April Wk. 2: 10 - 16

Temperature Range

• lows: 44 - 61 F
• highs: 63 - 83 F

Rainfall: 1.65"

Planted:

• fingerling salad potatoes
• cabbage plants
• marigolds, mixed Brocade
• cow peas, Ozark Razorback
• tomato plants, Roma
• tomato plants, Brandywine
• petunia plants
• chicory seedlings

Transplanted:

• calendula

Harvested:

• lettuce
• broccoli
• beets

Egg Counts:

• Sun. 5
• Mon. 5
• Tues. 3
• Wed. 6
• Thurs. 6
• Fri. 4
• Sat. 5 (+1)
• Week's total: 35

Eating our own:

• fresh eggs
• fresh lettuce
• fresh broccoli
• fresh beets
• frozen okra
• frozen green pepper
• canned blueberry jam
• canned apple butter
• canned applesauce
• canned dill pickles
• canned figs
• canned green tomato salsa
• canned pizza sauce
• dried cantaloupe
• dried apples
• sauerkraut

Fed to chickens & goats:

• amaranth
• broccoli plants
• sunflower seed heads
• cabbage plants
• rose bush prunings
• weeds

Accomplished:

• tilled annual rye in
• weeded strawberries
• working on permanent beds
• pulled old cabbage, broccoli, & Swiss chard plants
• cleaned out goat shed & started new compost pile

Observed:

• Mourning doves calling in the evenings
• heard an owl back in the woods
• poison ivy taking over again (sigh)