June 5/06
Bought Jack O’lantern pumpkin from Country depot 33 cents garden corner. Planted 1-1204 2 per cell.
Bought 1204 of Eggplant- Classic
Bought a hoe from RONA
June 6/06 hoed front garden,
Saw ruby throated hummingbird at breakfast, put out feeder, saw him at dusk also
Planted purple annual grass by hydro pole, in square planter, by purple basil
Installed interlock at bbq and on path to lawn.
Installed brick paving stones around posts of pergola and started at hammock cover.
Put seeded ornamental corn (june 4) outside. Starting to sprout.
Indian strawberry popcorn hasn’t come up at all. Seeded may 22.
June 7/06
Planted eggplant
Planted some Ornamental Corn in pots
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Sunday, June 4, 2006
June 4/06
June 4/06
Rosemary cut most of the lawn
Spread some slug & snail bait under mulberry, caragana bed, along back of house.
Planted Morning glory, under redbd by fence at near grass.
basil within grape hyacinth, basil one of each in bee box
some hibiscus in elderberry bed, next to forsythia by the shed,
Planted cucumber, row 1, zucchini row 8, squash in row 7 and row 9 and row out back
Rototilled aisle in vege garden.
Started laying interlock at barbeque and redoing rest
Replanted flowers in spinach bed
Sowed Lima beans in mulch at hydro pole bed
Split Miscanthus “Nippon” from front bed into 1) near potentilla/Weeping nootka 2) by redleaf rose in hydro pole bed
Planted coleus that were rooting (from May 21/06) into front bed under living room window
Seeded 4 1204 with Ornamental corn and 1 809 with corn
Rosemary cut most of the lawn
Spread some slug & snail bait under mulberry, caragana bed, along back of house.
Planted Morning glory, under redbd by fence at near grass.
basil within grape hyacinth, basil one of each in bee box
some hibiscus in elderberry bed, next to forsythia by the shed,
Planted cucumber, row 1, zucchini row 8, squash in row 7 and row 9 and row out back
Rototilled aisle in vege garden.
Started laying interlock at barbeque and redoing rest
Replanted flowers in spinach bed
Sowed Lima beans in mulch at hydro pole bed
Split Miscanthus “Nippon” from front bed into 1) near potentilla/Weeping nootka 2) by redleaf rose in hydro pole bed
Planted coleus that were rooting (from May 21/06) into front bed under living room window
Seeded 4 1204 with Ornamental corn and 1 809 with corn
Sunday, May 28, 2006
May 28/06 part 2
Dug a cedar from near flagstone and potted it
Dug 2 tomatoes from by ramp and potted- sweet millions?
Planted Sunshine impatiens HB by ramp, lavenders growing by existing lavender by post
Planted the citrus plants into garden, by emerald cedar pair, under ivory silk lilac bed
Planted walking stick kale and castor bean by fence gap
Planted annual sweet pea plants that were started inside under locust
Planted coleus under mulberry
Mulched by ramp, west side of arbour, under mulberry
Planted 4 box of pepper in garden
Put Brown 16by16 patios by wall (6)
Dug blue grass from fence gap, transplanted to front by roadway
Harvested spinach, mixed salad, some leaf lettuce
White radishes starting to go to seed?
Lots of wasps under verandah roof just starting
Moved 3 aloes outside under verandah
Took baby star romaine lettuce to mom’s garden and planted
Seeded 2- 1204 with cantaloupe
Dug 2 tomatoes from by ramp and potted- sweet millions?
Planted Sunshine impatiens HB by ramp, lavenders growing by existing lavender by post
Planted the citrus plants into garden, by emerald cedar pair, under ivory silk lilac bed
Planted walking stick kale and castor bean by fence gap
Planted annual sweet pea plants that were started inside under locust
Planted coleus under mulberry
Mulched by ramp, west side of arbour, under mulberry
Planted 4 box of pepper in garden
Put Brown 16by16 patios by wall (6)
Dug blue grass from fence gap, transplanted to front by roadway
Harvested spinach, mixed salad, some leaf lettuce
White radishes starting to go to seed?
Lots of wasps under verandah roof just starting
Moved 3 aloes outside under verandah
Took baby star romaine lettuce to mom’s garden and planted
Seeded 2- 1204 with cantaloupe
May 28/06
May 28/06
Most of the cukes and squash were up.
Today warm and sunny, Wisteria at arbour is in bloom, pink flowers
Columbines in bloom, Blue iris in bloom, candytuft is finishing, beauty bush is starting to bud, Korean lilacs ready to bloom soon
Put 15-30-15 on vege garden, bee box, and annual planters (starting to see seedlings)
Planted castor beans in hydro pole bed, also some striped sunflower
Planted castor bean by climbing bean bed
Planted Striped sunflower and perennial sweet pea along fence by ivory silk lilac
Planted striped sunflower along shed between forsythia and mock orange
Planted sunflower and castor bean into birch bed
Planted peppers, various hots along ramp and mulched
Put assorted peppers into pot for Uncle Aubrey
Most of the cukes and squash were up.
Today warm and sunny, Wisteria at arbour is in bloom, pink flowers
Columbines in bloom, Blue iris in bloom, candytuft is finishing, beauty bush is starting to bud, Korean lilacs ready to bloom soon
Put 15-30-15 on vege garden, bee box, and annual planters (starting to see seedlings)
Planted castor beans in hydro pole bed, also some striped sunflower
Planted castor bean by climbing bean bed
Planted Striped sunflower and perennial sweet pea along fence by ivory silk lilac
Planted striped sunflower along shed between forsythia and mock orange
Planted sunflower and castor bean into birch bed
Planted peppers, various hots along ramp and mulched
Put assorted peppers into pot for Uncle Aubrey
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
May 22-23/06
May 22/06
Temperature cool, cloudy, no wind
applied wet tk fertilizer to trees along road, bush and by railway
planted a corkscrew willow by cedars along 3rd line
Seeded patio pots 7 with strawberry popcorn,
Seeded 2 patio pots with willows growing,Seeded 1- white square planter
morning glory at 6 and 12 o’clock, Sanvitalia-Creeping Zinnia & Zinnia-Persian carpet one either sider
transplanted boxwood (2) and 5 spruce from 3 & 4” pots to 1-2 gallon pots
Fertilized vege garden with sustane 4-2-4
John came to weed spray lawn, just started to spit an hour after.
Behind house, rototilled from A/C to corner, and under verandah corner
Seeded castor bean, black sunflower, Fennel, California poppy, Malva
Planted 1 castor bean, and 4 pots malva
Used sod from 24by30 to raise bed edge
Added some corn
Seeded sunflower under verandah where doesn’t rain, seeded Parsley at edge
Planted sweet pepper, hot pepper, tomato and eggplant in vege box #4
Planted pepper, eggplant, tomato in row 3
Planted hot peppers in row 2
Set 24by 30 sidewalk slabs over drain pipe
Hydro is out, went to darrels for supper
Low of 3 degrees overnight. Covered pepper, tomato, eggplant. Frost next morning
May 23, low of 42, covered plants again. No frost, but the one last night nipped some peppers and eggplants
Covered couple of tomatoes with beebox hot house
Bought 4 boxes pepper, 2 red bell, one yellow bell, one red pimento
Temperature cool, cloudy, no wind
applied wet tk fertilizer to trees along road, bush and by railway
planted a corkscrew willow by cedars along 3rd line
Seeded patio pots 7 with strawberry popcorn,
Seeded 2 patio pots with willows growing,Seeded 1- white square planter
morning glory at 6 and 12 o’clock, Sanvitalia-Creeping Zinnia & Zinnia-Persian carpet one either sider
transplanted boxwood (2) and 5 spruce from 3 & 4” pots to 1-2 gallon pots
Fertilized vege garden with sustane 4-2-4
John came to weed spray lawn, just started to spit an hour after.
Behind house, rototilled from A/C to corner, and under verandah corner
Seeded castor bean, black sunflower, Fennel, California poppy, Malva
Planted 1 castor bean, and 4 pots malva
Used sod from 24by30 to raise bed edge
Added some corn
Seeded sunflower under verandah where doesn’t rain, seeded Parsley at edge
Planted sweet pepper, hot pepper, tomato and eggplant in vege box #4
Planted pepper, eggplant, tomato in row 3
Planted hot peppers in row 2
Set 24by 30 sidewalk slabs over drain pipe
Hydro is out, went to darrels for supper
Low of 3 degrees overnight. Covered pepper, tomato, eggplant. Frost next morning
May 23, low of 42, covered plants again. No frost, but the one last night nipped some peppers and eggplants
Covered couple of tomatoes with beebox hot house
Bought 4 boxes pepper, 2 red bell, one yellow bell, one red pimento
Sunday, May 21, 2006
May 18-21/06
May 18 put tomatoes, peppers, eggplants outside under verandah
Put aloe, portulacaria, citrus outside
Friday may 19, put papers and clipping in last garden box
May 22/06 pick a bit of leaf lettuce for salad
May 21/06, cool, windy
Put figs outside under verandah
Filled last garden box with soil,
Dug out chives from back of house near chimney landing put some in squash holes, rest by front near juniper on roadside, planted Indian corn here
Filled squash holes with triple mix
Raked lawn as chris cut on wed for the first time
Put clippings under forsythia by shed
Pruned forsythia hard
Chipped some of the clippings
Planted inidan corn in shed bed, also in hydro bed in mulch and also by caragana bed by new birch tree.
Planted a few of the multiplier onions in garden box 1
Rototilled garden
Planted one row of swiss chard, row 4 planted cilantro as markers
half row of lettuce, row 2
¾ row of climbing beans row 5
Planted spinach, carrots and gold beets in garden box 1. filled in beets and carrots in missing rows.
Seeded Marketmore cucumber 3pp 2 -809
Seeded zucchini mixed 1-809 1pp
Seeded cantaloupe 1-1204, 3pp
Seeded butternut 2-1204 3pp
Seeded Uchiki Kuri squash- orange 10 seeds in pkg in 1-1204, 2pp and 3pp
Trimmed coleus in boxes back, put cuttings into soil in a plastic bag
Put aloe, portulacaria, citrus outside
Friday may 19, put papers and clipping in last garden box
May 22/06 pick a bit of leaf lettuce for salad
May 21/06, cool, windy
Put figs outside under verandah
Filled last garden box with soil,
Dug out chives from back of house near chimney landing put some in squash holes, rest by front near juniper on roadside, planted Indian corn here
Filled squash holes with triple mix
Raked lawn as chris cut on wed for the first time
Put clippings under forsythia by shed
Pruned forsythia hard
Chipped some of the clippings
Planted inidan corn in shed bed, also in hydro bed in mulch and also by caragana bed by new birch tree.
Planted a few of the multiplier onions in garden box 1
Rototilled garden
Planted one row of swiss chard, row 4 planted cilantro as markers
half row of lettuce, row 2
¾ row of climbing beans row 5
Planted spinach, carrots and gold beets in garden box 1. filled in beets and carrots in missing rows.
Seeded Marketmore cucumber 3pp 2 -809
Seeded zucchini mixed 1-809 1pp
Seeded cantaloupe 1-1204, 3pp
Seeded butternut 2-1204 3pp
Seeded Uchiki Kuri squash- orange 10 seeds in pkg in 1-1204, 2pp and 3pp
Trimmed coleus in boxes back, put cuttings into soil in a plastic bag
Saturday, May 13, 2006
May 1-13/06
May 1/06 am fertilized 15-30-15, beeboxes, onions, root box, crimson sentry maple, yews, rhubarb
May 2/06 pool opened today, watered hammock lawn heavily
May 7/06 sunny warm
Cut lawn for first time, about 3 hrs, rosemary rode, I used push mower
Filled spinach bed with soil, seeded new Zealand spinach 1 pakg, 4-6 inches apart 3 rows
Mulched elderberry bed, caragana bed, redbud bed, ivory silk lilac beds
Spread sod by shed, ran over with tractor, seeded and watered.
May 11 put coleus, tomatoes, peppers etc by front door, so they wouldn’t dry out as much while we were away.
May 13/06 Justin graduation. Rainy from Thursday til all of next week
May 2/06 pool opened today, watered hammock lawn heavily
May 7/06 sunny warm
Cut lawn for first time, about 3 hrs, rosemary rode, I used push mower
Filled spinach bed with soil, seeded new Zealand spinach 1 pakg, 4-6 inches apart 3 rows
Mulched elderberry bed, caragana bed, redbud bed, ivory silk lilac beds
Spread sod by shed, ran over with tractor, seeded and watered.
May 11 put coleus, tomatoes, peppers etc by front door, so they wouldn’t dry out as much while we were away.
May 13/06 Justin graduation. Rainy from Thursday til all of next week
Sunday, April 30, 2006
April 29/30/2006
April 29 s
Sowed Malva in peat pot 1 row of 5 2pp
Sowed Morning glory peat pot 1 row of 5 3 pp
Transplanted tomatoes from 200 seedling tray, into one 809, transplanted into empty 200’s
Transplanted eggplant dusky from 200 tray into 1 peat pot tray of 10, transplanted into empty 200’s
Transplanted sweet peas into paper mache pot from 200 tray, set out in morning to harden off
Sowed 809 of striped sunflower from bulk barn parrot mix 2pp.
Daffodils blooming, dwarf tulips in well bed budding. Redbuds are budding.
Birch male flower are in full pollen
April 30/06 wheelbarrowed topsoil to hammock area, spread thin layer, seeded, and put sprinkler on
Built 2 veggie beds 4by 8 by 10” high, pressure treated, filled near bed with paper, some soil from BBQ patio, some dead sod, and couple wheelbarrows of triple mix.
Built BBQ patio with 2 by 6’s to make it level, ends up with about a 3” drop, moved some stone dust into bed
Rototilled a couple of turned over rows. The dry chunks don’t break up easily, I wonder if we should turn over and rototill the same day as the chunks will be somewhat moist. I think earlier it was too wet, but now it may be okay.
Planted Onion-copra, onion- candy, onion red and leeks. Filled one veggie bed. Planted rest in onion row. Extra leeks into root bed and some by the cole crops
Watered veggie garden
Planted Crimson Sentry Maple in climbing bean bed.
Mulched some more.
Sowed Malva in peat pot 1 row of 5 2pp
Sowed Morning glory peat pot 1 row of 5 3 pp
Transplanted tomatoes from 200 seedling tray, into one 809, transplanted into empty 200’s
Transplanted eggplant dusky from 200 tray into 1 peat pot tray of 10, transplanted into empty 200’s
Transplanted sweet peas into paper mache pot from 200 tray, set out in morning to harden off
Sowed 809 of striped sunflower from bulk barn parrot mix 2pp.
Daffodils blooming, dwarf tulips in well bed budding. Redbuds are budding.
Birch male flower are in full pollen
April 30/06 wheelbarrowed topsoil to hammock area, spread thin layer, seeded, and put sprinkler on
Built 2 veggie beds 4by 8 by 10” high, pressure treated, filled near bed with paper, some soil from BBQ patio, some dead sod, and couple wheelbarrows of triple mix.
Built BBQ patio with 2 by 6’s to make it level, ends up with about a 3” drop, moved some stone dust into bed
Rototilled a couple of turned over rows. The dry chunks don’t break up easily, I wonder if we should turn over and rototill the same day as the chunks will be somewhat moist. I think earlier it was too wet, but now it may be okay.
Planted Onion-copra, onion- candy, onion red and leeks. Filled one veggie bed. Planted rest in onion row. Extra leeks into root bed and some by the cole crops
Watered veggie garden
Planted Crimson Sentry Maple in climbing bean bed.
Mulched some more.
Friday, April 28, 2006
April 23-28/2006
April 23
Apricot has loads of blooms
Rainy day
Fertilized shrub beds from shed to pool area
Still to do = spruce at end of lawn, fruit trees and front trees, windbreak row.
April 27th
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up but spotty, Radish is up. Carrots are up
sowed more spinach in bee box, sowed some lettuce mix in bee box
Moved glass cover from swiss chard to over sweet peas. Swiss chard under was up.
April 28 spread out second load of dead sod from Bisnauth by hammock, ran over to flatten with tractor
Planted one row of ornamental corn by shed corner bed, some behind shed, some by ??
Replanted some onion sets that had been uprooted
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up, Radish is coming up. No sign of carrots
Apricot has loads of blooms
Rainy day
Fertilized shrub beds from shed to pool area
Still to do = spruce at end of lawn, fruit trees and front trees, windbreak row.
April 27th
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up but spotty, Radish is up. Carrots are up
sowed more spinach in bee box, sowed some lettuce mix in bee box
Moved glass cover from swiss chard to over sweet peas. Swiss chard under was up.
April 28 spread out second load of dead sod from Bisnauth by hammock, ran over to flatten with tractor
Planted one row of ornamental corn by shed corner bed, some behind shed, some by ??
Replanted some onion sets that had been uprooted
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up, Radish is coming up. No sign of carrots
Monday, April 17, 2006
April 15-17/2006
April 15/06 warm 17 C. Wore shorts
John says to get chipper started use carbeurator cleaner. Spray into the carberaotr, (take off air filter to access) Alcohol is cold and help burn off carbon
Rosemary trimmed forsythia to take to work
Cut up last of the winter evergreen bouquet and put clippings under telephone pole bed.
Ran rototiller through dead sod and some of the sod from the pipe trench.
Rototilled one row (row 6) of garden, planted Spanish onion sets, planted dutch sets(100 bulb package)
Planted in same row, 1204 of lettuce, 2 kinds, and 809 of sprouts, kale, red cabbage.
Turned over row 2 of garden and balance of row 4. Dug out garlics from garden (all except row 1) planted in locust planter under the area that is under the shader and doesn’t get water.
Seeded ANchusa blue angel in Locust bed along with annual sweet pea (knee high). Left room at end for tomato or other vegetable.
At end of locust planter planted golden swiss chard. Placed glass bee frame and plastic over part of the chard.
In bean bed, planted Linaria Fairy Bouquet in front of yews and in front of the patio stones. Package contains ¼ gram =3,000-4,000 seeds
Looks like some of the new Zealand spinach is growing
From Telephone pole bed, removed birch tree, mulched bed, using some newspaper,
Planted birch by lodense hedge bed.
Seeded sunflowers, some in goutweed, some between mahonia and yucca, by ramp near hicks yew, under some of the trees in front of shed and behind, along the back and side of the shed, some in last year’s corn bed.
Watered seeds, rhubarb,
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up, Radish is coming up. No sign of carrots
Root box at back,
Sprayed some roundup on lawn quack grass, some beds, some driveway,
Sprayed killex summer formula on dandelions, clover in lawn, near flagstone, near fence, near white pine.
April 17/06
Trimmed onions
Seed castor beans in black eye susan 809
Fertilized 15-30-15 on seedlings
John says to get chipper started use carbeurator cleaner. Spray into the carberaotr, (take off air filter to access) Alcohol is cold and help burn off carbon
Rosemary trimmed forsythia to take to work
Cut up last of the winter evergreen bouquet and put clippings under telephone pole bed.
Ran rototiller through dead sod and some of the sod from the pipe trench.
Rototilled one row (row 6) of garden, planted Spanish onion sets, planted dutch sets(100 bulb package)
Planted in same row, 1204 of lettuce, 2 kinds, and 809 of sprouts, kale, red cabbage.
Turned over row 2 of garden and balance of row 4. Dug out garlics from garden (all except row 1) planted in locust planter under the area that is under the shader and doesn’t get water.
Seeded ANchusa blue angel in Locust bed along with annual sweet pea (knee high). Left room at end for tomato or other vegetable.
At end of locust planter planted golden swiss chard. Placed glass bee frame and plastic over part of the chard.
In bean bed, planted Linaria Fairy Bouquet in front of yews and in front of the patio stones. Package contains ¼ gram =3,000-4,000 seeds
Looks like some of the new Zealand spinach is growing
From Telephone pole bed, removed birch tree, mulched bed, using some newspaper,
Planted birch by lodense hedge bed.
Seeded sunflowers, some in goutweed, some between mahonia and yucca, by ramp near hicks yew, under some of the trees in front of shed and behind, along the back and side of the shed, some in last year’s corn bed.
Watered seeds, rhubarb,
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up, Radish is coming up. No sign of carrots
Root box at back,
Sprayed some roundup on lawn quack grass, some beds, some driveway,
Sprayed killex summer formula on dandelions, clover in lawn, near flagstone, near fence, near white pine.
April 17/06
Trimmed onions
Seed castor beans in black eye susan 809
Fertilized 15-30-15 on seedlings
Friday, April 14, 2006
April 12-14/2006
April 12 ordered from mtn garden center, mulch, soil, soilless mix, 10 flagstone 16by 16, 32 sq ft of interlock, one crimson sentry maple for bean bed.
April 13/06Got 2 pickup trucks full of dead sod from cherrywood ave landscape job. Unloaded by east horseshoe pit and by hammock pergola.
Received 6 yard load of cedar mulch.
Put onions, cabbage, lettuce, parsley, cilantro, and hardy hibiscus on deck to harden off
April 14/06 spread some of the dead sod by the horseshoe pit.
Sprayed roundup on 2 new raised bed by back vege garden, sprayed roundup around squash holes.
April 13/06Got 2 pickup trucks full of dead sod from cherrywood ave landscape job. Unloaded by east horseshoe pit and by hammock pergola.
Received 6 yard load of cedar mulch.
Put onions, cabbage, lettuce, parsley, cilantro, and hardy hibiscus on deck to harden off
April 14/06 spread some of the dead sod by the horseshoe pit.
Sprayed roundup on 2 new raised bed by back vege garden, sprayed roundup around squash holes.
Sunday, April 9, 2006
April 2, 9/06
April 2/06
Trimmed onions,
Lots of tomatoes, peppers up, sweet pea up
Outside
Bee box planted one box Bloomsdale spinach,
One box with carrots and white radish
Back root box planted
Bloomsdale spinach
Golden beet
Leaf lettuce simpson
Danvers carrots
Romaine lettuce
Just right Turnip
April 9/06
Dug out rest of sump pump hose
Dug some of the horsehoe pits
Trimmed hibiscus by front walk,
Put t stakes by small trees
Trimmed mulberry,
Transplanted pachysandra from front to under locust
Split rhubarb and planted one by fence, one by bean bed, one by corn pot potentilla
Transplanted hosta to under middle ivory silk
Transplanted carpet phlox to beside fence
Gave darrel some poplar and willow shoots
Trimmed onions,
Lots of tomatoes, peppers up, sweet pea up
Outside
Bee box planted one box Bloomsdale spinach,
One box with carrots and white radish
Back root box planted
Bloomsdale spinach
Golden beet
Leaf lettuce simpson
Danvers carrots
Romaine lettuce
Just right Turnip
April 9/06
Dug out rest of sump pump hose
Dug some of the horsehoe pits
Trimmed hibiscus by front walk,
Put t stakes by small trees
Trimmed mulberry,
Transplanted pachysandra from front to under locust
Split rhubarb and planted one by fence, one by bean bed, one by corn pot potentilla
Transplanted hosta to under middle ivory silk
Transplanted carpet phlox to beside fence
Gave darrel some poplar and willow shoots
Sunday, March 26, 2006
March 2006
March 6/06
Planted 809 hibiscus rose mallow
Mushroom 801 grass
Parsley 1204
Basil 1204
March 14/06
200 seedling tray (10 per row)
1- row-Planted Brandywine tomato-
5- calif wonder pepper
3- dusky eggplant
2- fairy tale eggplant
1- pepper west Indian
1- Surinam pepper
2- firecracker pepper
2- ornamental dwf pepper
1-cayenne pepper
1- sweet pea annual
1- sweet pea perennial
Lettuce- 4pp 2 romaine, 2 simpson
Progress- onions up, cilantro up, kale etc up
Original peppers are up
Grass- very few up
Black eye susan not up at all
March 19 trimmed onion
March 26/0Sweet peas just starting, tomatioes starting
Seeded 3pp walking stick kale into 1204
Seeded castor beans into black eye susan 809 that didn’t come up at all.
Transplanted coleus (40 total plants)
Sunny +5 C.
Cleaned up sunflower stalks, castor bean, trimmed grass by entry fence,
Planted sugar maple by entrance, moved serviceberry from front flower bed- 1 to back of shed, 2 to edge of bush, moved wild dogwood to end of shed, moved 1 clump of daylily to bush near new serviceberry.
Trimmed- elderberry, lower branches of silver maple at end of septic,
Turned over one raised bed, turned old bean row, turned ½ row old pepper and eggplant
Trimmed hicks yew that winter burned in bean shelter bed.
Trimmed mulberry – lower tips mainly
Seeded parsley by mahonia in birch bed
Seeded Romaine, salad mix, and simpson lettuce in one bee box, covered with glass/plastic
Trimmed Anthony waterer spirea down to ground in the caragana bed
Planted 809 hibiscus rose mallow
Mushroom 801 grass
Parsley 1204
Basil 1204
March 14/06
200 seedling tray (10 per row)
1- row-Planted Brandywine tomato-
5- calif wonder pepper
3- dusky eggplant
2- fairy tale eggplant
1- pepper west Indian
1- Surinam pepper
2- firecracker pepper
2- ornamental dwf pepper
1-cayenne pepper
1- sweet pea annual
1- sweet pea perennial
Lettuce- 4pp 2 romaine, 2 simpson
Progress- onions up, cilantro up, kale etc up
Original peppers are up
Grass- very few up
Black eye susan not up at all
March 19 trimmed onion
March 26/0Sweet peas just starting, tomatioes starting
Seeded 3pp walking stick kale into 1204
Seeded castor beans into black eye susan 809 that didn’t come up at all.
Transplanted coleus (40 total plants)
Sunny +5 C.
Cleaned up sunflower stalks, castor bean, trimmed grass by entry fence,
Planted sugar maple by entrance, moved serviceberry from front flower bed- 1 to back of shed, 2 to edge of bush, moved wild dogwood to end of shed, moved 1 clump of daylily to bush near new serviceberry.
Trimmed- elderberry, lower branches of silver maple at end of septic,
Turned over one raised bed, turned old bean row, turned ½ row old pepper and eggplant
Trimmed hicks yew that winter burned in bean shelter bed.
Trimmed mulberry – lower tips mainly
Seeded parsley by mahonia in birch bed
Seeded Romaine, salad mix, and simpson lettuce in one bee box, covered with glass/plastic
Trimmed Anthony waterer spirea down to ground in the caragana bed
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
FEb 06
feb 12/06 seeded Grass from Dartnall Rd
Black eye susan 2 by 809’s
Coleus 801
809- black eye susan
Basil 1204
Hibiscus rose mallow 809 2 pp
Pepper-2pp- 809 3-Firecracker, 3 ornamental, 3 west Indian
Parsley in 4” pot covered with plastic bag
Feb 18/06 schefflera from church put cuttings in bag with rooting hormone
Feb 24/06
Of feb 12/06 coleus is largely up, basil is up, parsley is up, one grass seedling, one hibiscus is up
Seeded 3 types of onion- copra,candy, redwing and leeks,
809- 2pp- 3 brussel sprouts, 3 kale, 3 red cabbage
1204-cilantro 3pp
1204 – hibiscus
Black eye susan 2 by 809’s
Coleus 801
809- black eye susan
Basil 1204
Hibiscus rose mallow 809 2 pp
Pepper-2pp- 809 3-Firecracker, 3 ornamental, 3 west Indian
Parsley in 4” pot covered with plastic bag
Feb 18/06 schefflera from church put cuttings in bag with rooting hormone
Feb 24/06
Of feb 12/06 coleus is largely up, basil is up, parsley is up, one grass seedling, one hibiscus is up
Seeded 3 types of onion- copra,candy, redwing and leeks,
809- 2pp- 3 brussel sprouts, 3 kale, 3 red cabbage
1204-cilantro 3pp
1204 – hibiscus
Thursday, January 12, 2006
2006 Seed order from William Dam Seeds
Bean-Liana yardlong
Bean-kentucky Climb
Beets- Burpees golden
Swiss Chard Bright Lights
Swiss Chard Gold Sunrise
Swiss Chard Ruby Red
Brussel Sprouts-Jade cross
Cabbage Primero
Carrots-Danvers
Cucumber- Marketmore
Endive- Broadleaf Batavian
Eggplant- Dusky
Eggplant-Fairy Tale
Kale-Nerodi Toscana
Leek-Jolant
Lettuce- Leaf Bonvivant mix
Lettuce-Baby Star
Cantaloupe-Delicious
Onion Candy
Onion Copra
Onion- Redwing
Pepper- Calif Wonder
Radish- white Eiszapfen
Spinach New Zealand
Spinach Space
Spinach Bloomsdale
Squash Summer Medley
Squash- uchiki Kuri
Tomato-brandywine
Turnip- just rite
Basil-Sweet
Cilantro-Leisure
Fennell-Florence
Anchusa-Blue angle
Coleus-Wizard
Convolvulus- Royal Ensign
Malva--Mystic Merlin
Linaria-Fairy Bouquet
Poppy- Calif Ballerina
Sanvitalia-Creeping Zinnia
Sweet pea Knee High
Zinnia- Persian Carpet
Plug Tray
Drip Kit
Bean-kentucky Climb
Beets- Burpees golden
Swiss Chard Bright Lights
Swiss Chard Gold Sunrise
Swiss Chard Ruby Red
Brussel Sprouts-Jade cross
Cabbage Primero
Carrots-Danvers
Cucumber- Marketmore
Endive- Broadleaf Batavian
Eggplant- Dusky
Eggplant-Fairy Tale
Kale-Nerodi Toscana
Leek-Jolant
Lettuce- Leaf Bonvivant mix
Lettuce-Baby Star
Cantaloupe-Delicious
Onion Candy
Onion Copra
Onion- Redwing
Pepper- Calif Wonder
Radish- white Eiszapfen
Spinach New Zealand
Spinach Space
Spinach Bloomsdale
Squash Summer Medley
Squash- uchiki Kuri
Tomato-brandywine
Turnip- just rite
Basil-Sweet
Cilantro-Leisure
Fennell-Florence
Anchusa-Blue angle
Coleus-Wizard
Convolvulus- Royal Ensign
Malva--Mystic Merlin
Linaria-Fairy Bouquet
Poppy- Calif Ballerina
Sanvitalia-Creeping Zinnia
Sweet pea Knee High
Zinnia- Persian Carpet
Plug Tray
Drip Kit
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