1999
*pruned deadwood from cherry bush
*pruned lower branches from butterfly bush
April 4, 2009
April 3, 2009
April 2, 2009
1999
*set out second blueberry bush - Blue Ray - second from south [in east row].
*planted tulip bulbs from red potted tulips Love gave me - along east fence outside pool area
*planted 30 Brodiaea corms (Queen Fabiola) from Wal-Mart - along north and east fence outside pool area
*discovered astilbe is alive - I thought it died last summer.
*newly in bloom: yellow tulips & grape hycinth
*bought metal swing set for Skye - purple!
1995
*set out raspberries from Wisty
*set out 26 Surecrop strawberry plants from Ames
*set out second blueberry bush - Blue Ray - second from south [in east row].
*planted tulip bulbs from red potted tulips Love gave me - along east fence outside pool area
*planted 30 Brodiaea corms (Queen Fabiola) from Wal-Mart - along north and east fence outside pool area
*discovered astilbe is alive - I thought it died last summer.
*newly in bloom: yellow tulips & grape hycinth
*bought metal swing set for Skye - purple!
1995
*set out raspberries from Wisty
*set out 26 Surecrop strawberry plants from Ames
April 1, 2009
March 31, 2009
March 28, 2009
March 27, 2009
March 26, 2009
March 25, 2009
March 23, 2009
March 22, 2009
March 21, 2009
March 20, 2009
2001
*planted potatoes: 2 1/2 lbs Yudon Gold and 2 lbs Red Pontiac
*planted 2 parsley plants (curled leaf)
*radishes sprouting (planted March 10)
1999
*pruned Polish Spirit clematis back to 12"
*pruned #2 peach tree and three apple trees
1995
*set out 'Polish Spirit' clematis and 'Serrata Pink' hydrangea [which blooms blue]
*planted potatoes: 2 1/2 lbs Yudon Gold and 2 lbs Red Pontiac
*planted 2 parsley plants (curled leaf)
*radishes sprouting (planted March 10)
1999
*pruned Polish Spirit clematis back to 12"
*pruned #2 peach tree and three apple trees
1995
*set out 'Polish Spirit' clematis and 'Serrata Pink' hydrangea [which blooms blue]
March 19, 2009
March 12, 2009
March 10, 2009
2001
*dormant oil spray on pear, sweet cherry, apple, apricot, Starkling Delicious plum, and peach
*Ozark Premiere plum and Lucille plum leaving out
*tilled garden spot and added row on east side
*planted: Cherry ball radishes, Danvers carrots, sugar snap peas, Little Marvel peas, Detroit Red beets, Bloomsdale spinach, Florida Broadleaf mustard, buttercrunch lettuce, and prizehead lettuce
*set out: 5 Packman brocolli plants and 7 red-leaf lettuce plants
*dormant oil spray on pear, sweet cherry, apple, apricot, Starkling Delicious plum, and peach
*Ozark Premiere plum and Lucille plum leaving out
*tilled garden spot and added row on east side
*planted: Cherry ball radishes, Danvers carrots, sugar snap peas, Little Marvel peas, Detroit Red beets, Bloomsdale spinach, Florida Broadleaf mustard, buttercrunch lettuce, and prizehead lettuce
*set out: 5 Packman brocolli plants and 7 red-leaf lettuce plants
March 9, 2009
March 4, 2009
February 28, 2009
February 25, 2009
February 24, 2009
February 14, 2009
February 11, 2009
February 9, 2009
February 8, 2009
2009
*set out red, white, and yellow onion sets, all from FFC. Created "x" in center bed on north end of pool -- set at 4" intervals in a strip 2 onions wide, with 1 onion in center of each square created by onions. Also strip in eastmost bed on north end - yellow onions.
*started seed: Mammoth Red Rock & Stonehead cabbage. (27 plants total)
*pruned 3 oldest branches from each of the older blueberry bushes
*pruned laterals on blackberry bushes to 18"
*got 2 plastic 55 gallons drums from LM for use as rain barrels.
*toured GL's chicken set-up and made arrangements to take chicks. Cuckoo marans should be ready early next week.
*first blooms: daffodils & crocuses -- south end of house
*set out red, white, and yellow onion sets, all from FFC. Created "x" in center bed on north end of pool -- set at 4" intervals in a strip 2 onions wide, with 1 onion in center of each square created by onions. Also strip in eastmost bed on north end - yellow onions.
*started seed: Mammoth Red Rock & Stonehead cabbage. (27 plants total)
*pruned 3 oldest branches from each of the older blueberry bushes
*pruned laterals on blackberry bushes to 18"
*got 2 plastic 55 gallons drums from LM for use as rain barrels.
*toured GL's chicken set-up and made arrangements to take chicks. Cuckoo marans should be ready early next week.
*first blooms: daffodils & crocuses -- south end of house
February 7, 2009
2009
*Temps in mid 60s & windy.
*Planted garden peas. All seeds from Reimer Seeds, all planted on east side of the pool. One row of Sugar Snaps in northmost bed, along east fence. Three closely planted rows of Oregon Sugar Pod II Snow Peas running east-west in center of 2nd bed from north. Western half of 3rd bed from north planted in 3-inch grid with Mr. Big Sweet Peas.
*Temps in mid 60s & windy.
*Planted garden peas. All seeds from Reimer Seeds, all planted on east side of the pool. One row of Sugar Snaps in northmost bed, along east fence. Three closely planted rows of Oregon Sugar Pod II Snow Peas running east-west in center of 2nd bed from north. Western half of 3rd bed from north planted in 3-inch grid with Mr. Big Sweet Peas.
February 4, 2009
February 3, 2009
February 2, 2009
February 1, 2009
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