Showing posts with label soil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soil. Show all posts

Friday, March 29, 2013

Emptied composter

Sunday, May 6, 2012

After Rototilled may 6/12

Big garden spaded may 8/12

Shovelled to get depth

May 6/12 Other Tasks

Dug 3 maples from rose of sharon/shrub rose bed and planted along fence line near the big hole dug near railway tracks.
Planted one beside transplanted mulberry from last fall

fertilized vege garden with 20-20-20 -6 Tbsp per 5 gal pail

Rototiller- filled with HD oil in engine-
put some compost from big compost pallet bin into bed for pepper/eggplant bed

Rototilled squash bed- one pass

Friday, May 4, 2012

More lettuce transplants

Transplanted lettuce from big squash bed.
Put a few under Mulberry. A few under ivory Silk Lilac. A few where the golden money wort was removed.
These lettuce never developed very well- assume hard soil, poor light

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Misc tasks April 29/12

Transplanted three clumps of Trillium
Transplanted some silver maple to front Roadside under walnut tree
Transplanted routed pussy willow too far end of field
Transplanted couple of clumps of lilacs from by concrete fdns to the far end of the field

Started to rototill but needs a fan.belt
lawnmower needed a boost

Started working on conduit greenhouse

Gerry T Okimi
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Monday, April 16, 2012

Apr16/12 machines

Mowed part of lawn
Rototilled garden

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Preparing Garlic Bed

About 6 4ftby8ft equivalents
Dug, rototilled, add compost
Last year planted early to mid Oct with chinese planted Nov 7
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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Bed prep w/ peat moss

10 shovelfuls peat moss then turned over
Spanish onions pulled couple weeks ago
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Cold frame prep March 20/11

Got cold frame ready
Last year pepper eggplant
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Friday, May 21, 2010

Squash field seeded May 21/10

Seeded planted
Sunflower black between
In the end the sunflowers seemed to be too many
squash did not do really well.

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Tomato patch planted May 21/10

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Zuchini additive May 20/10

With tree saver mycorrihae
and includes gel capsules to increase water holding ability

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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Back bed ready to plant May 2/10

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Manure rows, rototill, then hill up

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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Raised Early Bed for seeding March 21/10

March 21













Added manure, soil, turned over. planted 12 rows, covered with peat moss

12 rows 
1- Carrot danvers126 '10
2- Radish- Sora '10
3- Carrot- Danvers 126
4.- Leaf Lettuce- Grand Rapids
5-  Beets- Early Wonder '10
6- Lettuce Bon Vivant '10
7- Beets-Early Wonder '10
8-Spinach- Spargo '09
9-Swiss Chard- Eldorado '09
10-Spinach- Spargo '09
11-Swiss Chard-Eldorado
12- Green Onion- Collected seed '07















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