Weather
- Temperature: 25°F
- Conditions: Mist
- Barometer: 29.87 inHg
- Clouds: Overcast
- Wind: Calm
- Visibility: 2 miles
- Sunrise: 7:39 am GMT-8
- Sunset: 4:12 pm GMT-8
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Jul
26
Saturday, July 26, 2008
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Weather:
High 80’s cooling off nicely in the evening. I think that this has been the coolest July we have had since we have moved here.
Plantings:
I am taking a chance here and planting a fall crop of:
- Spinach
- Snap Peas
- Beets
I hope the that weather will hold through September so that I will be able harvest this late crop. Next year I will be able to gage better when to plant the second season.
Activities:
Picked strawberries sliced them and will eat them for lunch during the week. Picked zucchini and butternut squash; sliced and froze them using my foodsaver. Cut back the herbs, they were getting pretty big. I pulled the beets today, cleaned and boiled them I will freeze these as Richard likes beets, I don’t.
Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:
The tomatoes are coming along very well. I would think in the next week or so I will have cherry tomatoes. The beefstakes will take a little longer.
The zucchini and butternut squash are producing very well I think that I will have to start giving it away soon cause I can’t keep up with it.
Jul
13
Garlic!
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I harvested my garlic this weekend. It now has to dry for 3 weeks, then it will be ready to use. Pretty Cool!
Jul
6
4th of July Weekend
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Weather:
Three days of beautiful weather. Warm but not too hot. Rained on Friday evening, clear and sunny on Saturday and Sunday.
Plantings:
Nothing planted this weekend. Should have planted radishes. Will do during the upcoming week.
Activities:
- Painted the tact room in the barn, preparing for chicks next spring.
- Mowed the front lawn/watered the vegetable garden
- Removed the pine shaving from the chicken coop, put up so more chicken wire for security
- Washed the car
- Harvested snap peas and strawberries, about 2 lbs of snap peas, 2 small yellow squash and a medium size bowl of strawberries
- Laundry/cleaned the house
Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:
It was a quite, relaxing weekend. I was busy all weekend and but was able to sneak a couple naps in. Richard is feeling much better and worked outside mowing and spraying weeds. He cleaned up his workshop. We have been watering some of the dry spots in the lawn and trying to get the weeds down around the fences.
Jun
29
End of June
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Weather:
Has been in the 90°s all weekend and is supposed to be that way til the middle of July.
Plantings:
I planted basil this weekend. It should be ready to pick the end of August or early September. My snap peas are blooming and just like that I will have snap peas. By the end of the week I will have a ton of them.
Activities:
Since Richard still is not up to mowing, I spent most of Saturday morning mowing. This has been an experience that I would not like to repeat. Shortly, it will be too dry to have to worry about mowing.
I moved the strawberry pot from the barn to the garden since I don’t go to the barn much anymore. Planted it with lobelia. I mowed the weeds in the garden. There are still areas that I haven’t had the money to build up so I just mow the weeds, it works.
I used the weed whacker to clean the culvert at the front of the driveway.
Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:
I found a hummingbird in my greenhouse this morning. I was able to capture it and let it go. Poor little guy, he flew away with hesitation. My tomato plants are loving this warm weather and I have been watering them faithfully. I have radishes and have been picking them. This evening I am going to wash the car.