Garden Update
Wow! I really have gotten behind in my posting-sorry! Phase II beds are now complete and most have already planted their plots. Here are a couple of recent photos:
Food collections are occurring every Saturday morning. Thanks to all the gardeners who have volunteered to help pick and deliver delicious, organic vegetables and herbs to our neighbors.
Justin has finished the fence, gates and compost bins. Everything looks really good and hopefully we’ll be keeping the rabbits out!
By the way, Willie, Kirsten and I freed a four-foot long grey rat snake from the clutches of Willie’s bird netting this morning. Surgeon Kirsten clipped the netting carefully, while Willie and I held on to the bird netting wrapped snake. These snakes are really good for the environment. They help control the rat, mice and rabbit population. It was kind of scary, but the snake didn’t even attempt to bite-he was very thankful to be freed back to our wildscape area.
As always with the heat and humidity of this time of year, some of the tomatoes are struggling. Blooms are not setting fruit now, so it’s a good time to either cut back the plants or dig them up and plant a new crop for fall. The cucumbers and okra are starting to produce well. Some of the squash has been hit with squash bugs and squash vine borers. Ah well, this is Texas in July!
Happy gardening all!
