First zuchini July 8:14

was a good year for zuchini squash.

July 6, 2013 Timming and Seeding- garden update

Trimmed mugho pine in pool and by kitchen
Also dwarf viburnum under kitchen
Trimmed Pink Spirea by pool shed down to ground
Trimmed Yew in pool area
Trimmed suckers off Caragana stump

Seeded one four foot bed with 4 rows of Soybeans- bulk barn14
Turned over 6-7 ft in big bed, rototilled, seed 2 rows of Sugar Snap Peas

Sabbath
Dug a few beets yesterday
Cut 1st seeding of Kale hard- so Parsnips can grow

Second cut of New Zealand spinach
Sugar snap peas -pretty well done, still a few flowers, but not producing much

Strawberries - only a few small ones- pretty well done

Lettuce is getting bitter
Pulled spring spinach from Kids tall bed

Zuchini squash -yellow-is about 4 inches long-
FLowers on cucumber
Tomato fruit on Glamour from garden centre
Squash front and back is doing well

Trimming Canada Day

Trimmed yews beside garage door
Trimmed euonymus along pool area
Cut back hard
Trimmed Purple sand cherry in corner and silver dogwood at end
On outside trimmed forsythia back hard
and euonymus too
Trimmed Nest spruce= removing dead branches from bottom
Cut down old BLue haven juniper stump- found garter snake there.
Trimmed old gold juniper at corner

June 30/14 planted

Short cross ways rows in bed with potatoes
Dam14 rutabaga laurentian
Garden corner 14 rutabaga laurentian gold
Dan14 moulin rouge bok choy
Garden corner 14 broccoli green sprouting - four spots
Dam13 carrot berlicummer
Seeded in between rows with tillage radish dam14

Garter snake under former blue haven juniper

Catalpa bloom

Beets sewn June 27/14

Two and two thirds rows of dam14 Early wonder beets (sewn by Greg)
One row of garden corner 13 Detroit dark red
And one third row of Chinese cabbage OSC yr unknown

July 6/14 BEETS AND  CABBAGE ARE UP