Saturday, April 23, 2011

April Wk. 3: 17 - 23

Temperature Range:
  • lows: 41 - 63 F
  • highs: 51 - 82 F
Rainfall: 0.65"

Planted:
  • spearmint seedlings (Shumway)
  • green nutmeg melon (Pinetree)
  • St. Johnwort seedlings (Pinetree)
  • marigolds, antique (Chris)
  • zinnias, antique lavender (Chris)
  • horehound seedlings (Pinetree)
  • horehound seed (Pinetree)
  • skullcap seed (Baker Creek)
  • pyrethrum seed (Shumway)
  • chicory seed (Sustainable)
  • calendula seed (saved)
  • cukes, Marketmore (Baker Creek)
  • Hungarian poppy (Baker Creek)
  • Valerian (Pinetree)
  • giant marigolds (Chris)
  • broad leaf parsley (Pinetree)
  • Ruby Chard (Baker Creek)
Transplanted:
  • marigolds
Harvested:
  • beets (last of, except a few for seed)
  • lettuce
  • carrots
  • 1st 2 strawberries!
Gathered:
  • cleavers
  • wild onions
Preserved:
  • dehydrated wild onions
  • dried cleavers herb
Egg Counts:
  • Sun. 4
  • Mon. 5 (+2 hidden)
  • Tues. 6
  • Wed. 4
  • Thurs. 2
  • Fri. 2 (+ 1 hidden)
  • Sat. 7
  • Week's Total: 33
Eating our own:
  • canned green beans
  • canned pizza sauce
  • canned Swiss chard
  • canned sweet potatoes
  • canned blueberry jam
  • dehydrated onions
  • fresh eggs
  • fresh broccoli
  • fresh lettuce
  • fresh carrot
  • frozen green peppers
  • frozen corn
  • frozen summer squash
  • sauerkraut
Accomplished:
  • made more terraced garden beds
  • weeded echinacea/hollyhock bed
  • weeded asparagus & strawberries
  • starting to fill herb beds
Observations:
  • English peas blooming (at last!)
  • 1st echinacea bloom
  • small peaches forming 
  • strawberries beginning to ripen
  • everything needs mulch!!!
  • ginger rhizome sprouting
  • wheat heads forming

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