Lughnasa New (State Fair) Moon
Nutrient drench today: Inferno. The weekly spraying of brixblaster and qualify. The 
twice monthly spraying of Showtime. Inferno is a liquid fertilizer. Brixblaster encourages the plant to put its energy into reproductive growth such as flowers, fruits, vegetables like tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplant, cucumber, carrots, peppers. Qualify encourages vegetative growth: broccoli, cabbage, beets, chard, leeks, herbs. Showtime, an oil based product, helps plants repel foraging insects.
A busy early morning in the garden. The results so far have been solid, so I’ll keep it up and add the orchard this fall. I need to check the bees and put on the food safe miticide hopgard but working with bees when the sky is overcast is advised against. Without the sun bees don’t travel as much so they’re at home. More easy to rile them. Wednesday will be plenty of time
There are still limbs to move, two trunks to cut into firewood and four large branches to cut into kindling. That bee area still has to get cleared. The tasks don’t end as long as the growing season is underway.