Hello Gardeners,
Workday opportunity: There will be a workday this Sunday, 8/3 at University Houses Gardens from 8 am –11 am. The group will meet at the UH garden shed at 8 am. The workday will be for weeding vacant plots. Volunteers should wear long sleeves and bring gloves. Please email me if you’re interested and I will assign the spots in the order I receive replies.
Velvet leaf: Velvet leaf is an invasive weed that deprives other plants of available nutrients in the soil. It is beginning to grow tall and produce flowers at this point in the season. Seeds can remain viable in the ground for many years, and they tend to come up in soil that has recently been dug. Often gardeners mistake it for squash, beans, or sunflowers and allow it to grow in plots. Please remove any you see before it produces flowers and seeds. Pictures can be found here: https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/velvetleaf-abutilon-theophrasti/
Workday reminder: Every plot is responsible for one workday or one $45 no-workday fee payment per season. If you’re not sure if you’ve done a workday yet this season, I can look it up for you. The garden workers will be scheduling more workdays, and I can also help you find an independent workday if none of the scheduled times work for you. Let me know if you have any questions about this.
Thanks, and happy gardening,
Lily
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