Saturday, May 5, 2012

Ap. 29 - May 5, 2012

Temperature Range:
  • lows: 55 - 67° F
  • highs: 83 - 87° F
Rainfall: sprinkle

Planted:
  • tomatoes, Amish Paste (Sustainable)
  • borage (Pinetree Gardens)
  • marigolds, antique (saved seeds)
  • BOSS (boughten bird seed)
  • cucumbers, Marketmore 76 (saved seeds)
  • Eggplant, Florida High Bush (Seed Savers)
  • soup beans, Dwarf Horticultural Taylor (Sustainable)
  • buckwheat
Harvested:
  • strawberries (just a few)
  • lettuce
  • broccoli
  • carrots
Egg Counts
  • Sun. 8
  • Mon. 7
  • Tues. 7
  • Wed. 10
  • Thurs. 8
  • Fri. 7
  • Sat. 8
  • Week's Total: 55
Observed & Accomplished:
Sunday
  • day of rest
  • days are getting hotter
  • potted ginger is sprouting
Monday
  • pulled all but one collard cabbage for seed
  • did a lot of my spring planting
Tuesday
  • raked up hay and cut more
  • Dan tilled part of this summer's corn patch
  • ordered barley & flax seed
Wednesday
  • magnolia is blooming
  • planted buckwheat near the almond tree where the old landscape cloth isn't pinned to the ground
  • brought house plants outside
  • scales on Meyers Lemon (scraped & washed off)
  • compost worms seems sparse in that big bed, but they're there
  • starting to get hot. I'm not ready for that
Thursday
  • scythed & raked more hay
  • Dan finished tilling the corn patch
  • repotted banana tree
Saturday
  • Dan finished scything pasture for hay

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