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.