Some of the kids that attend the summer camp at Our Savior helped out in the garden. They learned about the two important things about picking weeds: 1) Only pick the weeds- don't pick the plants that are supposed to be growing. 2) Try as hard as you can to get all of the root of the weed because otherwise the weed will grow right back. The kids worked on weeding the section of the garden where we had planted the pumpkin seeds that didn't grow, so it was a little easier because everything growing in that section was a weed. One helper got tired of weeding pretty quickly so he helped stake and tie up some of the broccoli plants that were having trouble standing up on their own.
We also got tomato cages for all our tomato plants!!! In the beginning we were a little worried about how we would support all the tomato plants as they grew big and tall. We needed a lot of tomato cages (about 45) and the cost for that many tomato cages adds up quickly. A member of the church bought about 20 cages for the garden. The Home Depot in Bartlett donated a some donation coupons that we used to buy the rest of the cages. So, now the tomatoes are all caged up!
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| Little tomato plants in big cages. It's hard to believe now but the plants should eventually be as big as the cages! |
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| Look closely- you can see all the wire tomato cages |
We also planted some new seeds where other seeds failed to grow. The pumpkin seeds and one kind of squash didn't grow at all. There were very few cucumber plants that came up and some were probably eaten by bunnies, so we planted a few more seeds.
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| this week's overview of the garden |
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| The herbs: chives, tarragon, dill, and cilantro (and the grass and weeds that are getting out of control in this part of the garden) |
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| the gourd plants. |
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| The broccoli plants keep growing and growing |
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