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Looking Ahead | A Note from Rick Bogusch
We’ve all been waiting for August and its bounty of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants, fresh from the garden and farmstand. Our favorite tomato, ‘Buffalo steak,’ has been exceptionally prolific this season, as has ‘Mountain Magic,’ with its dozens of 2-ounce fruits, perfect for salads and sauces.
This month’s very hot and humid weather took its toll on certain crops like summer squash and cucumber. Zucchini plants melted early this year, from borers and multiple fungal and bacterial diseases fostered by the weather. The same for cukes. Yellow squash and pale green Lebanese squash fared better, and our May sowings are still producing, though not for long. This year, we sowed a new row of summer squash seed in July and are hoping for a second crop soon.
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If you didn’t start seeds for fall crops like cauliflower and cabbage in July, you should get them sown soon so you can plant seedlings in the garden by the end of the month. Also, directly sow seeds of beets and carrots in the garden. These will likely be your last rows of these crops for the season.
Given how warm it has been, we’re holding off sowing lettuce for plugs and in the garden for a couple weeks until it’s a bit cooler. We’ll wait until next month to sow spinach and arugula.
Elsewhere at Bridge Gardens, there’s lots of color in the Herb Garden and in the borders. Summer campers from the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreation Center really enjoy the sights and smells of the Herb Garden’s Culinary Bed, both for sampling and for bouquets. Border flowers are favorite subjects for their art classes.
In other words, August is another great month to visit Bridge Gardens! Join those campers and come see what midsummer has to offer.
