August is the busiest month in the garden, hands down.

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While we're busy harvesting the abundance of beans, cucumbers, raspberries, basil, leeks and tomatoes, we're cleaning out old beds and planting new crops in for the fall and winter seasons. Yes, we plant and harvest all year 'round!

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If keeping up with the harvest (three times per week adding Recovery Cafe onto Mondays) isn't enough to make one's head reel, the existing plants need a lot of tending. Cukes need consistent pruning and direction. Tomatoes need twining and cutting out suckers. Flowers need dead-heading. And the weeds! Oh My.

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Planning for the fall & winter crops is easier this year thanks to the Grow Veg program we're using. It tells us when to plant, whether to sow directly into the soil or to start off in the greenhouse, and what types of vegetables/herbs/flowers it might grow the best with. But, we also have a variety of charts that we use from WSU Extension, from the various seed companies, and we use information from other local gardeners about how they've best succeeded.

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A sun shade has been added over one of our processing tables, with many thanks to Seth and Dawn. It will provide needed protection from those sun's rays while we prepare all the produce.

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Extra help is needed within the next month. We are busy making the garden as perfect as possible to host Jo's memorial gathering in a few short weeks. If anyone has a couple extra set of hands, and doesn't mind weeding, We Want You!

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Meanwhile, keep your hats and sunblock handy and stay hydrated.

See you in the garden!