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🧺 Tomato harvest begins (Bed A)🧺 Bush-bean harvest begins (Bed B)
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🧤 Heat-wave check: deep water, refresh mulch, shade cloth on greens
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🧤 Tie pole-bean leaders onto pallet; side-dress with compost
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🧺 Onion harvest (Bed B) — when tops fall over
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🧺 Sugar Baby watermelon likely ripe — check tendril + thump
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21
🔄 Pull zucchini when it succumbs to borers/mildew; sow fall carrots
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🧺 Bush-bean harvest (Bed A) — 2–3 week window
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31
🔄 Pull tired cucumber vines from Pallet 2; sow fall snap peas
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📝 plan · 🛒 buy · 🧱 prep · 🌱 start indoors · 🌿 plant · 🧤 care · 🧺 harvest · 🔄 reset
Weekend work sessions this month (these are the calendar invites)
Sat Jul 4 9–11 AM — 3 tasks: 🧺 Tomato harvest begins (Bed A); 🧺 Bush-bean harvest begins (Bed B); 🧤 Heat-wave check: deep water, refresh mulch, shade cloth on greens
Sat Jul 11 9–11 AM — 2 tasks: 🧤 Tie pole-bean leaders onto pallet; side-dress with compost; 🧺 Onion harvest (Bed B) — when tops fall over
Sat Jul 18 9–11 AM — 1 task: 🧺 Sugar Baby watermelon likely ripe — check tendril + thump
Sat Jul 25 9–11 AM — 1 task: 🔄 Pull zucchini when it succumbs to borers/mildew; sow fall carrots
Sat Aug 1 9–11 AM — 2 tasks: 🧺 Bush-bean harvest (Bed A) — 2–3 week window; 🔄 Pull tired cucumber vines from Pallet 2; sow fall snap peas
All tasks in July
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Tomato harvest begins (Bed A)Harvest · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Tomatoes
Pick at first blush and ripen on the counter — beats the birds & cracking after rain.
07-01Pick at first blush and ripen on the counter — beats the birds & cracking after rain.
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Bush-bean harvest begins (Bed B)Harvest · Bed B — Kitchen bed · Bush beans (Bed B summer)
Every other day. Blanch & freeze extras.
07-01Every other day. Blanch & freeze extras.
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Heat-wave check: deep water, refresh mulch, shade cloth on greensCare · Whole garden · Garden
July–Aug: water at dawn only; skip if 1" of rain fell in the last 3 days.
07-04July–Aug: water at dawn only; skip if 1" of rain fell in the last 3 days.
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Tie pole-bean leaders onto pallet; side-dress with compostCare · Pallet 1 — Peas → Pole beans · Pole beans (summer)
Beans that miss the slats sprawl — tuck them weekly.
07-06Beans that miss the slats sprawl — tuck them weekly.
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Onion harvest (Bed B) — when tops fall overHarvest · Bed B — Kitchen bed · Onions
Let tops flop, wait a week, pull on a dry day, cure 2 weeks in the barn.
07-11Let tops flop, wait a week, pull on a dry day, cure 2 weeks in the barn.
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Sugar Baby watermelon likely ripe — check tendril + thumpHarvest · Pallet 2 — Cucumbers & melon · Sugar Baby watermelon
Ripe when the tendril nearest the fruit is brown & dry, belly spot is creamy yellow, hollow thump.
07-16Ripe when the tendril nearest the fruit is brown & dry, belly spot is creamy yellow, hollow thump.
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Pull zucchini when it succumbs to borers/mildew; sow fall carrotsReset · Bed B — Kitchen bed · Zucchini
Usually early August. Fall carrots take its space.
07-21Usually early August. Fall carrots take its space.
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Bush-bean harvest (Bed A) — 2–3 week windowHarvest · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Bush beans (summer)
Pick every other day; then pull the plants and re-sow greens for fall.
07-26Pick every other day; then pull the plants and re-sow greens for fall.
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Pull tired cucumber vines from Pallet 2; sow fall snap peasReset · Pallet 2 — Cucumbers & melon · Cucumbers
Cukes are done by mid-Aug in TN heat. Fall peas go in the same spot.
07-31Cukes are done by mid-Aug in TN heat. Fall peas go in the same spot.