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Sunday 4/8/2007

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Note to the reader:  I am trying to keep a journal of what I did in my vegetable garden by date.  Unfortunately, I am sometimes behind in my journaling.  So the dates of the post may not exactly match the day of the actual post. Sorry…

Weather:
The past week brought some 60 degree weather along with snow flurries, rain, and hail.  The forecast for this week is mid 50’s with a shower here and there. 

Plantings:
I decided to be brave and direct sow seeds on Sunday.  I planted:

Spinach - Giant 157 Hybrid, 40 seeds - 50 days -this spinach has nice broad leaves and I did have some success with it last year. 

Radish - French Breakfast - 16 seeds

Lettuce - Black Simpson Elite - 12 seeds

Seedling started:

Peppers - Red Delicious Hybrid, 3 seeds - 60 days give you green pepper and 80 days give you red peppers.

Peppers - Jalapeno, 3 seeds - 75 days gives you nice hot peppers.

Pumpkin - Jack-O’-Lantern, 4 seeds - 110 days - maybe I’ll have pumpkins to crave this year.

Seed that are being pre-soaked:

Super Sugar Snap and Oregon Sugar Pod

Activities:
Richard has built me two more raised bed boxes. One is 4×12, the other is 4×4.  The 4×12 box will house my new strawberry plants. The 4×4 I am not sure where I will place that box. 

I also took my potato seeds out to the barn and am letting them sprout some before I plant them. (see note below)

Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:
I did not have a lot of success starting my tomato seeds in the greenhouse the temperatures were just too wild.  The night time to temperature was about 59°  but we had a couple of daytime temperatures of 60° which warmed the greenhouse up to about 90°, the heat mat was getting up around  100-110° which just fried my seeds.  So, I moved my seed starting venture out to the barn in the room where I have raised my chicks.  It has a heater and is not effected by the sun as much as the greenhouse is.

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    SS = Start Seed
    TP = Trans Plant
    SD = Sow Directly
    Harvest

  • In and about the Garden

    November

    • Nov 6, 2008 First quarter
    • Nov 11, 2008 Veterans' Day
    • Nov 13, 2008 Full moon
    • Nov 17, 2008 Sasha's Birthday
    • Nov 18, 2008 Alfred Johnson's Birthday
    • Nov 19, 2008 Last quarter
    • Nov 21, 2008 Vacation
    • Nov 26, 2008 I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass
    • Nov 27, 2008 New moon
    • Nov 27, 2008 Thanksgiving Day

    December

    • Dec 3, 2008 NA: Death's Half Acre (Deborah Knott Series #14) by Margaret Maron
    • Dec 5, 2008 First quarter
    • Dec 5, 2008 Hair Cut
    • Dec 12, 2008 Full moon
    • Dec 15, 2008 Download: Poisonwood Bible
    • Dec 15, 2008 Due back: SCLD -The Brass Verdict
    • Dec 19, 2008 Last quarter
    • Dec 20, 2008 Due Back to SCLD: Testimony, The Guest House
    • Dec 21, 2008 Winter Solstice
    • Dec 25, 2008 Christmas Day
    • Dec 26, 2008 Vacation Day
    • Dec 27, 2008 New moon
    • Dec 29, 2008 Due back to SCLD: A Lesson Before Dying

    January

    • Jan 3, 2009 Due back to SCLD: Lake of Sorrows, The Likeness, A Thousand Splendid Suns
    • Jan 4, 2009 First quarter
    • Jan 6, 2009 Death's half acre [BOOK ON CD]
    • Jan 11, 2009 DUE: The Hour I First Believed
    • Jan 20, 2009 New Release: The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Iles

    March

    • Mar 3, 2009 New Release: Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult

    August

    • Aug 17, 2009 Richard Pfaeffle's Birthday

    November

    • Nov 17, 2009 Sasha's Birthday

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