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May
13
Sunday - 5/13/2007
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Weather:
This week has been very nice weather wise. Yesterday, Saturday was glorious, 76 and sunny. Today is another story 62 with rain.
Plantings:
Earlier this week (5/10/07) I started seed for:
Nasturtium
Sunflower Cyclops Hybrid - these have sprouted
Sunflower Mammoth - these have sprouted
Black-eyed Susan
On Saturday (5/12/07) I planted the last of the potatoes:
Russet Burbank
Yellow Finn
That makes 7 varieties of potatoes. We’ll see how this goes this year.
Activities:
I tilled the area for my corn, just waiting to see when will be a good time to plant. I am watching the 15 day forecast and I think I will go ahead and plant next weekend. The corn takes 92 days and I want corn before fall.
I filled the new 4×4 box and have placed my six cucumbers there. I rigged up a cover for them and will let them sit for a few days before I plant them.
Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:
Mowed the front lawn. I am working on a little project for the hens, once I get it done I’ll post a picture.
May
13
Sunday - 5/6/2007
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Weather:
We have had a little rain the past week not much. Days are still fairly nice, nights still a little cool.
Plantings:
Planted Garlic - Early Italian - two gloves which is about 20 plants.
Planted potatoes- I thought I had gotten smarter this year, by making a diagram of what potatoes I planted in each tire. After I planted four tires I realized I didn’t keep track of how many I planted. Anyway, this weekend I planted:
Russet Norkotah
French Fingerling
Red LaSoda
Red Pontiac
Russian Banana
Spinach - Sowed Direct (36)
Planted Tri-Star Strawberries (appox. 50)
Activities:
Richard finished the fence by completing the gate. I also recruited him to help me fill my 12×4 box with dirt for the strawberries. On Saturday we also purchased wood chips and I spent most of the day putting down wood chips and making temporary borders for my corn field.
Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:
I moved my tires for the potatoes to the back of the garden because they are so unsightly. I left them on grass because at the end of the season when you harvest the potatoes I figured if the soil got on the grass (most weeds) it wouldn’t hurt.
May
13
Sunday - 4/29/2007
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Weather:
The weather is remaining warm, we have some days in the 70’s otherwise the 60’s. Nights are still cool, with a couple of frosty mornings.
Plantings:
No plantings this weekend, although I did move my herbs out of the large 12×4 raised bed to a smaller 4×2 box that I had used for green onions last year. They managed to survive the winter so I thought if I moved them to the smaller box, I could protect better in this smaller area.
I planted my beets seeds after letting them soak for two days.(4/24/07).
Activities:
Richard and I continued working on the fence. We have got the wire up around the whole area. Richard needs to build a gate and it will be all done. I did weed around the flower bed off the back deck.
Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:
So far all of the seedlings I have started have come up fairly well. The only disappointment was the zucchini, only one of them sprouted. I have been moving them into small pots. After I put the chickens in the coop in the evening I have been going up to my “greenhouse” and turning on the heater. Each morning, after letting the chicken out of the coop, I go up and turn off the heater and leave the door open if it is going to be sunny and warm.
May
13
Sunday - 4/22/2007
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Weather:
The weather continues with mild days and cool nights.
Plantings:
None- soaked beets seeds for planting.
Activities:
Richard and I started building the new improved fence around the vegetable garden. The old fence was something that I built a couple of years ago. When I decided to expand to the second garden plot we decided to rip down my old fence and build a new one that would enclose both plots.
Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:
This weekend I bought my new Scion tc. That took up most of the weekend.