April Wk. 4: 24 - 30

Temperature Range:

• lows: 50 - 67 F
• highs: 77 - 84 F

Rainfall: sprinkle

Planted:

• bergamot seedlings 
• bergamot seeds (Shumway)
• skullcap seedling 
• Roma tomato plants (local feed store)
• Vardaman sweet potato slips (Shumway)
• summer savory (Pinetree)
• dill seed (saved)
• field corn, Truckers Favorite (Shumway)

Transplanted:

• volunteer marigolds

Harvested:

• strawberries
• yarrow
• wild onions
• carrots

Egg Counts:

• Sun. 4
• Mon. 6
• Tues. 5
• Wed. 7
• Thurs. 6
• Fri. 4
• Sat. 4
• Week's Total: 36

Eating our own:

• fresh lettuce
• fresh strawberries
• fresh carrots
• fresh broccoli
• fresh eggs
• canned green beans
• canned blueberry jam
• canned apple butter
• canned pizza sauce
• canned sweet potatoes
• canned strawberry jam
• frozen green pepper
• goats milk

Accomplished:

• covered old strawberry beds with black plastic
• starting to mulch strawberry/asparagus beds
• tilled corn field
• trimmed branches overhanging corn field

Observations:

• Blooming: irises, honeysuckle, wild roses