Key totals for 2022, cover crop images

Next Work Day: Monday, 5:30PM.

We will work on removing weeds, relocating materials to get ready for laying down ground cover for 2023.

Thanks for your attention to the St. Mary’s Community garden blog for 2022. I may reduce blog updates for the remainder of 2022. Please keep in touch via email or text. We will work on the following projects throughout the winter:

Installing ground cover

Installing raised beds on east edge

Re-figuring and setting crop rotation based on new layout

Planning spring and summer seedling production

I created a shared spreadsheet for communicating projects and person-hours. Initially I thought it was a great idea, but as I started drafting the sheets, I started to wonder if it was worth it. Let me know what you think.

COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECTS shared spreadsheet

If you like the spreadsheet and want to contribute a project, feel free to text or email Jason.

Each of the cover crops have emerged at St. Mary’s. We hope for continued growth and a nice stand for 2023. I can see cotyledon for all four crops in this mix all over the garden: triticale, crimson clover, Austrian winter peas, and hairy vetch.

We plan to have a modified bed layout in 2023, so this raised bed may not match up perfectly to the new plan. But that’s ok!

The approximate $ value of 2022 exceeded 2021 despite the tomato set-back. Winter squash leads the way thanks to the addition of the Isidore and Maria garden. We have not yet included the 2022 sweet potatoes in this total.

We harvested 40 lbs more peppers in 2022 than in 2021.

Bean record set last Monday…two pounds more than last 2021! This 2022 pole bean crop behaved dramatically different from the bush beans of 2021. We do not know for sure what caused the later harvest in 2022: change in variety or weather conditions.