06/08/2026
Green Power Garden Update, week ending June 6, 2026
Vicki and I will collaborate on this message this week.
Monday afternoon, Kevin stopped out to water all the plants in Quad 3, he used up almost a whole IBC tote full (250 gallons)of water. Later that evening, I stopped out to drop some plants and to sort what was sitting on the picnic tables as we prepared for our worknights. Tuesday afternoon Vicki, Cari, Laurie, Keith and I planted as many indeterminate tomato plants in the areas where fence panels will go along with three full rows of additional tomato plants. Keith also spread additional woodchips on the walking path. Wednesday morning Keith went out and sprinkled more vinegar/salt/soap solution on the walking paths to kill more w**ds in other areas of the path. This is not a good mixture to use near any plants you want to keep though. It burns the foliage off wherever you spray it. Thursday evening I was able to stop in for an hour and meet up with Tonya Lyons, Executive Director of the Hope Center and Jesse who will be the area leader for the teams we have coming through to help from Youthworks for the next eight weeks or so. It was great to have them come out and see what was going on and get the lay of the land for other opportunities that may arise.
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Hello everyone, Vicki here, good to be back a little earlier this year! Thanks for coming out and helping us.
There are lots of things that go on behind the scenes as well as what takes place on work nights.
Thursday Worknight –Mary, Laurie, Molly, Paul, Zak, Keith (Chip), Damon, Damon’s oldest Lankin, and VOH had a busy night. Continued transferring water with rain on the way. In fact, we got 1.40” from Friday & Saturdays rain activity. For the week we planted 31 tomatillos, 49 eggplant, and Mary counted 375 tomatoes with 51 remaining to plant. Saturday Larry helped me with the new pump (see below) and did hose duty as I applied an organic w**d product in a few rows of quad 1. It is designed to burn back w**d foliage. I did research on the product as well as talked to a Horticulturist for use in our planting areas. Molly and I discussed the application before and after as well. On Sunday I checked and it definitely burnt back some w**ds. Larry donated a 1 HP sprinkler pump, high flow with pressure up to 72 PSI. This allows us to use a hose end sprayer for special applications like the w**d product. This pump will not be used on a day-to-day basis. Over the weekend Larry cut sheets of web for white collars. You remember those from previous years, right? He and I then used the hole saw to make the round holes in the middle. We have 763 ready for the next step which is making them round. Then finally cutting slits in them so they slide around the plant stems. He had to make tools to do the white collar process. It is improved over last year. Thanks Larry!
I have ordered replacement parts for one of our normal pumps. I will get it fixed in a few days. Larry fixed the wooden handle hammer once again. Please use our tools with care!
The beneficial nematodes are resting in my refrigerator. Thanks, Cari, for donating those. The new pump will be used to apply those beneficials that must be applied by a week from Monday.
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This week we will still be getting more plants in the garden and moving a few that came up in there old neighborhoods. Plus some seeds and plant care too! We have groups from Youthworks and Husco to help us besides our regular worknights.
Thanks to all of you who prayed for or did a Rain dance, we definitely appreciated the extra water as did the plants!
Have an AWESOME week!
Molly, Vicki, and the whole Green Power Garden team!
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