Garden Tips: What to Plant Now
– Michelle de Lima, Engagement Manager
Did you get a slow start in the garden, or still have spaces to fill? It's not too late! Some of the tasty crops you still have time to get in the ground are:
Seeding: cucumbers, winter squash, summer squash, zucchini, melons, basil, lettuce mix, carrots, beets, radishes, cilantro, dillTransplanting: tomatoes (look for ones with 80 or fewer days to maturity), sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, tomatillos, squashes and cucumbers, annual and perennial herbs
Beyond planting, June is a great time to stay on top of other garden tasks:
Regular morning watering of new seeds and seedlingsOccasional fertilizing of demanding crops like tomatoes and peppersWeeding—get them while they’re small!Trellising tomatoes, cucumbers, and other vining cropsMake sure to mulch! It will keep your soil healthy, moist, and weed-free
Trustess Mobile Farmers Market
– Vidya Tikku, General Manager
The Trustees Mobile Farmers Market -- part of our Boston food-access program -- began its third season this May. The Mobile Market brings fresh, organic vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs, cheese, milk and other farm products to Boston neighborhoods. Most of our customers use food stamps, which means they are automatically enrolled in Massachusetts Healthy Incentives Program (HIP). Through HIP, our customers can earn an extra $40 to $80 per month to spend at farmers markets.
In 2018, its second season, the Mobile Market grew exponentially. We reached several times more customers than we did the year before, and our sales quadrupled. We hope to continue that growth in 2019. This year, we began operations a month earlier than we did last year. In addition, we've added more weekly stops, and the range of fruits and vegetables available to our customers will be more diverse than ever before.
The Trustees Mobile Farmers Market season runs through December 2019. To find our schedule and more information about us, http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/csa/mobile/
Upcoming Events
Build Healthy Soil & Compost
Saturday, June 8 | 11AM-12:30PM
Lenox & Kendall Community Garden | Tremont Street, Roxbury
South End Garden Tour
Saturday, June 15 | 10AM-4PM
South End Branch of the Boston Public Library
Summer Solstice Celebration
Friday, June 21 | 6-9PM
Leland Cooperative Herb Garden | 4 Leland Street, JP
Summer Pruning
Saturday, June 22 | 10-11:30AM
Berkeley Community Garden | 500 Tremont Street, South End
Know Your Weeds
Sunday, June 23 | 11AM-12:30PM
Minton Stable Community Garden | 100 Williams Street, JP
Wild Plant Medicine
Wednesday, July 10 | 6-7:30PM
Kittredge Green | 1 Linwood Street, Roxbury
Jamaica Plain Garden Tour Saturday, July 20 | 9AM-2PM J.P. Licks | 659 Centre Street, JP
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