Feb Wk 4: 20 - 26

Temperature Range

• lows: 35 - 60 F
• highs: 58 - 71 F

Rainfall: 0.1"

Egg Count:

• Sun. 3
• Mon. 5
• Tues. 3
• Wed. 4
• Thurs. 3
• Fri. 4
• Sat. 5
• Week's total= 27

Planted (indoors):

• Joe Pye Weed
• Pyrethrum
• Spearmint
• St. Johns Wort
• Horehound
• Skullcap
• Chicory
• Valerian
• Bergamot
• Creeping Thyme
• Tomato, Brandywine

Planted (outdoors):

• 2 dogwoods (from National Arbor Day Foundation) in bird garden

Transplanted:

• strawberries

Seeds in freezer:

• Narrowleaf Echinacea
• marshmallow

Harvested:

• lettuce
• carrots

Accomplished:

• actually remembering to turn the compost almost daily
• tilled in annual rye
• made a compost sifter

Noted:

• winter wheat starting to grow
• daffodils blooming everywhere
• raspberries beginning to leaf

Nov/Dec Transition Wk: 28th - 4th

Temperature Range:

• lows: 28 - 44 F
• highs: 43 - 63 F

Rainfall: 3.4 inches

Planted:

• annual rye in old tomato patch

Harvested:

• beets
• lettuce
• broccoli
• mesclun

Seeds Gathered:

• calendula

Preserved:

• 1 gallon sauerruben from turnips

Accomplished:

• mulched turnip bed and part of beets

Noted:

• rutabagas are coming up!

Nov. Wk. 2, 7th - 13th

First Frost - Nov. 7th

Temperature Range

• Lows: 30 - 47 F
• Highs:53 - 71 F

Rainfall: none

Planted: nothing

Harvested:

• tomatoes (last of, mostly green)
• sweet peppers (last of)
• Swiss chard
• turnips
• sweet basil for seed
• beets

Gathered:

• a few more pecans

Preserved:

• green tomatoes & green peppers, in Farmgirl Susan's Green Tomato Relish
• dehydrated Swiss chard
• Sauerruben from turnips (lacto-fermentated)
• more pickled beets

Accomplished:

• pulled dead tomato, pepper, and sweet basil plants
• applied compost to carrot bed
• started raking, hauling, & piling leaves by garden for mulch 

Noted:

• wheat is coming up!
• annual rye is too

Nov. Wk. 1, (31st) - 6th

Temperature Range:

• Lows: 34 - 52 F
• Highs: 50 - 71 F

Rainfall: 0.4"

Planted:

• annual rye (green manure)
• winter wheat (2.25 lbs over about 120 sq ft.)
• rutabagas, purple top  
• parsnips, Harris Model

Harvested:

• tomatoes
• sweet peppers
• green beans (last of)
• Swiss chard
• popcorn (missed a few the 1st time)
• buckwheat
• turnips

Gathered:

• pecans

Preserved:

• dehydrated Swiss chard

Accomplished:

• tilled lower half of garden
• tilled old cucumber patch
• pulled the rest of the bush beans
• pulled popcorn stalks
• pulled most of the pole beans
• applied compost to cabbages
• applied compost to old cuke patch
• started new compost pile
• planted annual rye for a green manure cover crop
• planted an experimental patch of hard winter wheat.
• Joined our area food co-op
• Fri. pm, covered toms & peppers in preparation for frost

Noted:

• mesclun coming up
• radishes coming up
• garlic coming up
• broccoli starting to head
• ate our last mess of fresh steamed green beans for the year

March 20, 2010

Temperature:
~ low 46 F
~ high 72 F

Harvested:
~ broccoli - 1.2 oz
~ carrots - 2 ct, 2.4 oz
~ turnips - 13 ct, 11.1 oz

Tilled - under the annual rye in the big garden

Weeded - front herb gardens

February 12, 2010

Snow - 2.0"

Tilled in annual rye in about a third of the veggie garden.

November. 1, 2009

Temp:
~ low 50° F
~ high 60° F
Rainfall - 0.5"

Harvested
~ radishes - 2 ct. 0.6 oz

Noted

• Annual rye is up after 10 days

October 22, 2009

Temp:
~ low 46° F
~ high 70° F

Harvested:
~ rose hips - 7.7 oz

Production Garden:
~ added muriate of potash - 12 lbs for the entire garden
~ sowed 3 lb annual rye

Preparation for fruit trees:
Worked into soil in 5 ft radius of planting position
~ 7 lbs limestone per tree
~ 0.75 lb triple phosphate per tree
~ .25 lb muriate of potash per tree

Also planted about 5 or 6 more hardy hibiscus