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Early Spring Garden Work to begin next weekend April 28th.
I've
ordered a bunch of bulk seeds of greens, lettuces, peas, broccoli rabe,
and some herbs. (I ordered these from a farmer's seed company I know in
Missouri.) Lettuces, greens, spinach, and peas can go into the ground
now. My mama used to scatter the lettuce seeds right on top
of the snow. That way when it melted, the softened seeds were ready to
sprout as soon as they touched the ground.
Initial
plans are still forming for the garden for the summer. For the sake of
time and our next ability to meet in person, I am planning to pick a
couple of the beds to broadcast with lettuce and greens seeds.
I'll also plant a bunch of the peas.
I'll also attempt to do some more mulching to prevent weed growth.
The notion is to cover the ground with either mulch or to get a cover crop growing to prevent weeds.
We'll make more plans after we see what's up on the land.
View a plan of the plot here.
Daisy
4/26/07: Seeds arrived today. They are:
Buttercrunch lettuce 1/4#
Grand Rapids Lettuce 1/4#
Oakleaf Lettuce 1/4#
Ruby Lettuce 1/2 #
Southern Giant Mustard 1/2 #
Tender Green Mustard 1/2 #
Giant Noble Spinach 1/4 #
Bloomsdale Spinach 1/4#
Georgia Collards 1/2 #
Dwarf Siberian Kale 1/2#
Ruby Chard 1 oz
Arugala 1/4#
Sweet Basil 1/4#
Italian Parsley 1/4 #
Curled Parsley 1 oz
Nasturtium 1/4 #
Kohlrabi Purple Vienna 1 oz.
Italian Green Broccoli 1/4 #
Peas Progress #9 1/2 #
Dwarf Grey Sugar 1/2#
Tuesday, June 12th
The garden is going crazy!! It's like the seeds sprout almost immediately. Been eating micro greens of lettuces, kale, collards, and mustards. Peas are coming up. There is also spinach and parsley, basil sprouting. Andy from Amherst brought trays of broccoli, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and cleome. Chris Keefe brought tomatoes and melon plants. Jim Jackson brought squash plants and more melons.
A root bed has been worked up with lots of carrots, radishes and onions. The radishes came up within 48 hours!!!
There are lots of birds, spiders, and frogs in the gardens that haven't been around. There is a variety of birds that is incredible.
Readers have left 10 comments.  No.1 Hmmm??And what happens when I leave a comment? No.2 re: Jays comment what happens is, a super admin gets contacted via email, right now it comes to mine, and then i go and approve/publish it in the admin back end..  And what happens when I leave a comment? — Jay SchusterNo.3 Untitled Are deer going to be a factor? Do we have wabbits? Do we need to animal-proof the garden? What garden implements do have, and what do we need? Have we ph tested our soil? Should I shut up now? See you at WWW No.4 Garden Log? I could bring up a garden log that we can keep at Destiny. We can show on a little map what we planted where, and staple the seed packs into it so other gardeners don't weed out unidentified seedlings, etc. (I dug up my own portulaca seedlings one year and carefully nurtured some weeds. Duh.) Also, we'll have a record of what works and what doesn't for the future. How does that sound? No.5 Untitled Animals? Certainly deer, probably not rabbits so far back in the woods, but very likely other small creatures that like greens. I'm not sure about slugs but wouldn't be surprised. I'd strongly recommend fencing or netting or a strong-smelling repellent so we don't just wind up feeding the wildlife. I know of nothing that works against woodchucks except lead (highly effective but against our principles) and electric fences. Let's hope we don't have any. -- Kestrel No.6 Daisy's garden plan I added Daisys schema for the garden under Documents: click on Documents, then Gardening, and you'll see it there. Also, I added a link to it to the main article. No.7 re:Daisy's garden plan Thanks for your thoughts. It's all an experiment for a few years, right? The greens are all coming up crazy. We will be able to eat either this weekend or the next few.....baby greens. Animals will likely partake of the garden. We'll work developing methods of deterent and protection.
We need a lucite, clear, or watertight display box to hang in the garden area to post the notes of what's what. I have paints up there so we can start making little shingle signs.
We'll dash out and get more seeds and stuff this weekend. No.8 re:Daisy's garden plan I know that some critters dislike the smell of humans, so human hair mixed into the compost is something my Meme used to do. No.9 Untitled Mr. Lanier is going to bring up bags of hair to scatter around the garden for vermin deterent. Ray has offered to bring us up horse manure. He has aged manure that is a year old. Typically horse manure is very "hot" and has to age for a year.
Dan Harlow has offered up truckloads of compost. I'll be arranged for a pick up next Monday so we'll have lots of compost to spread around the garden for Lammas.
Been eating peas and greens like crazy. The basil and parsley are maturing so hopefully we can make some pesto for Lammas. xoxo Daisy No.10 Untitled If you use eggs here's how I discourage rabbits and deer from my veggies as well as other delectable herbivore menu items like roses: take one fresh egg (does not have to be rotten) beat it in a cup of water. Pour through a strainer or cloth into a compression sprayer. Add about a gallon or so more water and spray once every week or two or after overhead watering or rains. I've been gardening for years in the Calif sierra foothills without losing crops to deer and rabbits. I pour pee usually diluted about half with water in the root system to dissuade gophers. A wonderful use of recyled nitrogen. Water in to dispel smell. Few people try these tricks but those who do usually say they work as well for them as they do for me.
If you try them please share your experiences with me. thanks, mike of concow.
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