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01 Jun 2009Espaliered apple tree didn't make it through the winter 1 Combination Espaliered Apple Tree Dying and Square Foot Veggie Beds gardenI’m going to have to remove it from the frame and look at a different option for this space…
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22 Apr 2009Yard Long Beans sprouting already :-) Yard Long Beans Sprouting, Baby Plant garden , Square Foot Veggie Beds garden , Wheat Sprouting, White Lava...I sowed these on Monday and when I went downstairs today they were already up. I moved them over to right under the lights. When I went out to the greenhouse to see how things survived outside the last few nights I also noticed that my wheat has sprouted and quite a few wintersown containers have...Snow 15°C / 59°F
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20 Apr 2009My first daffodil of the season has bloomed :-) 2 1 Giant Mixed Daffodils for Naturalizing Budding, Front by the Path garden , and Giant Mixed Daffodils for Na...Daffodils have to be one of my favorite flowers…they are sooo cheerful looking that you can’t help but smile at them when they are in bloom. I planted a pile of mixed doubles in the front bed so I’m not sure which are blooming and budding at the moment. All I know is that they a...Windy 10°C / 50°F
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20 Apr 2009Forgot to record this guys journey... Planted up Red Malabar Spinach Sprouting and Baby Plant gardenI somehow missed recording the information for this guy so the days are probably a bit off…he’s sitting under the grow lights now and has one set of leave (a bout 4 plants have sprouted so far). Looks pretty healthy. Sprouted around: March 30? Moved out of prop and next to lights: Apr...
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19 Apr 2009Out to the greenhouse they go... Baby Plant garden , Corn 'Indian Blue (Hooker's) Hardening Off, Brocoli 'Purple Sprouting' Hardening Off, P...Today I was watching the poor little plants I have been hardening off by walking them inside and outside each day being buffeted around in the atrocious wind. I decided that the moving and buffeting was probably worse than the cold. So off to the greenhouse I trucked them. Everything except the t...Windy 12°C / 54°F
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17 Apr 2009Calendula potted out into the shrub border and pine needles swept, swept, swept... 1 2 Calendula 'Radio' wintersown Planting Out, Baby Plant garden , Shrub border by the fence garden , Berberis ...I did a giant sweep, clean, prune, water of the shrub border by the picket fence today (and my back will probably not forgive me for a week or two). I also planted the wintersown calendula out into the garden beside the sedum and rose bush where they were last year. We’ll see if it’s ...Windy 18°C / 64°F
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16 Apr 2009Lemon cucumber, corn, and purple sprouting brocoli sprouting Corn 'Indian Blue (Hooker's) Sprouting, Baby Plant garden , Brocoli 'Purple Sprouting' Sprouting, and Lemon...
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15 Apr 2009Leeks to the garden Leeks-No Name Planting Out, Baby Plant garden , Lettuce (Leaf) Australian Yellow Leaf Planting Out, Lettuce...I divided the leeks up and planted them out in to the smaller square foot bed near the fence. I managed to divide the six pack up into 40 single plants and used them to divide the bed up into 9 squares (I prefer the slightly larger squares in this bed since I plant lettuce and greens back here. I...Sunny 15°C / 59°F
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15 Apr 2009Pac Choi Sprouting Pac Choi 'Ching Chiang' Sprouting and Baby Plant gardenWow that was fast…I guess the pac choi prefers warmth as opposed to wintersowingSunny 15°C / 59°F
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13 Apr 2009more plants hardening off... Pumkpin 'Casper' Hardening Off, Baby Plant garden , Summer Squash 'Woods Prolific Bush Scallop' Hardening O...just a continuation of the last journal so I could add the rest of the plants…
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