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May 2009
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Add to your "Garden Ideas" Toolbox |
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 Renee's 6 Do's and 1 Don't for a
Good Garden - keep these
important tips in mind when planning and planting.
Planting in May
- with nighttime temperatures consistently in the
50s, it's the perfect time for sowing main season vegetables.
Kitchen Garden Planting Plans
- designed
to maximize space for a succession of tasty vegetables and herbs throughout the
spring, summer and fall. Shows you what to plant, when to plant, and what
crop follows another as the seasons change.
Plant a
Hummingbird
and
Butterfly Garden -
Our
Bonus Packets give planting and design
info, or choose from our
recommended list of varieties.
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In the Trial Garden
 This month in the trial garden, we have just begun to
harvest the first round of quick growing spring greens. We are excited
about a “Cut and Come Again” Mustard mix which is a blend of four
different mustards varieties with different forms and textures and
tastes. It is very mild in flavor and great as a salad and perfect for stirfry. Also on the menu are several new mesclun mixes. From one of our
favorite Italian vendors, we have a fantastic mix of heirloom lettuces
almost ready to harvest that is sure to be delicious.
 Along with our
salad greens, we have cute bright pink little round radishes that are
ready for harvest in about 30 days, and are both mild and uniform. We
just finished choosing the best tasting of three different varieties of
these crunchy pink beauties.
We are also beginning to plant warm season crops here in our California
trial garden. We will be growing 4 different varieties of sweet white
corn, pole and bush beans, new colored carrots, and many other
comparison trials. We are directly sowing seeds for new color
combinations of zinnias and nasturtiums that are sure to be dazzling in
the garden.
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 May is Grow a Farmer Month
For over 40 years, the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food program at UC
Santa Cruz has been cultivating farmers and gardeners who learn to grow and
market fresh delicious organic food while caring for the land and communities in
which they work. To date, Apprentices from across the US and around the world
have lived on-site in their own tents, but the University will no longer allow
this after 2009. Housing plans are shovel-ready, but funds are insufficient. The
Grow a Farmer Campaign is enlisting the help of farm-loving businesses,
restaurants, organizations, and individuals to meet this unprecedented
fundraising challenge.
Learn more at
www.growafarmer.org
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 Renee
in the News:
Plenty of helpful tips are offered in Joan Swenson's article for
The Bakersfield Californian "Zest
up your garden with some basil"
Renee gave a talk and slideshow on "Gourmet Rainbow Gardening" at the Fellows
Riverside Gardens in Youngstown Ohio
Thanks to all
who supported the successful "Eat the View!" campaign to urge the Obamas
to plant a large Victory Garden on the First Lawn with the produce going to the
White House kitchen and to local food pantries.
"Obamas to Plant Vegetable Garden at White House"
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