Memorial Day Weekend

Monday May 26, 2008

Weather:

Over cast with the temperatures in the 60-70’s.  Rained some.  Monday was very windy.

Plantings:

Planted two tomato plants: Big Beef (73 days) and Sweet 100 Cherry (65 days).

Still have cucumbers and zucchini to plant will probably do that next weekend or during the week.   

Activities:

Richard helped me re-brace the strawberry box. Put new netting over the strawberries to keep the birds out.  Weeded, cleaned up the tires from last years potato crop.  No potatoes this year haven’t had much luck with them.

Cleaned up my garden area in the workshop, if that is possible.

Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:

I was going to seed grass this weekend along the borders of the garden but by the time I got around to it, it was Monday and it was too windy.

Still need to work around the barn.  Have not finished cleaning the coop or painting the tact room.  I found some paint in the food storage locker that I am going to use.

I will have a lot of garlic coming in the next couple of months. 

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Painting the Barn…at least part of it

Sunday May 18, 2008

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Weather:

Beautiful, warm mid 80’s. Overcast.

Plantings:

Transplanted the peppers to garden.   Direct sowed string beans. The strawberries are coming back nicely.

Activities:

Moved the herbs to planter boxes, sage, parsley and oregano.  Weeded the vegetables and watered.

Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:

Painted the front of the chicken coop. Also painted the coop door, bright yellow.  I am still working on the inside, it needs a good cleaning. I am thinking about painting the nesting boxes but we’ll see.  I am also working on painting the tact room which I use as a brooder for the chicks.

I am thinking that I will wait until next spring to get a new batch of chickens.

The hummingbirds are back and I am making a batch of food for them.  They are very good at letting you know they have arrived.  One of them was hanging out by my desk window.

The vegetable garden needs some more wood chips and I will have to wait awhile before I can build some raised bed.

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Sunday - May 4, 2008

Sunday May 4, 2008

Weather: 

The weather was perfect this weekend.  Mid sixties - calm.

Plantings:

Directed Sowed - 10 beets.

Started Seed - Zucchini and butterstick squash (2 each)

Activities:

Earlier this week, I purchased green/red peppers, jalapleno  and herbs - parsley, sage and oregano. They are in the greenhouse until the weather warms up a little more.  Last frost date is 5/15.

Cleaned the greenhouse up.  Swept out the garage.  Set up the outdoor sink.  Watered the strawberries.

Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:

The spinach and snap peas are starting to come up.  The garlic is doing well as is the onions. 

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This Weather….

Monday April 14, 2008

I awoke to rain this morning which is good, I planted seeds yesterday afternoon- so rain is good.  Then I checked my email this morning looking at my daily weather forecast and saw that we might have a dusting of snow maybe an inch overnight.  I just couldn’t believe it, enough all ready.

On the way home from work this evening I stopped and bought a half pound of seed onions.  Got home changed my clothes and rushed out to the garden to get those little puppies planted.  A half pound equals about 40 onions, which I planted in 4 rows of ten.  When I get home on April 27th there should be lots of little green sprouts in my garden hopefully, keeping my fingers crossed.

I took a quick look at my strawberries and they are beginning, just a little to show signs of growth.  It would be just within the last 5 days that all the snow has melted off of them.  If I have time tomorrow I am going to throw a little fertilizer on them. 

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