Thursday, November 17, 2011

Soft neck vs hardneck

More upright growth

Cacti bloom

Monday, November 14, 2011

Leaf Bin

How low will it B by spring?
Or next week?

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Sun nov 13/11 Tasks done

Cut lawn
Gathered lvs into t-stkes and green netting
Cut down asparagus
Cleaned up some miscamthus
T staked. Driveway
T staked new. Cedars at silver maple row.
T staked new front plantings- red buds, spirea
Spreadand leveled propane line trench
Softneck garlics R quite tall
Hardnecks spread out more

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Butternut and Hubbard Squash Harvest

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Frosted Squash

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Frost 2 degree

Furnace outside temp says 2 degrees. (At back of house)
Weather network says 6
Ice formed on water sitting in this lid
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Monday, October 3, 2011

Pepper-7 seeds

Orange Banana
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Pepper 6 seeds

Bell
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Pepper Seed saving Orange bell

Orange Bell
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Pepper seed saving 4

Red 5 seeds
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Pepper-3

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Pepper seed 2

Orange banana
Lots of seed
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Saving Pepper seed-1

Red Tapered Banana
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Seeded by Junipers

Seeded grass along Pool junipers. Had cut them back earlier this spring. Also threw seed in bare patch where the juniper branches sat and killed grass.
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Slit seeding

Under Ivory Silk Lilac used edger to make slits. Threw grass seed. Threw grass seed over bares spots. Some spots put slits in.
Seed that was thrown a few weeks ago seems to be germinating in some areas.
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Pachysandra

Transplanted 3 squares of Pachysandra from front walkway to under Kitchen window. Had transplanted a hlf dozen in the spring.
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Snake Path seeding

Put seed in slits along this drip path
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Transplanted White Cedar

Seedling cedars germinated in winter bouquet pot. During spring couldn't tell what they were.
Put 2-3 seedlings into each 4" pot. Total 14 pots - about 30 plants total.
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Garlic Beds

Scattered grass seed in between garlic beds. Rained after.
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Annabelle Hydrangea

Rooted from winter greens bouquet. Grew all summer in pot.
Planted under Ivory Silk Lilac
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Juniper Virginiana

Transplanted juniper from by antenna to silver Maple line
Near volunteer mulberry from vege gdn
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Red Rose Mallow

Moved volunteer red Hibiscus from front bed. Planted into blank spot near east side of badminton court and white pine.
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Gold Moneywort

Pulled some moneywort from along walk. Threw into centre Birch bed and covered with soil. Maybe will root?
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Redbuds planted

Transplanted three redbuds from front garden to front lawn
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Transplant Spirea to Sand Cherry

Dug spirea from front near Nootka. Planted under Purple Sand Cherry.
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Hibiscus

Transplanted volunteer Hibiscus from Hydro meter bed to front of roadside tree row.

Also transplanted Forsythia from elderberry bed to same area.

Also transplanted a couple clumps of daylily.
Trnansplanted dogwood alternifolia- but very few roots- ¤ay not survive.
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Pussy willow

Stuck some pussy willow along roadside. Put peatmoss in half cereal boxes
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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Fall mum Homegrown

Good show on fall mum that survived the winter. in Harp Bed.
Four o'clocks growing near by
Pinched back once in May or June
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Monday, September 26, 2011

Garlic fert

1.5 liter container of 8-32-16 fert per 16 by 4 ft bed
Covered to keep squirrels and cats out
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

East row

Nearest pool
22 rows of 7
7by7
Smallest cloves from tiny cloves
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East side far row- Garlic planting fall/11

17 rows of 7 per row
7by7 spac
Medium sized cloves
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West side

Seond bed
Large size cloves
16 rows of 7
7by 7
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Long West row

Last 8 rows
7by7
Very small Sm
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4 lrge Hardneck garlic

By contrast to 4 sofneck giving about 25 cloves each
The hardnecks
8 jumbo
9 large
5 medium
5 small/thin
Total 27 cloves = 6-7 cloves per each
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Large elephant garlic

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15 elephant garlic

1 looks soft- no good?
Planting west row
At 7 per row with rows about 7 inches apart= abou 7 by 7 spacing
Starting at pool
1 row tiny soft necks 7
4 rows large soft neck
2 rows of elephant garlic
5 rows of medium softneck 35
2 Spacer rows of hardnecks very small
3 rows of 7 small softneck
1 row of 6 softneck + 1 lrge elephant
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4 giant calif softneck

Garlic
Broken up = 4 sizes
Large- 30
Medium- 34
Small -27
Tiny - 7
Discard_ rotting about 6
Total 99
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Monday, September 19, 2011

Volunteer mulberry

From vege garden
Transplanted to end of row of silver maples.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Oak for Spruce

Trimmed blue spruce back.
Planted oak? + 2 euonymus
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Allium bulbs planted

Planted Allium bulbs
2 in evening primrose by maple stump (pictured here)
2 by Mailbox at road
In centre birch island
In elderberry bed
Under living room window
Near annex walkway
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Seedling Yew

Believed to be a Hicks Yew
Planted 1 gal potted yew at corner of deck
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2 Ash planted

Cut down poor maple at bck of master bedrom. Planted 2 4" potted ash.
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Friday, September 16, 2011

Frost on Roof

Outside temp (from heat pump thermostst 4.5 C
Was that at 630
Still that at 744 am sun is well up
Put bonsais under verandah
Left out newly potted scheffleras

Used hose to put water on tomatoes, squash, pepper, eggplant, Stevia, and scheFfleras

Will check later
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Preparing Garlic Bed

About 6 4ftby8ft equivalents
Dug, rototilled, add compost
Last year planted early to mid Oct with chinese planted Nov 7
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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Hubbard Squash

First large one harvested
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Tall box empty and fill

Emptied most of tall box to fill new boxes
Can use as place to put old squash tomato vines etc
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second Box construction sept 6/11

3rd 4 by 8 ft box in top end of the garlic in the ground bed
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New garden boxes Sept 6/11

8 pieces 2 by8 by 8 ft long
Moved 2 ft by 4 ft cold frame
Built 2 4 ft b y 8 ft section in this years garlic bed
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

New fall seeding Aug 31/11

2 rows bloomsdale spinach
1 row lettuce Parris island
1 row lettuce bon vivant mixed with Selway
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