Dug a cedar from near flagstone and potted it
Dug 2 tomatoes from by ramp and potted- sweet millions?
Planted Sunshine impatiens HB by ramp, lavenders growing by existing lavender by post
Planted the citrus plants into garden, by emerald cedar pair, under ivory silk lilac bed
Planted walking stick kale and castor bean by fence gap
Planted annual sweet pea plants that were started inside under locust
Planted coleus under mulberry
Mulched by ramp, west side of arbour, under mulberry
Planted 4 box of pepper in garden
Put Brown 16by16 patios by wall (6)
Dug blue grass from fence gap, transplanted to front by roadway
Harvested spinach, mixed salad, some leaf lettuce
White radishes starting to go to seed?
Lots of wasps under verandah roof just starting
Moved 3 aloes outside under verandah
Took baby star romaine lettuce to mom’s garden and planted
Seeded 2- 1204 with cantaloupe
Sunday, May 28, 2006
May 28/06
May 28/06
Most of the cukes and squash were up.
Today warm and sunny, Wisteria at arbour is in bloom, pink flowers
Columbines in bloom, Blue iris in bloom, candytuft is finishing, beauty bush is starting to bud, Korean lilacs ready to bloom soon
Put 15-30-15 on vege garden, bee box, and annual planters (starting to see seedlings)
Planted castor beans in hydro pole bed, also some striped sunflower
Planted castor bean by climbing bean bed
Planted Striped sunflower and perennial sweet pea along fence by ivory silk lilac
Planted striped sunflower along shed between forsythia and mock orange
Planted sunflower and castor bean into birch bed
Planted peppers, various hots along ramp and mulched
Put assorted peppers into pot for Uncle Aubrey
Most of the cukes and squash were up.
Today warm and sunny, Wisteria at arbour is in bloom, pink flowers
Columbines in bloom, Blue iris in bloom, candytuft is finishing, beauty bush is starting to bud, Korean lilacs ready to bloom soon
Put 15-30-15 on vege garden, bee box, and annual planters (starting to see seedlings)
Planted castor beans in hydro pole bed, also some striped sunflower
Planted castor bean by climbing bean bed
Planted Striped sunflower and perennial sweet pea along fence by ivory silk lilac
Planted striped sunflower along shed between forsythia and mock orange
Planted sunflower and castor bean into birch bed
Planted peppers, various hots along ramp and mulched
Put assorted peppers into pot for Uncle Aubrey
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
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
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
Sunday, May 21, 2006
May 18-21/06
May 18 put tomatoes, peppers, eggplants outside under verandah
Put aloe, portulacaria, citrus outside
Friday may 19, put papers and clipping in last garden box
May 22/06 pick a bit of leaf lettuce for salad
May 21/06, cool, windy
Put figs outside under verandah
Filled last garden box with soil,
Dug out chives from back of house near chimney landing put some in squash holes, rest by front near juniper on roadside, planted Indian corn here
Filled squash holes with triple mix
Raked lawn as chris cut on wed for the first time
Put clippings under forsythia by shed
Pruned forsythia hard
Chipped some of the clippings
Planted inidan corn in shed bed, also in hydro bed in mulch and also by caragana bed by new birch tree.
Planted a few of the multiplier onions in garden box 1
Rototilled garden
Planted one row of swiss chard, row 4 planted cilantro as markers
half row of lettuce, row 2
¾ row of climbing beans row 5
Planted spinach, carrots and gold beets in garden box 1. filled in beets and carrots in missing rows.
Seeded Marketmore cucumber 3pp 2 -809
Seeded zucchini mixed 1-809 1pp
Seeded cantaloupe 1-1204, 3pp
Seeded butternut 2-1204 3pp
Seeded Uchiki Kuri squash- orange 10 seeds in pkg in 1-1204, 2pp and 3pp
Trimmed coleus in boxes back, put cuttings into soil in a plastic bag
Put aloe, portulacaria, citrus outside
Friday may 19, put papers and clipping in last garden box
May 22/06 pick a bit of leaf lettuce for salad
May 21/06, cool, windy
Put figs outside under verandah
Filled last garden box with soil,
Dug out chives from back of house near chimney landing put some in squash holes, rest by front near juniper on roadside, planted Indian corn here
Filled squash holes with triple mix
Raked lawn as chris cut on wed for the first time
Put clippings under forsythia by shed
Pruned forsythia hard
Chipped some of the clippings
Planted inidan corn in shed bed, also in hydro bed in mulch and also by caragana bed by new birch tree.
Planted a few of the multiplier onions in garden box 1
Rototilled garden
Planted one row of swiss chard, row 4 planted cilantro as markers
half row of lettuce, row 2
¾ row of climbing beans row 5
Planted spinach, carrots and gold beets in garden box 1. filled in beets and carrots in missing rows.
Seeded Marketmore cucumber 3pp 2 -809
Seeded zucchini mixed 1-809 1pp
Seeded cantaloupe 1-1204, 3pp
Seeded butternut 2-1204 3pp
Seeded Uchiki Kuri squash- orange 10 seeds in pkg in 1-1204, 2pp and 3pp
Trimmed coleus in boxes back, put cuttings into soil in a plastic bag
Saturday, May 13, 2006
May 1-13/06
May 1/06 am fertilized 15-30-15, beeboxes, onions, root box, crimson sentry maple, yews, rhubarb
May 2/06 pool opened today, watered hammock lawn heavily
May 7/06 sunny warm
Cut lawn for first time, about 3 hrs, rosemary rode, I used push mower
Filled spinach bed with soil, seeded new Zealand spinach 1 pakg, 4-6 inches apart 3 rows
Mulched elderberry bed, caragana bed, redbud bed, ivory silk lilac beds
Spread sod by shed, ran over with tractor, seeded and watered.
May 11 put coleus, tomatoes, peppers etc by front door, so they wouldn’t dry out as much while we were away.
May 13/06 Justin graduation. Rainy from Thursday til all of next week
May 2/06 pool opened today, watered hammock lawn heavily
May 7/06 sunny warm
Cut lawn for first time, about 3 hrs, rosemary rode, I used push mower
Filled spinach bed with soil, seeded new Zealand spinach 1 pakg, 4-6 inches apart 3 rows
Mulched elderberry bed, caragana bed, redbud bed, ivory silk lilac beds
Spread sod by shed, ran over with tractor, seeded and watered.
May 11 put coleus, tomatoes, peppers etc by front door, so they wouldn’t dry out as much while we were away.
May 13/06 Justin graduation. Rainy from Thursday til all of next week
Sunday, April 30, 2006
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.
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.
Friday, April 28, 2006
April 23-28/2006
April 23
Apricot has loads of blooms
Rainy day
Fertilized shrub beds from shed to pool area
Still to do = spruce at end of lawn, fruit trees and front trees, windbreak row.
April 27th
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up but spotty, Radish is up. Carrots are up
sowed more spinach in bee box, sowed some lettuce mix in bee box
Moved glass cover from swiss chard to over sweet peas. Swiss chard under was up.
April 28 spread out second load of dead sod from Bisnauth by hammock, ran over to flatten with tractor
Planted one row of ornamental corn by shed corner bed, some behind shed, some by ??
Replanted some onion sets that had been uprooted
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up, Radish is coming up. No sign of carrots
Apricot has loads of blooms
Rainy day
Fertilized shrub beds from shed to pool area
Still to do = spruce at end of lawn, fruit trees and front trees, windbreak row.
April 27th
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up but spotty, Radish is up. Carrots are up
sowed more spinach in bee box, sowed some lettuce mix in bee box
Moved glass cover from swiss chard to over sweet peas. Swiss chard under was up.
April 28 spread out second load of dead sod from Bisnauth by hammock, ran over to flatten with tractor
Planted one row of ornamental corn by shed corner bed, some behind shed, some by ??
Replanted some onion sets that had been uprooted
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up, Radish is coming up. No sign of carrots
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