May Wk 2: 8 - 14

Temperature range:

• lows: 46 - 67
• highs: 77 - 88

Rainfall: several days worth of sprinkles

Planted:

• potatoes, Red Pontiac (saved)
• sweet potato slips, Porto Rico (saved)

Harvested:

• English peas
• strawberries
• yarrow
• comfrey leaves
• poke root
• broccoli

Egg counts:

• Sun. 5
• Mon. 5
• Tues. 4
• Wed. 4
• Thurs 5
• Fri. 4
• Sat. 5
• Week's Total: 32

Eating our own:

• canned pizza sauce
• canned strawberry jam
• canned sweet pickles
• canned dill pickles
• canned turkey/sausage gumbo
• fresh carrots
• fresh strawberries
• fresh carrots
• fresh broccoli
• fresh peas
• fresh eggs
• fresh goat milk plus
• yogurt
• yogurt cheese
• whipped cream
• cheese (1st attempt)
• frozen okra
  
• frozen chicken

Seeds saved:

• turnips, purple top
• lettuce from mesclun blend

Observations:

• magnolias blooming

Feb Wk 3: 13 - 19

Temperature Range:

• lows: 27 - 52 F
• highs: 60 - 72 F

Rainfall: none

Egg Counts:

• Mon. 6
• Tues. 3
• Wed. 5
• Thurs. 4
• Fri. 3
• Sat. 3
• Weekly total (minus Sunday) = 24

Planted:

• cabbage seeds, Late Flat Dutch
• English peas, Wando
• lettuce, Parris Island Cos
• radishes, Pink Beauty

Harvested:

• beets
• carrots
• turnips
• horseradish
• lettuce
• mesclun
• radishes

Accomplished:

• dug new row for strawberries and asparagus
• applied compost & wood ashes
• finished companion group plan for this year's garden
• raked & hauled more leaves for mulch
• mulched daffodils with cardboard & wood chips

Feb. Wk 2: 6 - 12

Temperature Range

• lows: 23 - 34 F
• highs: 43 - 56 F

Rainfall: 0.05"

Snowfall: dusting

Planted:

• ginger rhizome

Harvested:

• lettuce
• mesclun
• carrots
• broccoli

Accomplished:

• sifted compost
• applied compost to rhubarb & azaleas
• raked leaves for mulch
• mulched azaleas with pine needles

Jan. Wk 4: 23 - 29

Temperature Range:

• lows: 25 - 37 F
• highs: 39 - 61

Rainfall: 0.8"

Snowfall: just a dusting

Harvested:

• horseradish
• cabbages
• turnips
• 1 beet
• mesclun

Preserved:

• turnips as sauerruben in a one gallon crock

Transplanted:

• transplanted privet(?) to along northwest property line
• transplanted perennial hibiscus in front of Leyland cypresses

Accomplished:

• raked & hauled 3 more wheelbarrow loads of leaves for mulch

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. 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

Oct. Wk 3, 17th - 23rd

Temperature range:

• lows: 46 - 59° F
• highs: 71 - 77° F

Rainfall: 0.1"

Planted:

• garlic
• China Rose winter radishes
• mild mesclun mix

Harvested:

• zucchini
• Pink Beauty radishes
• Swiss chard
• oregano
• sweet peppers
• state half runner beans
• last black turtle bean plant
• watermelons (last ones)
• baby beets
• baby turnips
• baby carrots
• tomato - 1 ripe Roma

Preserved:

• pickled beets using this recipe

Accomplished:

• thinned beets, turnips, & carrots
• fed tops to goats & chickens (llama wasn't interested)
• applied compost to new beds & broccoli
• started mulching potatoes
• pulled old dill plants, noted lots of new volunteers
• watered zucchini, sweet peppers, cabbages

To Do:

• plant parsnips & more beets?
• finish packing & labeling saved seeds
• finish organizing pantry
• harvest herbs
• clean out front flower beds