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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