Planting Diary

Notes for 2009

  • Need more pea plants this year. (idea) Plant 12 inches apart down the entire length of the potatoe garden on the south side of the house. Wait a month and plant in between the earlier pea plants so they are now 6 inches apart. Backfill with any that have died from earlier planting.
  • Grow 4 rows of corn on the south side of the house, outside the potatoe garden. Buy two bails of straw. One for the potatoes and one to mulch the corn.
  • Mernards has potatoe seed stock if you wait. Try russet potatoes next year for Sierra.
  • Cover all brassica and cabbage plants with bug netting. 100% no questions!
  • Plant half as much lettuce as last year. Try and find a “crunchy” variety.
  • Need to plant twice as many broccoli as last year. 10 to 15 plants if you can find the room

 

 

 

Planted in 2008

Weather: Wet and cool spring

Garlic - Chesnok Red [ Seeds of Change ]

  • Planted in cold frame in late fall
  • Snapped off the scapes in late June
  • Tops turning brown in early July

Pea - Alaska (Early Maturing) [ Ferry Morse ]

  • Tried to transplant and they died
  • Planted transplant’s from store but cold spring held them back
  • Waited a few weeks and direct sowed seeds between transplants and the seeds over took transplants by early June
  • Ended up with 12 to 16 plants…love these peas!
  • First harvest was was mid June. Heavy harvest in late June / early July 

Green Bean - Tendergreen Bush [ Seeds of Change ]

  • Direct sowed 3 foot by 3 foot area in late april
  • Heavy harvest in late June / early July
  • Ran out of seeds so planting new variety for late season harvest

Carrot - Sweet Treat Hybrid [ Burpee ]

  • Planted one 3 foot row in late April
  • Planted another 3 foot row in mid June
  • First harvest in early July

Tomato - Red Cherry [ store transplant ]

Tomato - Yellow Cherry [ store transplant ]

Tomato - Better Boy [ store transplant ]

Potatoe - Red Cloud [ Fedco ]

  • Planted in late April and mulched with straw
  • Starting to flower in Mid July

Potatoe - Kennebec [ Barn Owl Feed and Garden ]

  • Planted in late April and mulched with straw
  • Starting to flower in early July

Squash - Butternut [ Park Seed ]

  • All transplants died
  • Direct sowed one plant in potatoe garden in late April
  • Damaged by construction workers
  • Early July and still no growth, but still alive and struggling

Cauliflower - Early Snowball A [ Ferry Morse ]

  • All transplants died
  • Direct sowed in late April
  • Ravaged by cabbage white butterflies. No harvest. Pulled.

Cabbage - transplant’s from local store

  • Gigantic plants. Covered with bug netting and are beautiful!
  • First harvest in Early July (5lb head)

Cucumber - National [ Barn Owl Feed and Garden ]

  • Very very slow start. Not much of a climber. Very disappointed.
  • Harvested first cucumber early July

Cucumber - Sweet Marketmore

  • All transplants died
  • Direct sowed 4 more in late June after National Cucumber was an obvious failure

Lettuce - Mixed (Iceberg, Bibb, Grand Rapids)

  • Direct sowed 5 rows of 3 feet in late April
  • Way way way too much lettuce. Mel want’s a “crunchy” variety next year.
  • Pulled all lettuce in early July to make room for mid season harvest of something else

 

 

 Average Last Frost is April 15th

 

Average First Frost is Oct 14th

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