Winter Weather : Mild – ( Last Frost Apr 28 )
Spring Weather: Wet and cool
Early Summer Weather: Mild and humid
Late Summer Weather: Mild
Fall Weather: Very wet and cool
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
- Immediately harvested when we returned home from vacation July 27th. Stalks completely brown. I think it was a little late, but couldn’t help it. In kitchen drying out.
- Oct 13 – have about 30 cloves in the pantry. No issues so far.
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
- Plants dead when we returned home from vacation July 27th. Other plants were doing fine so I don’t think it was lack of water. Just “burn out” from the early and heavy harvests.
- 8/6 – Planted new row of peas
- 9/28 – Harvest of first pea pod
- 10/24 – Last harvest of a few pea pods. First frost expected tomorrow. They needed 2 more weeks for a full harvest. Missed it by…that….much!
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
- 8/6 – Planted a multi-variety pack
- 9/28 – Beans forming. Beautiful color of flowers
- 10/13 – First real harvest. All three colors are doing well.
- 10/26 – Two more full harvests in the past 10 days. Expecting first frost tomorrow.
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
- 4 – beautiful 6″ carrots on July 27th. Need to thin mid June plants.
- 8/6 – Thinned mid June plants and put down two more rows in the cold-frame ready bed
- cold-frame rows never sprouted…I think not enough water and too hot
Tomato – Romma [ store transplant ]
- First harvest July 27th. Teagan ate first harvest standing in the garden. She said it was good.
Tomato – Yellow Cherry [ store transplant ]
- First harvest July 27th. Excellent shape and color
Tomato – Better Boy [ store transplant ]
- First harvest July 27th. Excellent shape and color.
Potatoe – Red Cloud [ Fedco ]
- Planted in late April and mulched with straw
- Starting to flower in early July
- Starting to die, first harvest of three fist size potatoes on August 31
- Harvested on September 9th
Potatoe – Kennebec [ Barn Owl Feed and Garden ]
- Planted in late April and mulched with straw
- Starting to flower in mid July
- Harvested on September 28th
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
- Showing signs of growth in Late July
- 2 growing. Harvested first one September 20th
- Harvested last one on September 28th.
Pumpkin
- Thought dead when house painters stepped on early growth. 16 foot growth when we returned from 2 weeks vacation in late July
- Eaten by local rodents
Watermelon
- Thought dead when house painters stepped on early growth. 5 foot of growth when we returned from 2 weeks vacation in late july.
- Eaten by local rodents
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)
- Despite bug netting, cabbage white butterflies decimated external leaves while on vacation in late July. However, looks like netting allowed the cabbage to grow big enough to survive. Harvested remaining 6 heads with minimal internal damage. Now swimming in cabbage.
- 8/6 – Planted cabbage seeds in cold-frame ready bed
- 10/13 – At true leaf stage and doing fine
- 10/26 – Entering true cold-frame period. Leaves are about the size of a small hand. Doing well.
Cucumber – National [ Barn Owl Feed and Garden ]
- Very very slow start. Not much of a climber. Very disappointed.
- Harvested first cucumber early July
- Pulled remaining plants late July.
Cucumber – Sweet Marketmore
- All transplants died
- Direct sowed 4 more in late June after National variety was an obvious failure
- House sitter harvested 5 very large cucumbers while we were on vacation and I pickled them July 27th when we returned. Prolific growth now.
- Late July/Early August – harvested 10+ cucumbers with plants still growing!
- September – still harvesting, took 10 in early september and 10 more in late september
- October 12 – pulled remainder of plants and harvested about 20 small cucs to give away
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