Spring has sprung and summer is coming fast. Most of our spring crops are done and replaced with warm weather vegetables. We pulled out or finished broccoli, collards, radishes, sugar snap peas and potatoes. Currently we’re picking carrots, swiss chard, romaine, kohlrabis, turnips, beets, onions, garlic, bell peppers, jalapenos, parsley and zucchini. Sweet potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, bush beans, pole beans, basil and butternut squash are growing. Blackberries have started along the fence and the bushes are loaded. The few blueberries that survived the freezes this spring are starting to turn color. I’d be interested in hearing what everyone else is growing. We’ve had some real successes with our workdays. Brad arranged for 6 Gwinnett volunteers to come out on a workday and were they hard workers! We also had a boy scout troop come out. We arranged a cucumber planting project for them to take home but they…
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June 2023 Hypertufa Workshop
Our members had fun learning about hypertufa and enjoyed making their first item. Related Images:
June 2023 Meeting
Our June 19th meeting featuring Connie Rosenthal, the Straw Bale Ambassador, was most informative and a lot of fun! Connie’s sense of humor was refreshing as she explained why she strongly endorses straw bale gardening. Our speaker encouraged members to check out books by Joel Karsten for more information on the process. Connie is an amateur gardener living in Jasper, Georgia and has been implementing the techniques of Straw Bale Gardening by Joel Karste. She has been overrun with vegetables and is expanding her garden haul to local restaurants and Farmers’ Markets. Related Images: