This week at the garden: Peppers

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The big garden task of the week was planting peppers  At MKG, this starts with bed prep.  Compost was spread on the beds, irrigation tape was placed, and black plastic mulch was laid.  The mulch adds more heat and controls weeds.

The garden now has  two ninety foot beds of bell and sweet peppers planted!  If all goes well we will begin harvesting in August.  We hooped and covered the beds with insect netting.  While the nettings main purpose is insect control, the hope was it would also provide some shade and relief from this week's heat.

Lettuce heads planted in early May are off to a good start. You can learn more about how to grow lettuce in our latest gardening video.

Happy Growing!  Stephanie Meyers, MKG Farm Manager

 
 
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morvenkitchengarden@virginia.edu

Farm Manager:
Stephanie Meyers
scm6x@virginia.edu
(434) 981-0035

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