Cliff's 2026 Garden Blog

Cliff's 2026 Garden Blog

August 24, 2026

Harvested string beans, tomatoes, summer squash and cabbage. Froze string beans.

August 23, 2026

Harvested and canned tomatoes.

August 22, 2026

Harvested string beans, two beds of onions and corn. Froze string beans and corn. Chopped and cooked tomatoes.

August 21, 2026

Harvested tomatoes, cucumbers and a watermelon.

August 20, 2026

Harvested string beans, summer squash, tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, and a melon.

August 17, 2026

Harvested string beans, tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, and sweet pepper.

August 15, 2026

Harvested tomatoes, cucumber, corn and onion. Canned peaches and tomatoes. Froze string beans and corn.

August 15, 2026

Harvested string beans, tomatoes, cucumber, beets and onion. Sprayed BT on peaches, cherry and tomatoes. Trimmed garlic. Weeded.

August 14, 2026

Harvested tomato, cucumber, froze string beans and kale. Did a burn, weeded...

August 13, 2026

Sprayed BT for red humped caterpillars. Harvested corn, tomatoes, broccoli, kale, eggplant basil and two tubs of string beans. Froze string beans.

August 12, 2026

Harvested tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet pepper and a melon.

August 6, 2026

Harvested tomatoes and string beans. Transplanted seedlings. Staryted a bed of spinach.

August 5, 2026

Harvested tomatoes, basil and cucumbers. Hand sprayed squash bugs.

August 4, 2026

Harvested tomatoes and string beans. Hand sprayed squash bugs.

August 3, 2026

Harvested eggplant, summer squash, cauliflower and cucumbers. Hand sprayed squash bugs.

August 2, 2026

Harvested tomatoes and cherry tomatoes. Watered snap pea trellises.

July 29, 2026

Harvested cherry tomatoes, cucumber and eggplant.

July 28, 2026

Harvested cherry tomatoes, broccoli, kale, and lettuce. Weeded. Transplanted broccoli, kale, and cauliflower into old garlic space.

July 27, 2026

Harvested cherry tomatoes. Weeded. Planted spinach and 4 types of beets.

July 26, 2026

Harvested cherry tomatoes, raspberries, and summer squash. Weeded. Replanted second round summer squash (again). Planted snap peas: green, yellow and purple.

July 25, 2026

Harvested summer saquash, cauliflower, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and last 6 trays of garlic. Weeded.

July 24, 2026

Harvested cherry tomatoes and 11 trays of garlic. Weeded.

July 23, 2026

Harvested broccoli and summer squash and 12 trays of garlic. Weeded. Started kale.

July 22, 2026

Weeded. Harvested cucumber. Weeded. Brought 6 containers of compost north.

July 18, 2026

Started Ruby Perfection cabbage.

July 16, 2026

Harvested five varieties of garlic. Harvested a few cherry tomato, some cauliflower and summer squash. weeded.

July 15, 2026

Harvested two varieties of garlic. Harvested a bit of lettuce and a cherry tomato. Sprayed BT on cole crops.

July 14, 2026

Harvested snap peas and first cherry tomato. Watered north and main gardens. put epson salt at the base of nightshade plants. Planted carrots on top of one kidney bean bed and Beets (Detroit Red and Ruby Queen) on the other.

July 13, 2026

Harvested remaining broccoli and froze some. Harvested two more types of garlic.

July 12, 2026

Harvested peas, kale, and broccoli and froze some of them.

July 11, 2026

Weeded.

July 10, 2026

Harvested peas, broccoli and froze some of them. Harvested first garlic.

July 9, 2026

Hand picked bugs.

July 5, 2026

Froze basil.

July 4, 2026

Harvested peas, spinach, basil. Watered.

July 3, 2026

Harvested cherries, broccoli and peas. Froze cherries.

July 2, 2026

Harvested cherries and peas. Froze cherries.

July 1, 2026

Harvested cherries and peas. Froze cherries.

June 30, 2026

Transplanted marigolds and nasturtiums. Weeded and prepared beds. Watered. Harvested kale, spinach, lettuce, cherries and currants. Froze kale and lettuce.

June 29, 2026

Transplanted basil, marigolds and nasturtiums. Weeded and prepared beds. Hand picked rose chaphers. Harvested spinach. Froze strawberries.

June 28, 2026

Transplanted basil, marigolds and nasturtiums. Weeded and prepared beds. Hand picked rose chaphers. Harvested and spinach. Froze strawberries.

June 27, 2026

Transplanted basil, marigolds and nasturtiums. Harvested lettuce and spinach.

June 26, 2026

Transplanted lettuce, basil and nasturtiums. Weeded and prepared beds. Hand picked rose chaphers. Harvested kale and snagged a few snap peas.

June 25, 2026

Sprayed Neem for cucumber beetles, fish for blueberries, BT for cole crops. Trimming tomato plants. Weeded. Harvested strawberries. Planted kidney beans.

June 24, 2026

Sprayed Neem for cucumber beetles.

June 19, 2026

Harvested cauliflower (early snow runts), lettuce and spinach. Planted kidney beans. Weeded.

June 18, 2026

Harvested lettuce. Transplanted marigolds and nasturtium. Got kozy's off tomatoes. Planted white beans in middle corn bed.

June 17, 2026

Harvested lettuce. Transplanted cucumbers and clover.

June 14, 2026

Harvested asparagus and lettuce. Planted last 3 carrot trellises.

June 13, 2026

Harvested asparagus. Watered strawberries in the north garden. Sprayed sinosad on squash, melons and pumpkins. Weeded the garlic beds. Planted 4 string bean tellisies. planted 4 carrot patches at them.

June 12, 2026

Harvested asparagus. Froze asparagus. Watered via taking down kozy's and sweet potato water jars. Squash beetles and cucumber beetles make their apeearance. Started lettuce.

June 11, 2026

Harvested asparagus. Weeded. Put shade cover on spinach.

June 10, 2026

Harvested asparagus. Started basil, marigolds, nasturtiums.

June 8, 2026

Harvested asparagus, Planted three trellises of string beans .

June 7, 2026

Harvested asparagus, lettuce and spinach. Froze asparagus. Transplanted pumpkins. Planted extra sweet potato slips.

June 6, 2026

Harvested asparagus. Watered. Transplanted amaryllis, sunflowers and nasturtiums. Put sweet potato slips in frosted beds that showed no signs of new growth.

June 5, 2026

Harvested asparagus, spinach and lettuce. Watered. Transplanted turmeric

June 4, 2026

Started picking cherries in PA. Harvested asparagus. Watered.

May 31, 2026

Harvested asparagus. Weeded. Transplanted corn, eggplant, peppers, North Georgia candy roaster, butternut squash, summer squash, melons and watermelon.

May 30, 2026

Harvested asparagus. Weeded. Transplanted spinach and beets.

May 29, 2026

Harvested asparagus. Weeded. Bed preperations. Cut sweet potato "backup" slips.

May 28, 2026

Harvested asparagus and spinach.

May 24, 2026

Transplanted remaining sweet potatoes. Previous sweet potatoes hit hard by frost.

May 23, 2026

Harvested spinach. Transplanted celery, and remaining cole crops. Weeded & watered.

May 19, 2026

Transplanted white and purple sweet potato slip generators (3 each). Started butternut squash: Metro (12) and pumpkins: North Georgia candy roaster (9), Musqee de Provence (3), Junona (3). Finsihed putting water bottles near the sweet potatoes.

May 18, 2026

Transplanted lettuce, parsley. Started corn. Put water bottles near the sweet potatoes.

May 17, 2026

Transplanted 54 sweet potato plants and last 15 tomatoes. Weeded.

May 16, 2026

Started watermelon: Sugar Baby(3), Crimson Sweet (3), Juicebox (3), cucumber: Itachi (3), Sashimi (3), Unagi (3), summer squash and melons: Sarah's choice (3), Lilly (3), Diplomat (3). Transplanted 54 cole plants.

May 11, 2026

Started sunflowers (9), nasturtium (9) and basil (24). Transplanted 18 more tomato plants and flame cauliflower.

May 10, 2026

Transplanted first 18 tomato plants.

May 9, 2026

Transplanted remaining trays of onions, Dahlias, and early snow cauliflower. Replanted spinach trays. Asparagus sprouts ruined by frost.

May 8, 2026

Harvested asparagus.

May 7, 2026

Harvested asparagus.

May 3, 2026

Started spinach (72) and Marigolds (36). Weeded.

May 2, 2026

Transplanted two trays (each) of Patterson and Rossa di Milano onions in the garden. Harvested spinach and asparagus. Weeded.

May 1, 2026

Transplanted Mahon Yam slips into 3 inch pots (18). Weeded. Hardening off some onions and Dahlias. Filled kozys for Dahlias. Started clover for flower beds. Moved old bagged grass compost into low spots.

April 26, 2026

Started ginger (18). Weeded.

April 25, 2026

Sprayed fungacide on raspberries, peaches, grapes and apples. Pruned, weeded, tacked down uplifted plastic. Harvested over wintered spinach. Started more Mahon Yam cuttings for rooting.

April 24, 2026

Pruned widely. Planted peas and carrots.

April 19, 2026

Started beets: Detriot Red (36), Ruby Queen (36)

April 18, 2026

Pruned grapes.

April 17, 2026

Started: Specialty tomatoes: Abigail (1), Woodstock (1), Harvest Moon (4), Cherry tomatoes: Artemis (2), Sunrise Bumble Bee (2), Sunpeach, Blush, Nova, Five Star, SuperSweet 100, Cherry Bomb, Indigo Cherry Drops, Apple Yellow (2), Sungold (2), Tomatoes: Big Beef Plus(18), Granadero (12), Turkish Delight eggplant (9), Peppers: Ace (2), Red Knight, SVPB8415, Sweet Sunrise (2), Parsley (6), Lettuce (30).

April 10, 2026

Potted sweet potato slips. Prepared trays for next week. Pruned a bit in the north garden. Thinned remaining onions.

April 5, 2026

Replanted flame cauliflower.

April 4, 2026

Potted remaining rooted sweet potatoes. Potted Dahlias. Planted garlic hoping for rounds: Nepal (16), Sicilian Silver (16).

April 3, 2026

Potted rooted sweet potatoes and cut more for rooting.

March 28, 2026

Started broccoli: Calabrese (6), De Cicco (6), Purple Sprouting (6), Marathon (6), Eastern Magic (6), Green Magic (6), Monty (6), Celery: Tango (6), Cauliflower: Early Snow (6), Flame (6), Lavender (6), Paxton (6), Cabbage: Ruby Perfectionb (6), Murdoc (6), Kale: Black Magic (6).

March 20, 2026

Fertilized blueberries, cranberries, garlic and asparagus. Started turmeric (18). Started rooting sweet potato cuttings: Purple Magesty (18), Mahon Yam (6), O' Henry (18).

March 14, 2026

Froze the last '25 onion.

March 13, 2026

Started onions: Patterson (36), Rosa di Milano (36).

March 7, 2026

Started onions: Patterson (72), Rosa di Milano (60).