Govinda's Garden

Thursday, June 29, 2023 High: 82.9 Low: 57.2 Sunny Planted some lemon cucumbers and long beans that should crawl up the arched trellis. Fertilized the figs. Watered and fertilized the melons and tomatoes in the orchard.

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 High: 81.1 Low: 58.4 Sunny Productive morning. Weed whacked, noticed the ground cherries are coming back up where they were hidden along the south fence. Also noticed some blackberries. Harvested strawberries (very good!), and blueberries. There are a lot of wild blackberries all over the place. Harvested a lot of the stuff in the raised bed that has been infected with cabbage worms. I steamed the veggies and juiced the celery (with watermelon, lemon and ginger). Watered the potatoes. Ground cherry Ground cherry and blackberry Ground cherry The sweet potatoes slips are growing Tiny Tim looking promising Celery

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 High: 79.3 Low: 60.9 Sunny I noticed the lowest part of the garlic was turning black, so I decided to pluck them all that were in the raised bed in the back. They are drying out on the deck now.

Monday, June 26, 2023 High: 83.8 Low: 60.0 Light Rain Up-potted the Bebera Branca with roots growing out of the bottom of the container. Accidentally harvested the first potato Bebera Branca Fennel came back Haircut Potatoes should be ready soon

Sunday, June 25, 2023 High: 80.0 Low: 56.3 Light Rain Tagged all the un-tagged container figs Took three cuttings from Mr. Smith Mowed the west yard Bebera Branca getting too big for his britches Smith. Didn't want to waste these. Lake Junalaska pool :)

Saturday, June 24, 2023 High: 77.1 Low: 59.3 Cloudy Didn't do much in the garden today. Went on a trip to Rainbow Falls, though.

Friday, June 23, 2023 High: 73.5 Low: 62.4 Light Rain Happy bed Bell peppers Trying to keep these tomatoes pruned It's wild back in the comfrey patch corner Coneflowers blooming Strawberry crawling Wild Strawberry crawling Raspberries liked the rain

Thursday, June 22, 2023 High: 69.2 Low: 59.0 Light Rain Excellent morning in the garden. Did some (drastic, at times) pruning of the fig trees, and it felt great. I think I did a good job of defining their future structure. Some of them seemed like they had way too much foliage above than the roots could support. I mean, some of the leaves were larger than the height of the tree.. haha. I also gave them all a dash of the slow-release fertilizer. Even the in-ground figs.  I've been doing a lot of pruning lately. It's one of my favorite tasks. A couple TODOs: - Take cutting from Smith - Add tags to the container figs (the tape labels are starting to fade) They all got pruned Pulled weeds in the strawberry patch perimeter Took down the peas today. Thank you for your service!