March - Minor Tree Pruning March - $300 Donation from Wilco, $200 Donation from the Master Gardeners, and Dallas Community Foundation for sponsoring two interns. - Thanks! March 20 (or so) - Squash, Broccoli, etc starts started in greenhouses April 2nd - Job Announcements April 13th - Job Applications Due April 17,18,19 - Job Interviews April 21-26 Job Offers and More Job Interviews May 3rd - Interns first day May 3rd - May 10 - Garden Prep May 8th - Garden Prep - tractor rototilling  May 12th - Help with Master Gardeners Plant Sale  May 15th - All the starts are here. Thanks Sloan at Teal Creek Farms, Master Gardeners, and Linda at Goat Knoll Farm.  May 15th- Ready to plant  May 22nd- Interns Planting  Interns Planting  June 9th - Planting is done by first payday!  June 9th - Also got rained and hailed on!   June 13 - Second load of straw arrive - Thanks Anderson Mobile  June 22nd - More mulching!  June 22nd - Break from mulching, weeding, watering and on the the Pollinators Festival at Dancing Oaks Nursery. Learned lots of great stuff about bees! June 26th - First Harvest!!! - 4LB Radishes  June 28th - Killing Cucumber Bugs - Cucumber bugs love dry weather and REALLY attacked the young squash and cucumber starts. Interns mulched plants, squashed bugs and Dean applied Pyrethrins (Derived from chrysanthemum flowers) for targeted pest management.  July 10th - Small Harvest 10 Pounds - 12 Pounds  July 17th - More harvest zucchini, crook neck, lettuce, kale, chard and basil - 150 Pounds  July 19th- DYG Open House   July 31 - 130 Pounds Delivered (Zucchini, Summer Squash, Kale, Lettuce, Chard and a Few Peppers and Tomatoes)  August 6th - Ready for fair but still delivered produce  August 9th - Fair Booth - thanks everyone for stopping by. We sold all the peaches!  August 12th - Fair - 40 exhibits - many reds, blues and champions. All interns made it to state.  August 14th - Harvest - 235 Pounds  August 21st - Harvest - 170 Pounds (lots of produce went to fair)  August 28th - Harvest - 230 Pounds (this is only part of it)  September 4th - Harvest - 440 Pounds   September 18th harvest 370 pounds.  September 25th harvest - 250 pounds - Flowers included!  September 29th Day - Last picking and cleanup  October 2nd Last Harvest - 500 pounds - Green Tomatoes  |
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