Monday, October 15, 2007

2007 Garden Log

2007 Garden Log   Monday Jul 28, 2008

Feb 17- 2014- some entries deleted - as moved to blogg
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Apr 14 transplanted 1204 full of eggplant and pepper
April 14? Planted about 30 spanish onion sets

April 22/07 transplanted 1204 full of pepper, eggplant
Stuck pussy willow by new house
Seeded spinach? into bee box
April 29/07 transplanted 1204 of petunia, parsley, assorted eggplant and pepper (stragglers)
April 29 planted lettuce into future pepper/tomato box
April 29 planted onions, super white, candy, copra, red, leek into box one. One row of multiplier

May 6/07
Planted rest of onions behind house near a/c
Planted sprouts along wall
Planted kale and red cabbage in box under locust, with leeks between
Planted rest of leeks in triangle bed at end of locust box
Seeded Indian corn at lawn corner, in telephone bed, by road, by shed
Seeded in box 1 row white radish, 1.5 rows danver carrots, 2 rows space spinach, finished off health kick salad mix ½ row, .5 row red swiss chard, 1 row bon vivant lettuce, 4 rows rainbow chard.
Seeded sunflowers
Seeded 2005 castor beans in telephone bed, side of shed, goutweed island
Seeded by scattering sunflowers along forest edge, under mulberry, front garden, by shed,
Cut lawn for first time today.

Mothers day with Okimi side
Victoria day weekend planted eggplant, tomatoes, peppers
Seeded swiss chard,

June 7/07 seeded squash, cukes,
June 10 planted cukes, squash, cantaloupe, pumpkin in squash rows.
Planted rest of cayenne and ornamental pepper in rose bed
Planted basils near ramp
June 25TH Seeded more swiss chard,in between original row, endive, beets, NZ spinach, a few collards , Kentucky wonder and yellow climbing beans, a few cherry tomatoes
Put up bean and cuke netting
Planted 6 per pot of cherry tomatoes in large patio pots
Planted rest of butternut squash in main garden and by tv antenna
Put slats on hammock arbour, put lattice by chimney deck

July 15th seeded green onion in bee box
Stuck cuttings for 3 types willow, Carolina poplar
Onions at back of house – not enough light, but cabbages, sprouts, seem to do well there.
July 29/07 dug garlic- kept 40-50 of biggest cloves as seed stock. Some pink ones as well.
weeded garden, one big pumpking starting, acorn squash starting
Rabbits are eating beans. Picked zucchini,
Cuttings are starting to root
NZSpinach ready soon, 1st eggplant, peppers doing well in raised box

Aug 1/07 seeded to beeboxes with Prizehead Lettuce (red leaf)- is it too late? Or too hot
Transplanted miscanthus from front bed to along fence- very few roots,was it too shady or too dry?
Today’s spectator say this spring may, june, july rainfall was only 40% of normal

Sunday Sept 16/07 light frost this 630 am watered pepper tomato squash, doesn’t appear to be too much damage
Car rally day, day was cool
Swimming pool found leak by heater, heater not working
planted garlic along fence, also 2-3 medium cloves into center birch bed.
prizehead lettuce growing well –have harvested as leaf lettuce
got great red pepper, eggplant
tomatoes and cucumbers have started to stop producing
last week and a half been getting a lot of tomatoes from dave mcburney, including some yellow  brandywine and eggplant
Garlic plant in next bed to west, where onions were this year.
Next year
Tomatoes plant an early variety so we can have some before daves start
Zucchini might do better in holes dug deeply, same as squash better in old deep holes than in shallow new holes.



Sunday, April 15, 2007

Apri 14/-15/07 Onions Planted Seedling Transplanted

Apr 14 transplanted 1204 full of eggplant and pepper
April 15 Planted about 30 spanish onion sets

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 must have done some trimming



Sunday, April 8, 2007

April 8/07 got cold with snow

April 8/07 snowed, thurs, fri, sat, sun, flurries very cold
Put hardening off plants into garage because of cold
Transplanted tomatoes, petunias to 1204 1 tray total
Fert all with 20-20-20

Monday, April 2, 2007

April 2/07 Hardening off by putting outside

April 2/07 put onions, cabbage, kale, sprouts, hibiscus plants out under verandah to harden off

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

March 28/07 Worked outside Lawn Bee boxes

Wed March 28/07 threw some grass seed at front lawn by road, both sides, about 1/3 of area
Bee boxes, sowed swiss chard and lettuce one box each

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Sunday, March 25, 2007

March 25/07 transplanting, sowing, progress

March 25/07
Transplanted 0809 of rosemary, flavour pepper and basil into 4 inch pots. Also 1 red cabbage and one kale into 4”pot. Transplanted 2 small lettuce into empty cabbage and kale 809.

Sowed linaria, 2 zinnias, into one 809, morning glory, -cleome into 1204

200 tray Petunias are up, tomatoes, basil, one cayenne pepper is up
trimmed onions

Sunday, March 11, 2007

March 11/07 sowing and transplanting

March 11/07
Replanted the Kale, Red Cabbage and Sprouts to  8 boxes of 809 (1 Tray total)
Including the 2 by 1204 transplanted last week. Ended up with about 2-809 of each plus 2-809’s of mixed

Sow in 200 seedling tray 10 per row
3- Asian mixed eggplant from California
3 –california wonder pepper from 2006 Wm Dam
3- dusky eggplant 2007 wm Dam
2- rows 2007 pick a pepper
1- row-Planted Brandywine tomato- 2006 Wm Dam
2-rows Cayenne pepper from 2005 seed -2 seeds per square
½ row each of dwf ornamental &  firecracker pepper from 2005 seed -2 seeds per square
3 pots of volunteer sweet million tomato 2 pp
7 pots of Renee’s mixed red &  yellow pear mini tomato from California
2 rows of blue petunia
second row got large leaf basil seeded on top, tried to remove some
last 2 rows planted, ½ row each, rosemary, Italian &  curly parsley, and small leaf basil
 seeded rosemary, parsley 2 kinds, basil 2 kinds in yellow herb planter- set on kitchen window sill

seeded. Lettuce 5 1204/809 romain and buttercrunch
Seeded basil in 1204

Sunday, March 4, 2007

March 4/07 seeding Onions, More

March 4/07 seeded
Copra Onion
Superstar
Redwing
Candy Onion
Jolant Leek
Grass Plant -1 Seedling is just starting
Lupins? Are they really Lupins?

Seeded 1204 of large leaf basil
Transplanted to 1204 kale, red cabbage


Up-potted schefflera

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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Feb 25/07 fert all with 10-52-10 about 1 gallon total

Feb 25/07
fertilized all seedlings with 10-52-10 about 1 gallon total
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Sunday, January 7, 2007

seed order planning for 2007


Gerry Okimi
Jan 7/07


item # WillDam
buy Bean-Neckargold 66 pkt 2.45 Harp
buy Bean-kentucky Climb A70 40g pkt 1.65 gdn
buy Swiss Chard Bright Lights 93 2@1.95
3.90 gdn
buy Eggplant- Dusky A223 pkt 1.95 gdn
buy Leek-Jolant 226 pkt 1.95 gdn
buy Onion Candy 272 pkt 1.95 gdn
buy Onion Copra 227 pkt 1.85 gdn
buy Onion- Redwing A276 pkt 1.95 gdn
buy Pepper-Pick a Pepper Mix 320 pkt 3.25 gdn
buy Onion Super Star(white 273 pkt 1.95 gdn
buy Spinach New Zealand 359 pkt 1.65 gdn
buy Marigold lemon Gem 1669 pkt 1.65
buy Petunia Storm Blue 1886 pkt 2.25
buy IRT Mulch 50ft 5023 11.50
buy
Subtotal 39.90
S& h 6.95
Total 46.85
Taxes 6.56
Grand Total 53.41

have 1/2 pkt Swiss Chard Ruby Red pkt gdn
have Brussel Sprouts-Jade cross 108 pkt 2.45 gdn
have Cabbage Primero 131 part pkt 2.25 gdn
have Carrots-Danvers 163 1/2 pkt 1.60 gdn
have Cucumber- Marketmore 206 1/2 pkt 1.60 gdn
have Endive- Broadleaf Batavian 215 pkt 1.60 gdn
Lettuce Buttercrunche 2006 kt
have Eggplant-Asian Trio Calif pkt gdn
have Kale-Nerodi Toscana 98 part pkt 1.65 gdn
have Lettuce- Leaf Bonvivant mix 247 1/2 pkt 1.65 hives
have Cantaloupe-Delicious 256 1/2 pkt 1.65 gdn
25 seeds Pepper- Calif Wonder 320 1/2 pkt 1.65 gdn
Radish- white Eiszapfen 346 pkt 1.65 gdn
Radish white Icicle 2005 1/2 pkt  
Spinach Space 352 pkt 1.75 gdn
have Squash Summer Medley a382 pkt 1.95 gdn
have Tomato-brandywine B377 part pkt 1.75 gdn
Turnip- just rite 388 pkt 1.75 gdn
Tomato-Heirloom Mini Calif pkt
Pumpkin- Jack o Lantern 2006 1/2 pkt
Squash Summer Medley a382 1/2 pkt 1.95 gdn
Collards 2005 pkt
Pepper- Cayenne 2005 saved
Pepper- Firecracker 2005 saved
Pepper- Ornamental 2005 saved
Rosemary- French Calif
Basil-Sweet 411 pkt 1.60 pots
Cilantro-Leisure 429 pkt 1.60 gdn
Parsley-Italian 2006 part pkt
Kale- Walking Stick 2005
Sweet Pea-old spice mix 2885 2885
Convolvulus- Royal Ensign-1509 2006 saved
Linaria-Fairy Bouquet-1575 2006 saved
Tomato- Sweet Million Volunteer 2006 saved
Sanvitalia-Creeping Zinnia 2010 2006 saved
Zinnia- Persian Carpet-2235 2006 saved
Cleome 2005 saved
HollyHock 2006 pkt
Rose Mallow 2005 saved

French Rosemary Calif
Basil-Sweet 411 pkt 1.60 pots
have
Calif

Dieffenbachia Air layering Jan 7/07

Dieffenbachia recut offset one in kitchen, cut one by the front door.




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January 7/07 Seed order and seeding done

Jan 7/07 Planned seed order,
Figs are starting to leaf, and fruit showing, brought inside in November
Ready to start seeding
Seeded Purple Millet in papermache
Seeded Lupins 10pp in 809- march 24- these are rose of sharon’s
Seeded West Indian Flavor Pepper (not hot) 4pp in 3 cells of 809
Seeded Rosemary-French 6pp in 3 cells of 809
Seeded Minette Basil 6pp in 3 cells of 809
Seeded Red Cabbage 4pp in 809
Seeded Kale-Nero di Toscana 5pp in 809
Seeded Sprouts 2pp in 809
Seeded collards 4pp in 809
Seeded rose mallow 8pp in 809


Dieffenbachia recut offset one in kitchen, cut one by the front door.
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