picked from Demo garden, raspberries with yogurt

late post, but lots to show. so, here is my piece of graph paper that shows how the food bank plot at Towar is laid out. the brown filled in areas represent the little pathways between each row of plants. the dates are: day planted to expected harvest date.

when i planted acorn squash, i had read that putting aluminum foil around the base of the stem deters squash borers. so far it seems it is working. the two fotos on the left show the aluminum and then the plant with its hole-free leaves. the foto on the right is from the row of hubbard squash i planted later and used as a control group to compare the acorns squash to. i have found lots of cucumber beetles (little yellow striped ones) and some CO beetles (orange heads, black stripe bodies) on the hubbards and no squash borers yet. today i made a mixture of water, dab of liquid soap, 1.5t of garlic powder, and 1t of cayenne pepper in a spray bottle. i have yet to spray the plants, but we'll see if it keeps away all the little munchers.

on tuesday, i sprayed the tomatoes, squashes, peppers (ryan's plot), and zucchinis (also ryan's) with diluted skim milk. the mixture prevents mildew from growing on the leaves. i'll have to take some fotos, but a plant is infected if you find a white dusty layer on the leaves. then the leaves shrivel up and die. mildew arises in poor air circulation, overcrowding of plants, or high humidity. you can also prune some leaves to help create better airflow.

in other news, apparently VISTAs don't get shirts like other Americorp members? Boo.