Saturday, March 17, 2012

March 11 - 17, 2012

Temperature Range:
  • lows: 38 - 58° F
  • highs: 64 - 82° F
Rainfall: 0.2"

Harvested:
  • turnips, all except a few for seed
  • mangel
  • collards
  • cabbage collards
  • broccoli
  • asparagus 
  • beets
  • carrots
  • parsnip (just 1)
  • kale
Egg Counts:
  • Sun. 5
  • Mon. 9 (1 broken)
  • Tues. 9
  • Wed. 8
  • Thurs 7
  • Fri. 8
  • Sat. 4
  • Week's Total: 50
Observed & Accomplished
Sunday
  • day of rest
  • blueberry bushes blooming
Monday
  • cleaned out barn
  • dumped manure in field to till in
  • weeded Egyptian walking onions & 1 herb bed
  • composted fruit trees
  • gave a dozen eggs to a neighbor
  • made yogurt from frozen milk
  • drizzled at sunset
Tuesday
  • harvested & ate our 1st ever asparagus!
  • weeded the parsnip patch
Wednesday
  • published my March garden post on the homestead blog
  • harvested all the turnips except a few for seed
  • pulled a first parsnip for roasted veggies tonight!
  • Thinking about making the turnip bed into a permanent strawberry bed
  • weeded the collards
Thursday
  • light rain
Friday
  • wet & drizzly
Saturday
  • another light rain
  • dogwood trees beginning to bloom
  • found a source for dolomitic limestone by the ton

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