dchapma's journal
Member since: Jun 08 | Last seen: Sep 12 | Years gardening: 6 | Organic gardener
Show All | Journal Entries | Questions | Milestones
Loading journals...-
22 Mar 2012Lettuce, Tom Thumb Dying and Ashcreek Backyard garden
- 0
- 0
Good-bye lettuce.Snow -1°C / 30°F -
03 Mar 2012Onion, Bianca di Maggio and Indoor Nursery garden
- 0
- 0
Our cat jumped onto the counter and ate most of my onion sprouts. I planted more.Overcast 14°C / 57°F -
29 Oct 2011Produce garden
- 1
- 1
So my partner and I bought a house last month, and there’s a set of three raised beds in the backyard. However, there are two problems with these beds: 1.) I think they were built with reclaimed, treated lumber; and 2.) They’re in a location that doesn’t get very much sun. I...Cloudy 15°C / 59°F -
19 Mar 2011Strawberry Moved and Raised Bed Produce garden
- 0
- 0
I moved the strawberries from the raised bed to the west end of the backyard next to the fence.Partly Sunny 12°C / 53°F -
31 Jul 2010Leaf Lettuce 'Green Salad Bowl' Harvesting and Lettuce 'Butterhead Marvel of Four Seasons' Harvesting
- 0
- 0
All the lettuce is bolting. I guess that does it until fall.Cloudy 18°C / 65°F -
15 Jul 2010Wautoma Pickling Cucumber and Raised Bed Produce garden
- 0
- 0
I think the slugs are eating the cucumber sprouts. Something is certainly doing away with them. I may have to try starting them indoors. -
04 Jul 2010Leaf Lettuce 'Green Salad Bowl' Harvesting, Raised Bed Produce garden , and Lettuce 'Butterhead Marvel of ...
- 0
- 0
Between the two lettuce varieties, I picked more than half a pound.16°C / 60°F -
06 Jun 2010Cucumber 'Marketmore 76' Dying and Raised Bed Produce garden
- 0
- 0
So much for that recovery. My cucumber population has been cut in half. One of the plants is dead, and two of them look like they’re not far behind. I’ve still got one that looks great, and another that I snapped the stem off when I planted them hasn’t shriveled up, so maybe ...Cloudy 17°C / 63°F -
02 Jun 2010Cucumber 'Marketmore 76' and Raised Bed Produce garden
- 0
- 0
Cloudy 17°C / 62°FThe cumbers are all upright again today. We had a fair amount of rain last night, so maybe they were just thirsty.
-
01 Jun 2010Cucumber 'Marketmore 76' Dying and Raised Bed Produce garden
- 0
- 0
About half of the cucumbers are looking pretty weak today, stems bent limply to the ground. Maybe I damaged the roots when I pulled them apart. They were all standing upright this morning, but not now.Rainy 16°C / 60°F
