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Can You Dig It?
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an organic chemical, or try some form of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). IPM
is widely used in commercial orchards and organic farms. It’s complicated but also
fun, especially with kids, to order and release bugs.
Back to the vegetable garden: Last month the garden
looked sort of out-of-control, with big piles of compost on
top of the beds sprouting weeds, and field peas taking
over. Dennis spent most of a weekend pulling the weeds
and field peas, raking the beds into shape, planting a bed of
potatoes and piling the resulting mulch of dying vegetation on
top of the spuds. All of a sudden, it looked like a garden.
He’s had to take off the top layer so the potatoes could
emerge but they’re coming. I bought squash and cucumber plants, planted the
peas and beans and, poof, seven of the ten beds are planted. The remaining three
have last year’s volunteer potatoes coming up now. The plan is to harvest new
potatoes out of these beds and plant corn. Maybe even this afternoon. I’ve put soda
bottle irrigators on the squash, cukes and tomatoes, and drip hoses will go on the
beans and corn. Now if I can just find some straw to keep the
moisture in later, this phase of the veggie garden will be done.
This is the first year I’ve had a nearly instant garden and it feels
great to be successful so early.
Don’t worry, the sun will return. The rivers are high and we
shouldn’t have to worry too much about drought this year. It is
usually relatively cold and wet through June but, by the second or
third week of July, we should start having some real summer
weather. I’ll be hiding in my house, ‘cause it will be too hot for
me, but all of you sun lovers will get some weather to enjoy.
See you at Vernonia Country Market, June 19, 10 a.m. – 4:00
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