We should start thinking about when we want to do some round-two planting. We went to Prairie Gardens to buy some stuff for our backyard garden yesterday and ended up getting some more tomato plants for the Parkland plot too, b/c we wanted to make sure not to wait too long -- plus we liked the idea of buying them small (read - "cheaper"), repotting, and then planting them later. I am gonna be travelling a lot in June, and planbreaker may have end of semester grading plus some of the same travels -- that said, I could do some planting on the morning of the 7th and/or the 13th. I think 2 half-days might be just about all we need to do, if we get a few people out. I could also do some evening stuff the week between the 7th-13th. What does everyone think?
By the way, M. was out at the garden the other day and said things were looking pretty good.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Friday, April 21, 2006
4/21 -- we have sprouts
Just got back from Eddie Albert Memorial Gardens and wanted to fill you all in: The bed containing the onions and shallots has some green sprouts about 1 inch long sticking out of the ground and looking good. The mesclun bed has some very tiny sproutlings starting to show through. The small plants we put in all look good (broccoli, etc). The rest of the beds don't have any action yet, but I'm not surprised as it's only been a week. We aren't supposed to get any rain for a few days, so I gave everything a pretty good soak. I will go back and water on Sunday/Monday but if anyone else would like to do it instead, just let me know and you can swing by and pick up the hose.
All in all, things are looking good.
All in all, things are looking good.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Update as of 4/18
FYI:
A and I went out to the garden on Sunday and installed windguards on the rest of the baby plants that we put in the ground on Saturday (and were scared witless when the Parkland tornado alarm went off for some reason while we were there). I will try to get out there to take a look and see how things are doing on Friday. We got the rain on Sunday night and are supposed to get more tonite, then some good sun the rest of the week, so that should make for good growing.
We also started a bunch of seeds at home, I'm not sure what, but A can fill you in. If anyone else wants to start some seedlings at home, I think there may be other stuff that needs to be planted now, but I think we already have most of the seeds already.
Also, we will try to send an email with a list of all the seeds and plants we bought, so if anyone sees an omission that they would like to grow, just post a message or buy the seeds, or whatever.
--df
A and I went out to the garden on Sunday and installed windguards on the rest of the baby plants that we put in the ground on Saturday (and were scared witless when the Parkland tornado alarm went off for some reason while we were there). I will try to get out there to take a look and see how things are doing on Friday. We got the rain on Sunday night and are supposed to get more tonite, then some good sun the rest of the week, so that should make for good growing.
We also started a bunch of seeds at home, I'm not sure what, but A can fill you in. If anyone else wants to start some seedlings at home, I think there may be other stuff that needs to be planted now, but I think we already have most of the seeds already.
Also, we will try to send an email with a list of all the seeds and plants we bought, so if anyone sees an omission that they would like to grow, just post a message or buy the seeds, or whatever.
--df
Monday, April 03, 2006
the blog rules!
So I just looked back and discovered that we didn't do our planting/tilling until the weekend of May 1 last year. Yippee for the blog and its recording of our garden history.
I bring up the date because I think we should start figuring out a plan for when we till, plant, and put up the signs. I know M. is away the weekend of the 29th and df has exams. Which of the next three weekends (the 8th, the 15th, the 22nd) would work for our big garden day? Or should we split up the tasks.
One thing I would like to attempt to do is sketch out the plot before we start planting. So what do we want to plant. Here was last year's wish list:
Eggplant, Tomatoes of all kinds, Yellow squash, Zuchinni, Lettuce, Mesclun mix, Leeks?, Beets, Green Beans, Chili Peppers, Bell peppers, Cucumbers - reg and pickling, Spinach, Arugla, Collard Greens, Chard, Chives, Scallions, Onions, Broccoli, Soybeans, Peas?, Rhubarb?, Brussel Sprouts?, Chayote Squash, Butternut Squash, Rosemary, Basil, Lemongrass, Fennel, Mint, Marigolds
I think we ended up with tomatoes (did well), squash and zucchini (kind of sketchy because of the bugs), lettuce and mesclun (went well but i feel like we should split up our planting so we have more over time), beets (more beets!), green beans (beetle victims), peppers (did ok but not great), cucumbers (we had a bunch and everyone liekd them), chard (chard tart!), butternut squash (did anything ever happenw ith that), broccoli (1 or 2 heads and that's it), rosemary, basil, mint (would have done better if we had planted them closer together and without the weed infestation), snow peas (bugs and bad supports), soybeans (weeds). What else do we want to add and take away?
If we want to do a little bit by hand and clearly mark it, I wouldn't be against planting some shallots, garlic and maybe some early lettuce before the big till.
I bring up the date because I think we should start figuring out a plan for when we till, plant, and put up the signs. I know M. is away the weekend of the 29th and df has exams. Which of the next three weekends (the 8th, the 15th, the 22nd) would work for our big garden day? Or should we split up the tasks.
One thing I would like to attempt to do is sketch out the plot before we start planting. So what do we want to plant. Here was last year's wish list:
Eggplant, Tomatoes of all kinds, Yellow squash, Zuchinni, Lettuce, Mesclun mix, Leeks?, Beets, Green Beans, Chili Peppers, Bell peppers, Cucumbers - reg and pickling, Spinach, Arugla, Collard Greens, Chard, Chives, Scallions, Onions, Broccoli, Soybeans, Peas?, Rhubarb?, Brussel Sprouts?, Chayote Squash, Butternut Squash, Rosemary, Basil, Lemongrass, Fennel, Mint, Marigolds
I think we ended up with tomatoes (did well), squash and zucchini (kind of sketchy because of the bugs), lettuce and mesclun (went well but i feel like we should split up our planting so we have more over time), beets (more beets!), green beans (beetle victims), peppers (did ok but not great), cucumbers (we had a bunch and everyone liekd them), chard (chard tart!), butternut squash (did anything ever happenw ith that), broccoli (1 or 2 heads and that's it), rosemary, basil, mint (would have done better if we had planted them closer together and without the weed infestation), snow peas (bugs and bad supports), soybeans (weeds). What else do we want to add and take away?
If we want to do a little bit by hand and clearly mark it, I wouldn't be against planting some shallots, garlic and maybe some early lettuce before the big till.
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