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=Garden 2012=

Friday Jan 20

  • moved lettuce (12/23 Gurney's) out to raised bed, under row cover
  • carrots have sprouted, radishes are doing well, no parsnips yet

Saturday Jan 21

  • repotted 11/21 basil (badly root bound) and brought back inside
  • moved 11/23 tarragon out to greenhouse
  • turned on second shelf of grow lights
  • started Gurney's lettuce, spinach, basil minette, greek oregano
  • started red shallots from hoodat on TEG forum
  • started Winter Density lettuce -- last time was 0% germination

Sunday Jan 22

  • started beets, kohlrabi, _______

Monday July 16

  • found a few more butternut squash and pulled out the vines (from 5/10)
  • need to mow the garden, grass is out of control
  • Australian Butter Squash is taking over the back of the garden and growing up the fence

Friday July 20

  • harvesting Violet's Multicolored Butterbeans. Some already dried and brown.

Saturday July 21

  • harvesting Violet's Multicolored Butterbeans

Spring order:

  • Gurneys 2011-12-03: 4 lbs Yukon Gold potatoes. Strawberries. Georgia Jet sweet potatoes. Raspberry plant.
  • Loofah

Fall order:

TODO:

  • start tomatoes in January for spring garden (set out on Easter)
  • plant snow peas in very early spring (direct sow)
  • start the asparagus
  • Spring Packman broccoli: plan to harvest before temps reach 80 degrees (May 1 at the latest, so set out on March 1, which means start on Jan 15 for 6 week old transplants)
  • start tomatoes in ___ for late summer/early fall harvest
  • start LOTS lettuce and spinach on 10/1 for harvest into December
  • start broccoli in early July (and every 2-3 weeks thereafter until 9/6 (10 wks to frost) for harvest in October until ____
  • Fall Packman broccoli: start indoors 10-12 weeks before last frost. Matures 57 days from transplanting.
  • plant bush beans in mid-July for harvest last half of October