May 22-23/06

May 22/06
Temperature cool, cloudy, no wind
applied wet tk fertilizer to trees along road, bush and by railway
planted a corkscrew willow by cedars along 3rd line
Seeded patio pots 7 with strawberry popcorn,
Seeded 2 patio pots with willows growing,Seeded 1- white square planter
morning glory at 6 and 12 o’clock, Sanvitalia-Creeping Zinnia & Zinnia-Persian carpet one either sider
transplanted boxwood (2) and 5 spruce from 3 & 4” pots to 1-2 gallon pots
Fertilized vege garden with sustane 4-2-4

John came to weed spray lawn, just started to spit an hour after.
Behind house, rototilled from A/C to corner, and under verandah corner
Seeded castor bean, black sunflower, Fennel, California poppy, Malva
Planted 1 castor bean, and 4 pots malva
Used sod from 24by30 to raise bed edge
Added some corn
Seeded sunflower under verandah where doesn’t rain, seeded Parsley at edge

Planted sweet pepper, hot pepper, tomato and eggplant in vege box #4
Planted pepper, eggplant, tomato in row 3
Planted hot peppers in row 2

Set 24by 30 sidewalk slabs over drain pipe

Hydro is out, went to darrels for supper
Low of 3 degrees overnight. Covered pepper, tomato, eggplant. Frost next morning
May 23, low of 42, covered plants again. No frost, but the one last night nipped some peppers and eggplants
Covered couple of tomatoes with beebox hot house

Bought 4 boxes pepper, 2 red bell, one yellow bell, one red pimento

April 29/30/2006

April 29 s
Sowed Malva in peat pot 1 row of 5 2pp
Sowed Morning glory peat pot 1 row of 5 3 pp
Transplanted tomatoes from 200 seedling tray, into one 809, transplanted into empty 200’s
Transplanted eggplant dusky from 200 tray into 1 peat pot tray of 10, transplanted into empty 200’s
Transplanted sweet peas into paper mache pot from 200 tray, set out in morning to harden off
Sowed 809 of striped sunflower from bulk barn parrot mix 2pp.
Daffodils blooming, dwarf tulips in well bed budding. Redbuds are budding.
Birch male flower are in full pollen
April 30/06 wheelbarrowed topsoil to hammock area, spread thin layer, seeded, and put sprinkler on
Built 2 veggie beds 4by 8 by 10” high, pressure treated, filled near bed with paper, some soil from BBQ patio, some dead sod, and couple wheelbarrows of triple mix.
Built BBQ patio with 2 by 6’s to make it level, ends up with about a 3” drop, moved some stone dust into bed
Rototilled a couple of turned over rows. The dry chunks don’t break up easily, I wonder if we should turn over and rototill the same day as the chunks will be somewhat moist. I think earlier it was too wet, but now it may be okay.
Planted Onion-copra, onion- candy, onion red and leeks. Filled one veggie bed. Planted rest in onion row. Extra leeks into root bed and some by the cole crops
Watered veggie garden
Planted Crimson Sentry Maple in climbing bean bed.
Mulched some more.