to thrive was noted among small plants in the keyhole garden so liquid fish emulsion fertilizer was added. Peppers were also fertilized with fish emulsion. In the raised bed areas, trellises were installed for beans to climb. Red lima beans are proliferating.
The cucumber crop is just awesome! Figs are ripening nicely.
A new rain gauge post was installed. Row marker signs were made for the herb garden. Of course, the ongoing task of weeding continued throughout the week.
Rain in the drought-tolerant garden
June was another very wet month in Central Texas. Our drought-tolerant garden experienced some plant loss but most of the natives are surviving the wet weather.
A lush gaura greets visitors to the drought-tolerant garden. The biggest challenge for the drought-tolerant garden area is drainage. The garden is situated at the base of two sloping landscape berms. Consequently, this area collects and retains more moisture than other gardens. The plumbago and blackfoot daisies succumbed from wet feet. Those plants situated well-drained locations tolerated the rainfall. Native grasses, for example, are thriving in the garden 
The team is considering various options to improve the landscape topography. Plan to stop by the drought-tolerant garden and admire the butterfly plant, purple heart, turks cap and other Texas native beauties!
July Gardening in Central Texas:
The Texas A&M Agrilife Extension vegetable garden planting guide has several suggestions for July planting. Warm season greens can be planted through mid-August. Eggplant and pepper transplants are also suitable for summer gardens. Okra and corn can be sowed directly through July. Summer squash can be sown through August. Tomato transplants can also be planted during the first half of July.
Come and see us!
Our demonstration garden is located beside the Williamson County Extension Office driveway at 3151 SE Innerloop Road, Georgetown, Texas. Master gardeners are usually at work in the vegetable garden on Tuesday, and Friday mornings from 9:00 to 11:00 weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to stop by to see the garden or to ask questions of the master gardeners.