Re: Winter crops

Unfortunately, the higher ups recoiled at the thought of green manures.  I
suppose they think it would look too wild and messy.  I still want my green
manures, though, at least for educational interest.  I'm patient.  I figure
right now they want the garden to swing towards ornamental at the extreme
considering that it was neglected for so long and the weeds are monstrous.
Trust me the weeds are like nothing you've ever seen in a botanic garden.
So, I'll just follow their advice until they begin to relax and then I'll
sneak in my manures.  Hee, hee.

Anyway, last Wednesday was a great day in the veggie garden.  The summer
crops that were planted in so late were finally looking like veggie plants
instead of the spindly sticks that they had been when first put into the
ground.  Many of the tomatos were reddening, eggplant babies were poking
their butts from under the leaves, 30 clusters of grapes dangling from the
vines were suddenly looking heavy and very noticeable, the apples were
looking like apples and even the figs were popping.  It was a very busy day
at the veggie garden.  Everyone was oohing and ahhing.  One lady, however,
took the figs and one of the tomatoes, and I let her know in no uncertain
terms that I did not appreciate her coming into the garden and basically
stealing from the public.

Next morning I come in and I see that the garden had been stripped.  I don't
know for sure but I suspect it was by the same lady and that she did so out
of spite.
All the tomatos were gone, two of the cabbages were sliced off their stems,
all the apples, all the grapes and all the eggplants.  Absolutely everything
was gone.  Sigh!  The hazards of working in a public garden.  What can you
do, right?

But all is not lost, the squash is coming along and so are the beans, and
people are still impressed by the grape vines and the apple cordons even if
fruitless.  And the butterflies and bees and other insects buzzing around
the bolting mustards are also a delight to everyone.

So...until the next crop of vegetables.  :)

Sincerely,

William Perez

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>From: "purfleece" <purflece@alltel.net>
>To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
>Subject: Re: Winter crops
>Date: Sat, Jul 17, 1999, 10:31 PM
>

> How about some gree manure grasses that will try and give you a tall
> vertical interest over the winter?  They will be ragged by spring but by
> then, you can till it under.
>
> Rich
>
> Purrfleece Farms
> purflece@alltel.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Perez <wpz@sprynet.com>
> To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 10:11 AM
> Subject: Winter crops
>
>
>> Well, it turns out that next week I have to order some ornamental cabbages
>> for winter interest.  What else can I grow that will overwinter and look
>> nice in zone 6b/7?  I imagine that eight beds of ornamental cabbages is a
>> bit of an overkill, so I'd like to grow other things for visual interest.
>> Even green manures would be acceptable.  They might not be very pretty to
>> look at by themselves, but I could use them as infill in nice patterns.
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> William Pérez
>>
>>
>
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