Seeded spargo spinach in bee box
Seeded Prizehead lettuce in bee box
Transplanted 2 boxes of early cabbage into 4 inch pots to all them to grow until we know where to plant them
Seeded Taunus beets into bee box, after removing summer savory. looks like chipmunks had made tunnels in bee box
Trimmed Green onion seed head from bee box, sprinkled seeds by some maples on other side of drive, on new bed by hay field,
Put grass seed in bare spots: behind pool where juniper branches sat all winter, in front of shed where sod pieces were put in bare spot, near shed hose, along drive where roundup washed into lawn, long new aisle in back of veggie boxes, in place where trailer wheels sat for a week, where hostas sat all winter by BDJ garage.
Trimmed forsythia by arbour to keep off grass.
Fertilized volleyball lawn East side with some 9-0-2. went same direction as septic rows. put rest through trees down to firepit.
Fertilized with solucal granular on west side lawn in opposite direction. had enough to do a couple of rows on east side lawn in same direction.
50-50 water-ammonia - clover has turned yellow, leaves disappearing. grass also turned yellow. will the clover die or will it come back? will the grass come back?
couple spots near hydro pole bed.
Got mirror frame finally paid $2o. Hung in back hallway.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
July 19/09 Church Picnic
Showers light in am. cloudy in afternoon
Got 1 yd screenings from Mtn Gd Ctr. Put in walkway dug out last week.
Replaced the 18by 18 patio stones
While there got 1 4pak dwarf Snaps one 4 pack marigold, 2 for $1.30. 2 4 pak of early cabbage 2 for.90
Planted snaps by caragana bed and one by maple stump.
Planted marigolds by caragan bed
Trimmed yews by garage door and silver euonymus on right side.
Picnic 64 people total, Snyders corn not ready until Tuesday this week.
Cut about 60% of swiss chard row, to give away
Ivy Angus and Mom Okimi picked beans.
Found 2 chipmunks caught in fan screen by harp bed. Claws caught as spokes get closer together. One was dead, Pat and Yvonne freed the one which was still alive. (monday, got rid of fan screen.)
Got 1 yd screenings from Mtn Gd Ctr. Put in walkway dug out last week.
Replaced the 18by 18 patio stones
While there got 1 4pak dwarf Snaps one 4 pack marigold, 2 for $1.30. 2 4 pak of early cabbage 2 for.90
Planted snaps by caragana bed and one by maple stump.
Planted marigolds by caragan bed
Trimmed yews by garage door and silver euonymus on right side.
Picnic 64 people total, Snyders corn not ready until Tuesday this week.
Cut about 60% of swiss chard row, to give away
Ivy Angus and Mom Okimi picked beans.
Found 2 chipmunks caught in fan screen by harp bed. Claws caught as spokes get closer together. One was dead, Pat and Yvonne freed the one which was still alive. (monday, got rid of fan screen.)
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Pathway to deck July 18/09
Thursday, July 16, 2009
July 16/09
Mosquito spray, Church picnic this weekend, 5 days til Snyder's Sweet Corn
Touch of rain overnight
Touch of rain overnight
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
July 15/09 Lawn
Fertilized liquid fert + kelp
Got Eco sense (acetic acid RTU from Home Hardware 14.99 2 litre 62.5 g/litre (6%)
Got Wasp Deterrents- plastic/paper wasp nest supposed to keep territorial wasps away a distance of 200 ft. 2 per pkg 9.99
Got Eco sense (acetic acid RTU from Home Hardware 14.99 2 litre 62.5 g/litre (6%)
Got Wasp Deterrents- plastic/paper wasp nest supposed to keep territorial wasps away a distance of 200 ft. 2 per pkg 9.99
Monday, July 13, 2009
July 13/09
July 13/09
Seeded Lettuce Prizehead(red), Grand Rapids Lettuce, Chinese cabbage. Peatmoss to cover.
NZ Spinach growing well. Leaf Lettuce forming good “head”, weather is cool,
Pumpkins are growing really well,
Ichi kiri doing better than butternut- is it the higher ground or is it the seed of the butternut?
Peppers have holes in leaves- slugs?
Beans have flowers and ready to pick soon
Glads are all up
Climbing beans are starting to vine.
Morning glory is up but still short
Cosmos up, but no blooms yet
Four o’clocks starting to grow- no blooms yet
Anchusa (blue ) in bloom
Portulaca in bloom
Lobelia and allysum alive but not thriving yet
Seeded Lettuce Prizehead(red), Grand Rapids Lettuce, Chinese cabbage. Peatmoss to cover.
NZ Spinach growing well. Leaf Lettuce forming good “head”, weather is cool,
Pumpkins are growing really well,
Ichi kiri doing better than butternut- is it the higher ground or is it the seed of the butternut?
Peppers have holes in leaves- slugs?
Beans have flowers and ready to pick soon
Glads are all up
Climbing beans are starting to vine.
Morning glory is up but still short
Cosmos up, but no blooms yet
Four o’clocks starting to grow- no blooms yet
Anchusa (blue ) in bloom
Portulaca in bloom
Lobelia and allysum alive but not thriving yet
Sunday, July 12, 2009
July 10-12/09
July 10 dug out more walkway, spread excavated soil to back of annex where low, trimmed Andorra, spirea, tamarix Junipers, forsythia (some). Spread trimmings at back of house.
Found wasp nest on cedar chair. Sprayed with neem, seemed to kill wasp.
July 11/09 Juriansz reunion- showers in am, hail and shower in pm. .5 inch rain.
July 12 Yuccas are in full bloom
Sunday trimmed nest spruce, a bit of globe blue spruce.
sprayed driveway weeds,
Moved cushion mum from fence garden- too shady by rose of Sharon out to the harp garden
Dug volunteer garlics from here and there
Rosemary trimmed peashrub pods, spirea and yew in pool area.
Harvested the last broccoli, enormous head
Found wasp nest on cedar chair. Sprayed with neem, seemed to kill wasp.
July 11/09 Juriansz reunion- showers in am, hail and shower in pm. .5 inch rain.
July 12 Yuccas are in full bloom
Sunday trimmed nest spruce, a bit of globe blue spruce.
sprayed driveway weeds,
Moved cushion mum from fence garden- too shady by rose of Sharon out to the harp garden
Dug volunteer garlics from here and there
Rosemary trimmed peashrub pods, spirea and yew in pool area.
Harvested the last broccoli, enormous head
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