Monday, May 30, 2016

Cucumber Zuchini

had put down the plastic Mulch
then on May 30
put cucumber in one bed and
green and yellow zuchini in next bed




also seeded some curly parsley at corner of main bed

weeded onion bed, added paper mulch
planted rest of onions from collected seed and some leeks


Thursday, May 26, 2016

Cannas

bought 4 Cannas from House on Stoney Creek Rd
bag of 4 for $5.00 
Potted up into pots

Canna from Fina at HG is just starting to shoot now

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Beans planted

Planted next to Peas
Soybeans- the seeds from last year that seemed to be larger at harvest
Although by this year- they were all the same size and much like the bulk barn soybeans


On arches planted 3 types of climbing beans
Far end- Goats eye beans
middle Scarlet runner
Close side- Kentucky Wonder
Also 3-4 beans that seem to be a cross between Goats's eye and Kentucky wonder


Monday, May 23, 2016

Some status updates

Earlliest bed planted in March
Beets, spinach, lettuce growing 
also cut a handful of Rapini

Garlic progress

Tomato pepper eggplant plantings May 23/16

Planted Tomatoes, Eggplant Peppers
All with plastic mulch
Roma tomatoes under arches
Brandywine, Sicilian and Oxheart tomatoes at back by compost pallets
Some peppers and eggplant under greenhouse and plastic
Some in boxes, some in first garden bed
Past Willows planted the small assorted peppers

Roma and San Marzano Tomatoes- Bought at Fortinos
2 boxes each at $2.95 per box- 5-6 plants per pot
Greenhouse cover for pepper and eggplant
Tomato- Sicilian, Oxheart, Brandywine

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

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

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Squash cuke seeding May10/16

Cucumber Mercury Dam16 -9 cells at 2pp
Golden Hubbard- Dam16- 3 pp- 4 cells
Waltham butternut squash- Dam15- 4 cells - 3pp
Burgess Buttercup squash- dam15 -3pp- 4 cells
Watermelon- Crimson Sweet-garden corner16-3pp- 2cells
Pumpkin- Jack O'lantern/ garden corner16- 2pp- 5 cells
Golden delight zucchini- Dam16-2pp- 3 cells
Zucchini- dark green- American16- 2pp- 7 cells