Seeding Strawberry, Redbud, Wild Rose, Helleborus

Took from Fridge 

Redbud seeds from Jan 31. 2021- had boiled some and some were just as is- there were 3 kinds. Opened container and some had germinated but couldn't tell which was which.

Potted the seedlings and also put the packets into pots as well.

Took from Freezer: 

strawberry seed from West Coasts- was in freezer since May 2018

Helleborus seed from Etsy and wild rose seed from FFM since April 2021

Seeded into mushroom trays - on heated pads

seeded about 38 Guelph Millenium asparagus seed in mushroom container

Jan 13- one helleborus is up, one rose is up, strawberries and asparagus have germinated

 

Split some asparagus

 Etsy customer asked about asparagus

dug one clump from original bed

cut into 7 clumps for sale

and left with 4- planted in pot

May 4/18 asparagus starting to sprout -verandah covered in

Covered in vrrandah by only to door
Put lettuce and kale and Pak Choi out to harden off
Harvest a few asparagus
Pool temp 65

May 11/14 Mother's Day tasks

Phillip came to cut
Lawn Friday but started to rain
Came today to do first mowing
For both hand mowers started

Picked another good crop of asparagus
With Alejandra and Raquel seeded a 4 x4 box with spinach (2 rows) Swiss chard carrots beets and 8 Spanish onion plants

Rototill end main garden 3 times
Twice diagonal and once vertical til gas ran out

Should start some castor beams and zucchini cucumbers




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May 4/14 vegetable garden

Early planting of garlic

middle row is smaller

Sugar snap peas starting to come up- planted April 6

Asparagus - just starting- will need to cut a few tomorrow

Onion Sets, planted out April 10

Under the greenhouse
Beets, carrots, green onion,, spinach, swiss chard, sown april 9/14

Fertilized w/8-32-16 April 21/13

Granular from Cardinal
Did all garlics, 2 beds of onion sets, strawberry bed , asparagus


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Spa compost bin

Cut off asparagus
Cleaned up eggplant pepper tomato luff
And out into bin
Also added some grass clippings leaves
Cleaned up some Shasta castor bean sunflowers basil cilantro

Asparagus bugs May 24/12

April 29/12 transplanted volunteer lettuce into asparagus bed

Asparagus shooting April 21/12

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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Transplanted Lettuce to Asparagus bed May 23/11

16 Lettuce to asparagus bed
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Asparagus harvest May 12/11

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Floral 'rang'ment

For the Val (Thony & Sony) wedding
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Asparagus is up

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Asparagus Millenium- overview

Seeded 08
Grew one year in garden
Transplanted to box spring 09
Hopefully can harvest some this year
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March 30/08

March 30/08- snow still on ground, weather cooler than normal, in 07 had done 4 days of fertilizing, this year won’t start til maybe end of this week
Fertilized seedlings with 10-52-10 12.5 ml(1/2 of the iron measuring cup) in 1.89 litres water
Onions are up, with second trimming, asparagus starting, basil, rapini, broccolis, are up big, peppers/eggplants just starting to poke through
Sowed rest of Allysum Saxatile in mushroom bos
Sowed in mushroom box 6 rows of tomatoes, 1 row each of red and yellow pear, 1.25 rows of sweet million and 2.5 rows of brandywine

Mar 2/08 -10C lots of snow

Mar 2/08 -10C lots of snow
Seeded Asparagus Millenium Hybrid in mushroom box, 33 seeds
Seeded Onion copra, Onion Super star, onion redwing, onion candy,
Seeded Leek Autumn Giant 1/ pkg
mushroom box, under plastic greenhouse tray cover.

Fertilized with 10-52-10 1 portulacaria, rosemary, aloe, figs, pepper, cactus-star fruit, philodendron, dieffenbachia, hoya, schefflera
Penguin arrowhead seems to have dried out.