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June Gardening

6/12/2015

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The grapes are ripening and taste very sweet at the Ahwatukee Community Garden!
Bob Koherly fastens the white tool fabric over some tomato plants fo keep the birds from eating them. On the wire arch above him is the black 40% shade cloth to keep the plants from burning up. 
Tomatoes are ripening, as well as curved Armenian cukes, and squash. The corn sports a bright orange tassel next to the thriving lemon grass. 
Blue bachelor button flowers are still blooming. We're letting some of our parsley go to seed so we can harvest the seeds.
Bob checks one of our three keyhole gardens filled with squash, basil, and tomatoes. 
Succulent spinach grows in a black plastic pot in the last photo. 
Come join us any Sunday from 7 - 8 a.m. and then visit the 60 or so booths at the next door Farmer's Market!

Kelly Athena for Ahwatukee Community Garden
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Palo Verde Beans Delicious to Eat!

6/12/2015

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Foothill Palo Verde pods are ripe to pick. The beans inside taste like fresh peas from the garden. Our littlest visitor, normally a picky eater we're told, kept reaching for the pods and asking for "Moh, moh!" They can be served raw like edamame pods you split open. Or you can blanch them (boil for 90 seconds, then put into ice water), then put in the freezer in bags to be heated up or roasted later.

The pods are turning brown on some of the Palo Verde trees but they can still be picked and soaked in water in the fridge for several days. Then take them out of the fridge and you'll see the beans have swelled in size and softened. They come easily out of the pod now. Fry or roast for a couple minutes for a roasted peanut-type taste. This is our State Tree and few people seem to realize they're loaded with hundreds and hundreds of pods.

I can't wait for the Ironwood Tree pods to be ripe in July. They taste like pistachios!

Kelly Athena for the Ahwatukee Community Garden
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    Ahwatukee Community Garden Beauty

    I started coming to the Sunday gardening group in the fall of 2013. I've learned a lot and have forged new friendships with other earth lovers.  Master Gardeners Linda and Bob have so much knowledge they freely give the rest of us! Bill and I became Master Gardeners as well in 2014 ~ Kelly Athena
    Website and photos by Kelly Athena ("Cactus Kelly")

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