Seeding March 22, 2020

in bed next to the Asparagus1 bed

had pepper last year

Loosed soil with fork, add soil from gobo bed and sweet potato bed (approx 1-2")

from Asparagus going west

3 rows of Rapini 2012

1 row WestCoast19 Beet BLend

1 row of MarksChoice19 Lollo Rossa Lettuce

1 row of Dam18 Early Wonder Beets

1 row Dam19 Spinach Speedy

1 row Dam19 Carrot Bolero

1 row WestCoast18 Merlot Lettuce

1 row Dam19 Swiss Chard Bright Lights

1 row Dam19 Lettuce Cimmaron and Lettuce Edox

seeded Dam20 Cherry Belle Radish between rows

Seeding April 21/19

from western end - 1 row each

WestCoast18 Lettuce Merlot Loose Leaf (purple) 400 seeds  per pack

dam19 Bright Lights Swiss Chard + OSC18 Bright Lights

Dam18 Carrots Mokum Hybrid

Dam19 Lettuce Cimmaron (reddish Romaine) 1400 seeds per packet

WestCoast19 Carrot Danvers

OSC17 PakChoi Mei Qing Choi Hybrid

WestCoast19 Beet Blend

Dam18 Spinach Bloomsdale Dark Green

Dam18 Beet Early Wonder

Dam19 Lettuce Edox MI red hybrid with only 100 seeds vs 400 or 1400 seeds

Emanuele17 Lettuce Mervagilia Delle 4 Stagioni

Radish between

Dam18 Radish Easter Egg mix 200-250 seeds

WestCoast19 Radish Cherriette 100 seeds

Tall bed

2rows of gobo (burdock root) seeds from japan 2 varieties
Planted about 25-28 seeds per row thin to 4" apart with rows 28" (70cm) apart

Added row of lettuce Emanuele Larosa17 Meraviglia Delle 4 Stagioni lettuce (Wonder of the 4 Seasons)
3 rows spinach bloomsdale Dam18
1 row carrots Mokum hybrid Dam18
A few Easter egg radish Dam18

Carrots spinach lettuce

Two rows McKenzie16 carrot scarlet Nantes
Two rows OSC17 spinach bloomsdale
1 row Dam13 lettuce red sails

New seeding July 19 Mixed beets, carrots

From garlic bed emptied
Added wheelbarrow black loam
Seeded
Beets aimer16
Spinach dam14 - was too old very few came up
Radish 2016
Carrot Mckenzie16
Rutabaga Dam14
Lettuce dam13
Rapini from in garden- spring plants gone to seed

Harp planting

A Few seeds were left from the California poppy pack- seeded 3 rows near the rhubarb at the harp

PLANTED  3 Cherry Tomatoes

Sungold
Sweet Gold 1/2 oz golden yellow sweet flavour
Sugar Rush indeterminate very productive

also one Brandywine from an ice cream carton- planted at north end of harp

Had bought some seed tape Carrots

Red Cored Chantenay McKenzie16 from homeDepot

contains 50 ft of seed tape

Also seeded Beet Early Wonder Dam15 in alternate rows

as well as some Cherry Belle Radish between

put a few inches of black soil in bed as well 

Another bed seeded may 17/16

Seeded another bed

Lettuce half row Red Sails Dam13

Lettuce half row Dam13 Dixter- (Red Romaine)

Carrot half row Berlicummer Dam15

Carrot half row Rainbow hybrid Dam16

Beet Touchstone Gold Dam16

Beet Early Wonder Dam15

Coriander- cilantro OSC13 half row

half row Broad leaf Batavian Endive OSC13

half row American Seed15 Turnip Purple Top White Globe

half row Tiller Radish

Swiss Chard Ruby Red Dam13

may put red radish in between rows

Sugar snaps April 16/2016

Seeded Sugar Snap Peas- a climbing variety OSC16

Where climbing beans grew last year

Also seeded carrots beets lettuce arugula spinach and Swiss chard

Seeded garden

With beets Dam15 Early Wonder
spinach space Dam14
lettuce Dam13 Dixter- (Red Romaine)
lettuce Red Sails Dam13
carrots American15 Chantenay
Rapini 2012 and also in a second bed

radish GardenCorner12 Red Belle in between

weeded some garlic beds and spread shredded paper

Civic holiday Monday seeding

Sowing in bed next to asparagus
Starting at row furthest away
Lettuce Bon vivant dam13
Endive large Batavian OSC13
Broccoli garden corner14 -sowed some last month nothing came up
Beets early wonder dam14 2 rows
Carrots berlicummer dam13
Red bok choi Moulin rouge dam 14 - having a hard time to get this to germinate
Tillage radish dam13 one row and the 3 rows next to the asparagus where it is quite shady

August 10/14 applied Garden fertilizer 8-24-16

June 30/14 planted

Short cross ways rows in bed with potatoes
Dam14 rutabaga laurentian
Garden corner 14 rutabaga laurentian gold
Dan14 moulin rouge bok choy
Garden corner 14 broccoli green sprouting - four spots
Dam13 carrot berlicummer
Seeded in between rows with tillage radish dam14

May 25/14 seeding

Seeded 9 rows

row 1- half Red Romaine lettuce, half red sails lettuce  both dAM14

row 2 gold swiss chard dam14

row 3 red russian kale Dan14

row 4 half scarlet Nantes, Half Dam Berlicummer

Row 5 Collected Rapini Only 3 plants came up

row 6 Arugula Dragons' tongue dam 14

row 7 choi sum- moulin roughe hybrid dam14

row 8 spinach space hybrid

row 9 beets detroit dark red

July 6, 2014
Arugula never came up
Bok choy only 3 plants came lup

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

April 9/14 evening

Warmish day
Bed row one first one at back
Last year potatoes
South to north
Row Beets Detroit dark red (garden corner 12)
Green onion (12) collected
Row 3 half carrot scarlet Nantes (garden corner 12)
Half row carrot berlicummer dam 13
Row 4&6 spinach space dam 13- about 76 seeds per row
Row 5 Swiss chard eldorado gold dam 14 -40 seeds
Covered with peat moss
Plan to put greenhouse over for a while

Harp planting July 21/13 Carrots lettuce

Carrot Berliummer dam13)
Carrot Breton (12) lunga San Valero
Carrot garden corner (13) scarlet Nantes
With lettuce Paris island between Dam (10)

Seeded in sugar snap bed

Rutabaga (10)
Green onion (12)
Carrot
Lettuce parris island dam (10) romaine
Lettuce bon vivant mix (13)
Chinese cabbage (?)
Carrot OSC (13) rainbow
Carrot dam (13) berlicummer
Cabbage corner (12) early Copenhagen

Carrots beets seeded beside soybeans

Plus radish
Carrots OSC (13) rainbow
Carrots Dam (13) Berlicummet
Carrot Corner (13) red Danvers


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Started to dig garlic today and other harvests this week july 11/13

Greg is here
Digging garlic today
small cloves planted by the end of august reached acceptable harvest size
small cloves planted a month later in September did not reach acceptable harvest size- at least not yet
Large cloves planted as late as October 8 still reached large harvest size

Last weekend, first Zuchini squash harvested, first cucumber this week
green beans just started on friday
Beets and carrots mid harvest of first plantings
 new zealand spinach first cutting last sabbath or maybe 2 sabbaths ago

June 30/12 carrots beets

3 close rows of beets Detroit dark red (dollar13)
Row OSC (13) Carrot rainbow blend
Row berton (12) carrot lunga San valerio
Row dam (13) Beets taunus
Row dam (13) carrot berlicummer

Seeded white radish and beets

Into tall box opposit parsnips
Rainbow carrots and