How do you maintain your garden during extended trips away? Garden sitters are one answer.
The season has come when many home gardeners, their numbers booming since the pandemic began, are being rewarded with fully matured, ready-to-pick vegetables and flowers. It's also vacation season, and this summer travel is back.
"The first thing is to find one friend with a garden you like and make sure you're willing to return the favor," said Adam Choper, associate director for outdoor gardens and sustainable horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Rachel Mulkerin tends to about 3,000 square feet of garden space on her 9-acre property in Sherman, Connecticut, and has hired special needs helpers she found through her mother, a former adult education teacher.Mulkerin uses about half of what she produces for herself and her family and gives away the rest to those in need in her community.
Gardeners, generally speaking, are sharers, and sharing vegetables while away not only produces more after picking, but also avoids rotting tomatoes and other crops.Some vegetables, like cucumbers and zucchini, need to be picked so they don't grow into monsters that aren't as pleasant to eat. "It's different when you're doing it yourself versus when you have to ask someone else to do it for you," she said."He's been flash freezing everything. It's a lot."
Many home gardeners lovingly tend their plants only to find them ravaged by unknown forces before harvest time. Treat infected plants with a fungicide containing chlorothalonil or copper, carefully following the instructions and safety precautions on the package. Treat affected plants by drenching leaves with a calcium spray until the product drips off. Fruit produced after treatment is usually symptom-free, although sometimes a second application is necessary.
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