In mid to late August, there’s lots to eat. We plant seed for late greens, hoping to enjoy young spinach, mesclun mixes, tat soy, and mustard-spinach greens in the fall. Other beds are finished for now. Former onion rows are getting compost and cover crop seed.
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Picking pole beans is relaxing, social, and productive. There are plenty for gardeners as well as donating to the Montpelier Food Pantry and free community lunches.
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There’s plenty of squash for gardeners and for donation. That’s Chris, checking cherry tomato plants for horn worms from the backside.