In collaboration with Leaders of Tomorrow Director Douglas Carey, we're excited to share our weekly “Garden Field Notes” providing activities for families and nature lovers eager to explore the historic and serene grounds of the Knapp House.

• Dates: August 19 - August 25, 2024

• Activities:

• Earth Care Activities - Phase of the Full Moon

• Separate the Poningo Greens seeds from the chaff or dried seed pods from Spring 2024.

• Plant Poningo Greens seeds from saved seeds from 2024 spring seed pods in one of the raised beds.

• Weed and hoe around thyme, oregano, lemon balm, pumpkin, and blackberry plants in the Colonial & Indigenous Garden.

• Weed around okra, marigold, eggplant, tomato, and pepper plants in the raised beds.

• Finish cutting back blackberry shoots. (Caption for photo: Gardener manually cuts a blackberry bush with a bypass pruner.)

• Friday EarthCare Team meet up: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM.

• For more information, please send an email to poningoearthcare@gmail.com.