Mar. 4 - 10, 2012

Temperature Ranges

• lows: 28 - 57° F
• highs: 46 - 71° F

Rainfall: 0.5"

Planted

• turnips, Golden Ball (Pinetree Garden)
• Peas, early bird experimental (Shumway freebie)

Started

• sweet potatoes for slips

Harvested:

• broccoli
• kale
• lettuce
• carrots

Preserved:

• broccoli, frozen, 3 qts

Egg Counts

• Sun. 3
• Mon. 8
• Tues. 9
• Wed. 10
• Thurs 5
• Fri. 9
• Sat. 8
• Week's Total: 52

Observed & Accomplished:
Sunday

• day of rest
• very windy; blew the top off the corn crib
• wheat is greening up a bit

Monday

• bought & applied more blood meal to wheat
• pulled dead vines & plants out of next summer's corn patch
• peach trees beginning to bloom

Tuesday

• finished pulling dead weeds from corn field
• started sweet potatoes for slips, hope it's not too late!

Wednesday

• raked up some of my piles of leaves
• mulched another garden bed
• noted fresh deer tracks in garden

Thursday

• raked & mulched
• weeded & mulched carrots, lettuce, multiplier onions
• planted peas & turnips

Saturday

• broccoli starting to flower
• harvest most of the rest of the broccoli, only small heads
• Froze broccoli