Mar. 18 - 24, 2012

Temperature Range

• lows: 56 - 63° F
• highs: 73 - 82° F

rainfall: 0.85"

Planted:

• potatoes, Red Norland, 5#

Harvested:

• kale
• lettuce
• broccoli
• collards
• cabbage collards
• mangels

Egg Counts:

• Sun. 10
• Mon. 10
• Tues. 7
• Wed. 5
• Thurs. 9
• Fri. 6
• Sat. 8
• Week's Total: 55

Observed& Accomplished:
Sunday

• day of rest
• more rain!
• peas up
• wheat heading
• crabapple & sand cherries starting to bloom

Monday

• weeded some in garden but soil very wet
• tulips blooming

Tuesday

• pulled more weeds
• spirea blooming
• found 4 surviving comfrey plants from 2010

Wednesday

• worked on weeding strawberry/asparagus patch
• decided where to transfer the strawberries
• strawberries beginning to bloom
• Came home from TSC to find a hawk circling over the chicken yard just above the pecan trees. Cowboy had all the hens huddled safely together under the cedar tree.
• bought 10# Norland potatoes from TSC
• also bought 2 more sand cherry seedlings

Thursday

• planted the sand cherries
• planted half the seed potatoes
• 1st bed full of ants!
• noted quite a few volunteer potatoes growing too

Friday

• more rain
• strawberries & elders arrived

Saturday

• noted lots of vetch growing around the place