The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it. ~J. Ruskin

Congratulations to our Kids Garden Exec Cheryl Murphy who just won the Paczay Trophy for Best Vegetable in The Waterford & District Horticultural Society 2010 Garden Show. Think of all the things you could learn from this prize winning gardener!!

Vegetables continue to be harvested for dinner tables and freezers all over town and the squash and watermelon are growing at an alarming rate in this hot humid weather.

Of course the weeds are also growing at an alarming rate and my experiment with sowing rye in the empty plots immediately behind the garden did nothing except to feed the birds. I will have to beg another pass with the rototiller off of Dad as soon as the ground is dry enough. Chris's Potato Experiment is flourishing even in her absence (how are the scallops in New Brunswick my dear?), I have never seen potatoes grow before, they are shockingly tall, I hope there is as much activity under ground as there is above.

I am going to go in and try my organic weed spray again this weekend on the pathways where the quack grass has made quite a layer of carpet. I have been using it at home and am amazed at the near immediate results.

I will dig out my trusty recipe for basil pesto to post here, the scent of basil on the breeze at the garden makes my mouth water for bruschetta (will post a great method for bbq-ing garlic too), if only we could encourage the tomatoes to ripen faster, pure summer in Norfolk County.

Zucchinis terrific! Like bunnies, prolific! ~A.U.

What could be better than fresh zucchini grilled with olive oil - this recipe for Zucchini Brownies from the Farmers Almanac via Carole:

1 cup margarine
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup milk with 1 tsp lemon juice added to sour
2 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
2 cups shredded zucchini
2/3 cup chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together margarine, oil and sugar. Add the eggs, vanilla and sour milk and beat until well blended. In a separate bowl, mix together, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves and zucchini. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and stir until well blended. Spread batter into a greased and floured 9"x13" pan and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Makes 20 brownies.

Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste. ~William Shakespeare

Recipe for
Organic Weed Killer
4 cups of white vinegar (I used pickling vinegar - higher acidity)
1/4 cup table salt
2 teaspoons of dish soap
Mix together and spray in the sunshine. Weeds will start to wilt by the end of the day.



I sprayed the pathways last week and got results so am sharing my recipe. A word of warning though, this spray does not distinguish between weeds and plants or flowers so be aware when you spray.

There have been lots of veg and herbs going to dinner tables from lush lots around the garden and the Kids Garden is growing like mad!

I have ordered another load of water from Wilson Water for this week and of course, Kevin will deliver.

Weeds are nature's graffiti. ~J. Maeditere

This morning I am off to the garden to try an organic weed spray which is a mix of white vinegar, salt and dish soap. It should be applied on a sunny day so I hope the weather co-operates. I will let you know how it works and is I am successful, I will post the receipe.

What did the alien say to the gardener??

Take me to your weeder!! HAHAHA

Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. ~L. Erickson

Thank Goodness for the rain. At the end of a very hot and humid week, we are being treated to quite a rainfall, welcome to plants and farmers alike.

We are publishing our first newsletter next week, looks in your email-box for your copy with lots of news, business and recipes for all the vegetables that we are harvesting!

"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later" ~O. Mandino

Notes from the Garden:Tuesday the 6th

Harvesting the vegetables of our labour! In all the heat and humidity this week, several of our gardeners have been adding to their dinner tables with vegetables from their gardens.

Cathy, Lot 7 picked enough beautiful green beans for supper for herself and her husband, as well as more radishes. She was very pleased and they were delicious!

Tanya has pulled all her radishes - they were getting huge and hugely hot - she's been giving away to co-workers as she has had quite a harvest already. She has the most beautiful marigolds - they are happy growing in that spot and are just huge.

When Carole was at the garden last Saturday, she had a zucchini that was almost ready - she thought she'd come back Sunday to get it. By Sunday night, it had gone postal and was more than ready.

Andrea and Chris have peas that are almost ready!





Notes from the Garden - Friday the 9th
Tanya has a couple of English cucs almost ready.
Carole took her postal zucchini and another nice size one.
Mary took 2 head of romaine and cucs coming along.
Chris took about 4 honeybunch tomatoes (she shared, they were delicious) and 1
cucumber. 3 more cucs will be ready by Sat/Sun.
Cathy (#7) got another harvest of beans and some more radishes and she has
leaf lettuce ready.

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. ~S. Keen

The Kids Garden at the Waterford Community Garden is planted and looking for Junior Farmers. Call Cheryl at 519-443-7987 today!











Despite this recent heat wave, all of the veggies are absolutely beautiful, Lot 12 has the most perfect heads of lettuce.