This Saturday I'll be at the Ft. Scott Garden for the September garden resource day- come by from 10am-1pm if you need some compost for your garden plot or woodchips for your pathways.
Next month, following the garden resource day on 10/14 from 10a-1p will be our fall pizza and pumpkin potluck. RSVP here by 10/10
Continue reading for a garden update, plot check info, and photos of a trip to the Recology facilities (including a falconer!):
How are the gardens doing this fall? The excessive heat on a long holiday weekend definitely took out some of our smaller plants and seedlings. Add in a population spike of meadow voles and a lot of damp, muggy, foggy weather encouraging powdery mildew, and you really start to appreciate the skills of organic farmers to show up every week at the farmer's market with beautiful, bountiful produce! On the positive side, the tomatoes, cucumbers, basil and beans are producing well on the sunny side of the park. I'm also looking forward to welcoming my brand new intern, Taylor, who starts tomorrow. She recently graduated from Wellesley and has done several farm internships.
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| Tuesday's delivery to Presidio Foods |
I'll be touring Taylor, around the gardens next Friday 9/15 to do the plot checks (moved from 9/12) and show her all the amazing work and challenges for the year ahead. I know that many of you are dealing with serious rodent damage in your gardens- that won't be anything I'd send you a warning about. I am looking to make sure that your crops are being harvested and plants aren't flowering or making seeds/seedpods if they aren't supposed to be- likely culprits are lettuce, broccoli, arugula, other greens... that type of thing and to make sure the plot has been weeded and tended. I also have a tour of the gardens scheduled with my department head on 9/14, so having them look as well-loved as possible would be great :)
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| destined for the landfill |
In August we took a field trip to the Recology facilities at Pier 98- where they sort and process recyclables, and transfer the rest to the dump or compost yards. They employ a falconer who comes every day with his gorgeous falcons to dissuade the scavenging seagulls from hanging out. We also checked out the artist-in-residence program. This tour is open to the public every month and includes a zero-waste lunch. Recology website
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| inside the sorting facility |
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| aluminum bundled up |
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| a gyrfalcon!! |
