eat_me

another day, another harvest

one sweet potato
two eggplants
four beets with greens
six carrots

green onions and carrots

Big Harvest Day

Heidi, Mathew and Gabe harvested the sweet potatoes on Sunday.

Gabe seems to be quite the expert. Tips:
1- the varieties they grew take about 4 months to mature
2- first look for the vines where the original shoots were planted. This is fairly easy by locating the largest vines.
3- Cut the vines, then follow the roots til you find the potatoes.
4- also follow any other vines to see if more sweet potatoes started in the ground.
5- Pay attention for a couple of weeks afterwards because if you missed any they will send up new shots. Once they do dig out the potatoes.

Gabe said that sweet potatoes grower generally do not grow them in the same spots for 3 to 4 years. The reason is to avoid attracting potato weevils.

David giving composting workshop at the garden

handout on composting by David available on demand (email info@nomoola.com)

views of garden

Finally, the decal is done

been meaning to put a sign on the composting bin so people know it is all of ours and with user-friendly instructions. enlarge to see please.

Hey HONOLULU: anyone have seeds or starts to donate to the campus garden?

if so please send or drop off to:
Eating in Public
c/o Department of Art and Art History
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
2535 McCarthy Mall
Honolulu, HI 96822

SunnHemp Day

Big Day Today.

The Nitrogen fixing (adds Nitrogen to soil) "Sunnhemp" came down today without much trouble. Exactly 2 months and 1 day from the day the seeds were planted. The stalks grew over 6 feet tall and the woody stems snapped easily. We allowed the Sunnhemp to flower so the plant could pull as much Nitrogen from the air and deposit it into the soil. All plants need and flourish with ample amounts of Nitrogen to feed them.

We left 2-4" of the Sunnhemp stems in the soil and tilled them in with a pitchfork. This allows more of the Nitrogen to deposit into the soil as well as adding a mulch when the stems begin to dry out and decompose. The next step is to rid the garden bed of grass and weeds and begin planting out new crops.