June 8th monday 2026

 

🌱  Garden Log 

Main Fraime- dug the planting strip- added manure

Cucumbers & Companions

• Cucumber varieties planted seedlings:
  • 1 × Armenian
  • Marketmore
  • Silver Slicer (white)
• Spacing: Burpless type planted 3 seeds per 3 holes (3‑seeds × 3 holes).
• Companion plants added between cucumbers:
  • Spanish white onion seedlings (from the other bed)
  • Sweet Alyssum purple
  • 3-4 Sweet Basil 

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Squash & Radish- Far Bed and A frame

• Radish in squash area:
  “Daikon radish in squash” → Radish seeds interplanted in the squash section.

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Purple Beans

• Two sections planted
• Total seeds: ~15 per section
• Sseed spacing: 5–6 inches apart
• Left one section empty to plant again in 3 weeks (succession planting)
• will plant 3rd section (east side) in 3-4 weeks
• Interplanted with Early Wonder Beets

• Lettuce & Radish Section

  • Third section planted with:
    • Grand Rapids lettuce
    • Red radishes

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• • Found gypsy moth caterpillar in the pre bonsai bed on Amur Maple

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 Curry tree

• Dug large curry tree into near 4x8 bed along with 3 seedlings from September which were put into 6" post
• Also dug in Carolina REaper, Purple Naga- a bit o f green, + 2 other peppers that overwintered.
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• POTATOes- add more manure/wood chip mix to cover seed pototoes- about 5 inche 
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June 7, 2026 A frame for Squash Gourds

 Jackie planted at walnut stump small glober watermelon. at last year's sunflower bed- sunflowers -2 rows in  centre and 1 row either side with Zinnia elegans. also planted ranunculus bulbs

ALso planted Curry Plant- Curry plant (Helichrysum italicum) is an aromatic perennial (USDA Zones 8-11) herb with silver-grey needle-shaped leaves that emit a heady curry scent. The plant grows 60-90 cm tall and approximately 50 cm wide and rewards you in summer with yellow flowers that contrast beautifully against the silver foliage.

Camping beds- erected a frame for squash and gourds- held together with zip ties and wood screws

about 16 ft long. posts 4 ft apart. so on one side 5 posts. Tomato were planted there last year on 24" centres. So each post is in between 2 tomato holes.
Jackie had bought a Cocozma -(OPA UPO) large- with 2 seedlings.
I had 2 boxes of Opa upo seedlings
a box of chinese bitter melon a box of Luffa
and a box of Trombocino

Added some Trombcino seeds about 4pp, in about 4 spots.

Added 2 purple allysum - pollinator, predator attacting flowers

Have to add some daikon seed

Down the midle of the poly- planted 4 pp seeds of  Hubbard Orange Squash and Acorn Squash- about 4-5 holes each. At the far end- plant 3pp grey Zucchini- 3 spots.

On the south side planted about 4-5 basil and 1 red shiso.

Plants got a dollop of 10-52-10 water soluble, some chicken manure pellets

Potatoes- filled the 4 bags with 4-5 inches fo manure/wood chips and some soil. Marco/Jackie put 4 potato chunks in each.

Have to fill 5-6 inches more

May 31 week

 Sunday, got tomato bed ready- planted tomatoes 3 .=5 rows

Jackie planted Dahlia, gladiolus, rosemary and sage

Monday planted balance of tomatoes, sweet pepper and hot peppers in big bed

Monday planted pink banana squash, pie pumpkin, assorted zuchini- seeded butternut squash

WEDNESDAY

Thursday seeded Soy jade- half bed each

Cover eggplant with William Dam row cover- used 10 3lectrical conduit as frames

added one yellow sticky board- (june 8th added 3 more as found flea beetles stuck on yellow stickies)

Thursday bought chicken manure, blood meal, 10-52-10 from satelite garden centre

Bought pool rope

Friday

Plant 4 Roma from Satelite Garden Centre in empty tomato spots

Bt'd garlic cabbage 

Friday - planted hot peppers in camp bed

Planted basil between, add chicken fert, and mulch

MAY 24 WEEK 2026

 May 25 monday - planted carrots and beets, transplanted lettuce

Kuroda Carrots Baby Finger carrots

Red Ace Beets and Golden Beets

May 28 2026 applied nematodes

 Bought 10 Million nematodes from NIC Natural Insect Control -rec;d a few weeks ago, kept in fridge. treats 500 sq ft of garden 0r 16 4x8 ft beds

Wrung out sponge into 16 litres of water. add one litre of nematode concetrate into 7 litre watering can, sprinkled on each bed. Beds were watereed last night and again this morning. and then watered right avter and latler in the afternoon. Insturctions say to water ofr 3-4 days.

Planted Eggplant 2 4x8 beds 

bed one 2 rows of 4 ( iinluding 1 Black Beauty bought in 4" pot earlier this year

Bed two 2 rows of t- Seedlings- Casper, Ping Tung, Green Thai

had 16 1204 from Green MountaiN Gardens\$32.99 for flat of 12 (petunia, allysum, marigolds

May 25

Seeded Carrots Kuroda Carrot Baby Finger

Seeded Red Ace Beets and Golden Beets

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 transplanted lettuce from various beds to the cabbage and lettuce/carrot beet bed.

Mandevilla Planted at base

 Mandevilla plant- $15.99 had 2 cuttings- so split into 2

planted at base of pine and base of viburnum

Split Pomegranate plants from spider plant pot- 4 plants total- still only 6" tall

Monday May 18, Victoria Day Took Down Verandah Poly

 

Put night blooming cactus on table near ramp

put spider and wandering dudes at fence

Put ports by gobo stand

brought veggies out on May 18 to bask in the sun

Put small jade plants by sink, large jade under mulberry

Large aloe over by entry fence

mother of thousands on bird bath table near weeping cargana

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Sunday Monday Tuesday- really warm temperatures- high 20's

Warmed up pool and had people over for a pool party

Sunday May 17- planted 49 Spanish Onion Sets under landscape fabric

Transplanted a row of round Radicchio - Chicory

squash seeds and seeding 2026

 planting Jumbo pink Banana fresh seed- can save seed - only maxima this year

Zucchini, sugar pumpkin, acorn can cross - don't save seed

trombocino- and  butternut- don't save seed this year- check on trombochino if tree

planted red cabbage and red lettuce plants

 bought 2 4" pots of red cabbage and red lettuce from Cayuga Home Hardware this monday $3.95 each

had 3-4 plants per pot

Split the pots and planted separately 3 cabbage 4 lettuce plants.

cabbbage says treated with bio insecticide

Pink Wisteria rooting trial

 April 28, 2026

Pink wisteria cut a number of stems from top of the vine

Last yea

rs wood and year before

soaked in water+ rooting hormone for several days then stuck into the sand and peat bed

april 20, 2026 Verandah Poly put up

 put up the verandah veranda poly today.

April 21, 22- brought up plants from downstaris- some mealy bugs on jade, ports,

April 10 2026 Tomato Seeding

 tomato seeding

	GROW26		Variety		lastGrow	type		Source	days to Harvest	crop
1	c	c1	Chocolate Pear			Indeterminate	Cherry	AntjeKiebert26
2	c	c2	Purple Rain ??			Indeterminate	Cherry	ShannonMcNulty26
3	C	C 3	Rebel Alliance			Indeterminate	Cherry	SherryLynn26
4	C	C 4	Red Currant			Indeterminate	Cherry	AngelaMiller25
5	D1	D15	Dwarf Bravado			Dwf Indeterminate	?	SherryLynn26
6	D	D6	Dwarf Chocolate Heartthrob			Dwf Indeterminate	Slicing	ShannonMcNulty26
7	D	D7	Dwarf Dipper’s Delight			Dwf Determinate	Beefsteak	SherryLynn26
8	D	D8	Dwarf Golden Gypsy			Dwf Indeterminate	Slicing	ShannonMcNulty26
9	D	D9	Dwarf Grandpa's Heart			Dwf Determinate	Cocktail	SherryLynn26
10	D	D10	Dwarf Grandpa's Heart			Dwf Indeterminate	Beefsteak	ShannonMcNulty26
11	D	D11	Dwarf Mano			Dwf Indeterminate	Slicing	ShannonMcNulty26
12	D	D12	Dwarf Pennylane			Dwf Determinate	Cocktail	SherryLynn26
13	D	D13	Dwarf RSF Bravado			Dwf Indeterminate	Slicing	ShannonMcNulty26
14	D	D14	Gold Dust			Determinate	Slicing	ShannonMcNulty26
15	D	D15	Marglobe			Determinate	Slicing	AliekaSpencer25
16	D	D16	Star fire	x	d25	Determinate	Slicing	AngelZou23
17	E	E17	Cherokee Purple		25	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	MichelleHarper25
18	E	E18	Katja		24	Determinate	Beefsteak	AngelZou23
19	E	E19	Paul Robeson			Indeterminate	Beefsteak	TanaPender26
20	E	E20	Stupice			Indeterminate	Slicing	AntjeKiebert26
21	E	E21	Taxi		23	Determinate	Slicing	AnneliesEllerman23
22	E	E22	Uralskiy Ranniy	x	d25	Determinate	Slicing	AngelZou23
23	MD	MD23	Banana Toes	x	m25	Determinate	Paste	AngelZou23
24	MD	MD24	Baxters bush cherry	x	m25	Determinate	Cherry	MattDavis23		23
25	MD	MD25	Cherry Tom Gold			Micro	Cherry	ShannonMcNulty26
26	MD	MD26	Chocolate Rm Surprise			Micro	Cherry	ShannonMcNulty26
27	MD	MD27	Hardins Minature			Micro	Cherry	ShannonMcNulty26
28	MD	MD28	Purple Boy MD			Micro	Cherry	AngelaMiller25
29	MD	MD29	Tiny Tim Pink			Micro	Cherry	ShannonMcNulty26
30	T	T30	1884			Indeterminate	Beefsteak	MaryEliason25
31	T	T31	Amish Paste	x	25	Indeterminate	Paste	MichelleHarper25
32	T	T32	Andy's Buckflats Wonder	x	24	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	PEI
33	T	T33	Antho Beef			Indeterminate	Slicing	ShannonMcNulty26
34	T	T34	Big Rainbow Tomato	x		Indeterminate	Beefsteak	AliekaSpencer25		23
35	T	T35	Big Zac	x		Indeterminate	Beefsteak	MaryEliason25
36	T	T36	Boobie/Bobbie	x		Indeterminate	Beefsteak	MaryEliason25
37	T	T37	BrandyWine	x	24	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	Dam
38	T	T38	Dr Wyche	x	23	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	SamuelleSamoumou23
39	T	T39	German Pink		25	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	MichelleHarper25
40	T	T40	Goliath			Indeterminate	Beefsteak	TanaPender26
41	T	T41	Mortgage Lifter	x		Indeterminate	Beefsteak	MaryEliason25
42	T	T42	Rebel Starfighter Kaleigh Anne			Indeterminate	Cocktail	SherryLynn26
43	T	T43	Rebel Starfighter Kaleigh Anne Pink			Indeterminate	Cocktail	SherryLynn26
44	T	T44	Rebel Starfighter Prime			Indeterminate	Beefsteak	SherryLynn26
45	T	T45	Rebel Starfighter VT-16			Indeterminate	Beefsteak	SherryLynn26
46	T	T46	San Marzano		25	Indeterminate	Paste	SatelliteGC25
47	T	T47	Sicilian Saucer	x	23	Indeterminate	Beefsteak	William Dam
48	T	T48	Thessaloniki			Semi-Determinate	Slicing	TanaPender26
49	T	T49	Umpqua Beauty			Indeterminate	Slicing	TanaPender26

 

 

E1		Casper		AP9
E2		Petch Siam		AP9
E3		Ping Tung		AP9
E3		Ping Tung		AP9
E4		Thai Long Green		AP9