Zucchini planted may 18/12

1 Green (black) sown early
Box of 4 golden
Put black IRT plastic mulch
Fertilized 20-20-20

Update- first harvest of Zucchini End of June 2012


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Concrete repair Material

Pool edge upgrade

tradebank company re grouted the pool flagstone edges

Low 4 called for low 6- May 18/12

Frost on roof

Light frost May 17/12

Thermostat says 3 degrees
Good thing tomatoes pepper eggplant were covered

Soaking (95) green beans

did not sprout- so discarded

Parsnip Update May 15/12

Row from April 6 -no results
Row from April 29 coming up good needs thinning

Red mulch for tomatoes

Lee valley tools sells red plastic mulch
Claims increases yield
Rosemary bright idea dollar store table cloths++
Update- this plastic did not hold up in sunlight- cracked up

Beet fill in May 15.12

Fill in planting of apr 6
With Detroit dark red (11)
And (95) Detroit dark red

May 15 carrot fill in

Carrot autumn king filled in seeding of April 6

Early scarlet globe radish

(95) heavy seeding in aspara bed
did not come up at all

Seeded cabbage may15/12

On cabbage bed
Early Copenhagen market (12)
1/5 row

Filled in Swiss chard seeded march 18/12

Pool 76 F May/15 7pm

Think was 71 this am
Warm day to day 23


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Old squash and melon seeding

In 1204's
Parks foil bitter melon 6pp
Chinese bitter melon 3-4pp (91) 80 days
Spaghetti squash (92) 4-5pp
Early white patty pan )94) 7pp

seed too old, nothing came up

Climbing Hydrangea Foliage May 15/15

Japanese Maple Alberta Spruce May 15/12

Fiddleheads Ferns Unfurled May 15/12

Bergenia Bloom may 15/12

Tree Peony May 12/12

Front Entry May 15/12

redbud in bud, chinese dogwood, onions in gud

euphorbia budding

carpet phlox in bloom

Crimson King Maple May 15/12

Birch Island May 15/12

White Birch & Lilac May 15/12

Great Lawn View

Great lawn View 2

Basket of gold may 12/12

Harp wall re-construction

Started redoing harp retaining wall

18 asstd eggplant planted May 13/12

Under plastic mulch
Use a drop of soap to get peat moss wet

Harp scarlet runner beans May 13/12

7 seeds left

Scarlet runner beans on Pyramid May 13/12

Pyramid
3 beans per hole
Four holes in corner
Four holes between

Pool 67 F May 13/12

Turned on heat and covered
Solar on also

Tomato Planting May 13/12

2 brandywine 17 viva Roma
At bottom end
4 each of Juliet pear and black
Also transplanted basil from Duncan's to ends of rows and by composter

Pepper eggplant planting may 13/12

Pepper orange bell
Pepper SXM red
Pepper red banana
With eggplant between

Portulaca 07 Seeding

2-809's
Also a middle row at harp between old pelleted seed rows
I think some came up

Portulaca 07

2-809's
Also a middle row at harp between old pelleted seed rows

Anchusa 10

1-1204 seeded 10pp
Did not germinate

Petite marigold seeded May 13/12

2-809's 4pp
Yellow (10)

Minette basil Seeded May 13/12

1-809 seeded 16pp sprinkled
(05)

Broccoli fl kale seeded May 13/12

4pp seeded in 809
Broccoli de cicco (08)
Flowering kale (09)