Sunshine Community Gardens

9 January, 2022

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In this Issue:

• Resources for Your January Garden
• Save the Dates: January Workday and Spring Plant Sale
• Micah 6 End of Year Report
• Recommended Webinars
• Broccoli Crowns

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Purple Pea Pods and Blossoms on January 1, 2022. By Maria Beach

New Year's Day was absolutely gorgeous at Sunshine, with blue skies, highs in the 70s, and bees and butterflies gathering pollen. But then our first hard freeze of the winter season blew through, wiping out the remaining warm season crops and inflicting heavy damage on cool season crops--even many of those that were covered. While it was sad to see so many lovely vegetables succumb to the freeze, the new year will bring new opportunities for growing food and community at our garden. This issue of the Weeder looks back at gardeners' 2021 generosity with an end of the year report for the Micah 6 garden and forward towards new things to plant and upcoming events.

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Resources for Your January Garden

What to Plant in January:

Below is a list of vegetables to plant this month in Travis County (adapted by Maria Beach from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Vegetable Garden Planting Guide compiled by Patty G. Leander, Master Gardener Extension Specialist). Visit this website to see the original planting guide.

Vegetables to Plant in January:

Artichokes (Crowns; All Month)
Asian Greens (Seeds or Transplants; All Month)
Beets (Seeds; Late January)
Broccoli (Transplants; Late January)
Cabbage (Transplants; Late January)
Carrots (Seeds; Late January)
Cauliflower (Transplants; Late January)
Chard (Seeds or Transplants; Late January)
Collards (Seeds or Transplants; Late January)
Fava Beans (Seeds; All Month)
Greens, Cool Season (Seeds; All Month)
Kale (Seeds or Transplants; Late January)
Kohlrabi (Seeds or Transplants; Late January)
Leeks (Seeds or Transplants; From the Second Week of January)
Lettuce (Seeds or Transplants; All Month)
Mustard (Seeds or Transplants; Late January)
Onions, Bulbing (Transplants; From the Second Week of January)
Peas, English, Snap, or Snow (Seeds; Late January)
Radish (Seeds; All Month)
Spinach (Seeds or Transplants; All Month)
Turnips (Seeds, Late January)

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Recommended Reading

In the January Vegetable Garden with Sheryl Williams

Travis County Master Gardener Sheryl Williams posted a new blog on Texas A&M AgriLife Extension's website on Jan. 3. Read it here.

Save the Dates: January Workday and Spring Plant Sale

January Workday: The next workday will be Saturday, January 15 from 09:00-12:00.

Plant Sale - March 5, 2022: The 2022 plant sale is scheduled for Saturday, March 5, 2022 from 9am-2pm.

Vegetable varieties are posted below so you can start making plans for your spring garden.

Tomatoes
Peppers
Eggplants/Tomatillos

Volunteers are needed leading up to the sale. If you have some time, contact Janet at jartdaht@gmail.com. Questions are also welcome.

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Micah 6 End of Year Report

by Walter Kuhl

December Totals:

• Produce: 361 Pounds
• Dry Goods: 72.5 Pounds

Grand Totals for 2021:

4568.5 Pounds

526 Pounds

Below is a photo of a cauliflower donated by an unknown Sunshine gardener. Thank you so much for this beautiful and delicious donation, and thank you to all Sunshine gardeners who have shared their bounty with the Micah 6 Food Pantry this past year. Your high quality donations have helped numerous families and individuals who are struggling in our expensive local economy.

Special thanks to Mary Gifford and Marsha Riti for making the delivery possible this past week. Just as I was loading 80 pounds of produce to deliver to Micah 6, I found out that their panty was closed due to covid cases among their staff. At Mary's suggestion, Marsha contacted Hope Food Pantry at Trinity Church of Austin, who was happy to accept our produce. Such a relief!

Final comment -- from the records I've seen, this year a record amount of produce has been donated by Sunshine gardeners to the Micah 6 Food Pantry. Cheers to all Sunshine gardeners! May the New Year bring everyone Health and Happiness!

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Recommended Webinars

Ila Falvey recommends this garden education series from Gardener's Supply Company. Check it out here.

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Broccoli Crowns

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Weeder Content

Please submit weekly weeder articles, photos, and recipes by Wednesday to both Co-Editors:
Holly Gilman at hollyjgilman@gmail.com and
Maria Beach at dr.maria.beach@gmail.com

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