Vegetable Garden Ministry
Weekly Newsletter 7/5/19
Upcoming Events:
Event Information
Saturday Gardening
Beat the heat with an early start time!
When?
Saturday, Jul 6, 2019, 07:30 AM
Where?
Saint Michael's Vegetable Garden
Personal Planter Boxes
For those that manage individual planter boxes, please check your broad leaf plants for bad insects & treat accordingly. We currently have an assortment of "bad bugs" lurking in the garden.
Southern Corn Rootworm/ Cucumber Beetle
Click the link below for more info on this pesky bug!
Website: https://texasinsects.tamu.edu/southern-corn-rootworm-cucumber-beetle/
Recommended Vegetable Cultivars For North Central Texas
Great info on planting dates. Click link below!
Website: https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/NCVEGLIST.html
Shout out to Marco Molinar for providing us with the links above! Thank you for finding and sharing this info. :)
Photo Gallery
Zayn
is disappointed when Alex finds the bigger cucumber.
Joe
saving a tomato plant choked by weeds.
Marco
to the rescue of eggplants with Sevin dust!
Weldon
is happy to accept an arm full of beans to share.
Helen
convinces Audrey to try some questionable produce.
Table conference
discussing the next harvest time.
Bill
gets after the ever present weeds.
Ofel's
bean arbor is producing a rich harvest.
Caroline
proves there is always another cucumber hiding among the vines.
So many weeds were pulled that the tractor had to be used to haul them off!!
This week's photos & captions provided by Helen Bradley.
Have photos to send us? Text them to 817-360-5856 (Katharine) or email to stmvgm@gmail.com.
Oops! Name correction
This photo from last week is of Mary & Peggy! :)
As always, if you notice an error in the newsletter please let us know!
Need Urgent Assistance?
Contact the Vegetable Garden Ministry Leaders:
- Bill Collins 817-832-2448 OR
- Weldon Norman 817-360-1035