February 27 Off to the OG to check it out and prune grapes. Trying to root the cuttings. Signs of spring in Rhubarb and garlic. August planted spinach overwintered nicely. |
March 6
Organized old leftover seeds. Planted seeds inside: tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, brocoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts. Ordered plant lights for H and ordered asparagus, strawberries and walk on me for NRMarch 7
Planted 3 beds of onions: seed & sets in OG.March 8
Planted lettuce under cold frame at H. Pruned raspberries and did garden clean up at OG. Planted marigold and cauliflower seeds inside.March 9 NR not ready for planting |
March 11 Lots of germination inside; set up two led grow lights |
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March 12
A bit of cleanup and hoeing at OG. Painted daisy and more tomato seed planted inside.March 14 Harvested 1st spinach. |
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March 17 Turned on 3rd & 4th plant light at H as more seedlings germinate. Received plants for NR and will try to keep them dormant except I put a few of each of the strawberry plants into the OG (3 beds). Also planted a bed of swiss chard and one of beets. Typical bed preparation is add some mushroom compost on top, use a broadfork to aerate, rake and hoe a row for the seed. Red tail hawk was hanging out in the garden when I arrived and the birds sang while I worked in the warm sun. Picked spinach for dinner. |
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March 19
Watered the strawberry roots, planted 1.5 beds of beets and harvested spinach. Set up a test transplant wind break.March 20
Planted red onion sets. Planted a bed of beets (last?). Ordered bulk seed for fall cover crops.March 22
Harvested spinach.March 23
Planted purple broccoli and heirloom "New Yorker" tomatoes inside.March 26
OG cold and muddy. Some hoeing and spinach harvest. Used up the last fresh carrots from last year.March 30
NR garden still covered in snow, but there is grass under the apple tree. Took a yard of mushroom soil to the OG plots and planted 4 beds of peas.March 31
Took another yard of mushroom soil to the OG plots, broadcast some on spinach and planted 4 beds of carrots.April 4 Garden in NR just barely peeking out of the snow. Repotted many seedlings. Replacements for some of last year's berries arrived. Planted Blueberries at H (added organic acid amendment), blackberries at OG. Harvested spinach at OG. Onion seed and set germinating, Strawberries awakening at OG. Lettuce in coldframe at H is growing and the raspberry side shoots like the cold frame too. |
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April 6
Took mushroom soil to H and NR. NR garden clear of snow.April 9 Took first cabbage and brocoli transplants to the garden and protected them with plastic wind shield. Installed wireless deer fence. |
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April 10 Cabbage and brocoli transplants showed signs of being munched on. Put some stakes in place. Harvested spinach and first Kale. |
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April 11
Put a bit of pepper spray on the OG cole transplants.April 12
Planted the asparagus, remaining strawberry roots, and walk on me in NR.April 15 General weeding at OG. Peas, beets, swiss chard are up. Rhubarb is happy. Picked kale and spinach at OG and lettuce thinnings at H. Ordered apples and cherries for NR. |
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April 17
Planted Basil, Oregano, Marjoram, Cilantro, and Parsley inside.April 18
Transplanted painted daisies and cole crops to OG. Put wire pen around raspberries. Harvested spinach.April 22
Harvested lettuce thinnings from H; pruned old apple tree in NR.April 23
Harvested spinach and kale from OG.April 24
Weeded. Transplanted strawberries and volunteer sunflowers in OG.April 25 Weeded. Transplanted 22 tomato seedlings into OG overplanting the spinach and using the cage windbreaks. Cut some Rhubarb flowers. Blueberries leafing at H. |
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April 26 Weeded. Transplanted 3 more tomato plants. Planted 5 beds of Bush Beans (Green, Burgandy and Wax). Overwintered kale bolting, so clear cut it and blanched and froze most. New blackberry plants are leafing out. |
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April 28 Asparagus buds forming in NR. Sprayed horticultural spray on old apple tree but need to get a better sprayer to reach the top. |
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April 29 Weeded at OG. Strawberries blooming and setting. Picked spinach. |
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April 30
Weeded. Transplanted eggplant and peppers OG. Planted cucumber seeds outside. Painted daisy budding up. Harvested spinach.May 1
Weeded. Put cucumber trellis in OG. Planted 2 beds of summer squash. Two painted daisy showed signs of deer munching.May 2
Hoe Hoe Hoe. Picked 5 gal pail full of spinach; blanched and frozen. Grape pruning rooting attmept declared a failure. Winter squash planted inside.May 3
Weeded. Watered. More munching on the painted daisies noted.May 4
Harvested rhubarb and spinach.May 8 Asparagus up in NR. Planted last tomatoes and peppers in OG. Planted cole plants. Transplanted volunteer flowers. Beans are coming up. Red cabbage is happy. Transplanted Marigolds. Harvested spinach. |
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May 9
Met a huge groundhog in our plot in OG. Weeded. Thinned a bed of swiss chard and two of beets. Froze spinach. Harvested kale.May 10 Weeded. Thinned a 1.5 beds of beets and one of carrots. Put Groundhog trap out. Harvested spinach and swiss chard. Froze spinach and kale. Cut seed potatoes for NR. |
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May 11
Weeded. Thinned a bed of carrots. Picked and froze spinach. Removed some of the wind shields.May 12
Planted raspberries and potatoes in NR.May 14
Weeded, picked spinach. Transplanted last cole seedlings. Grape flower buds visible, summer squash and cucumber is up. Most of the eggplant didn't survive April 30 transplanting. Removed some of the wind shields. Planted 2 Hansen bush cherry root stocks in OG.May 16
Picked and froze spinach. Planted a bed of summer squash. Replaced deer lures at OG. Planted cherry trees and bushes in NR. Old apple tree just beginning to blossom.May 18 Visited the garden during and after lots of rain. Drained the transplants. Noted first painted daisy bloom. Enjoyed the indigo buntings. Chased a rabbit out of our strawberries. |
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May 19
Weeded. Picked spinach and swiss chard. Removed more wind shields.May 20
Weeded. Picked spinach. Plucked off grape flowers.May 21 Weeded, picked spinach and kale. Groundhog staying clear of the trap. |
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May 23
Weeded. Planted 4 beds of peanuts.May 26 Backfilled asparagus in NR. Weeded in OG. First red strawberry and cherry blossom. Picked spinach. Noted flea damage to eggplants, beatle damage on summer squash and first cabbage worms. |
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May 27 Weeded in OG. Painted daisies doing well. Sprayed soap on eggplant, peppers, cucumber etc; BT on cole crops. |
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May 28
Spread straw in NR garden.May 29
Weeded & watered in OG. First tomato & pea flowers. Picked a few strawberries.May 30
Weeded. Picked kale and swiss chard and declared overwintered done. Froze kale. Picked a few strawberries.June 1
Planted Gala apple trees in NR; ordered apricot trees.June 2
Picked a qt+ of strawberries from OG along with blanketflowers.June 4
Weeded. Carnations, sunflowers and sage budding up. Picked almost qt of strawberries from OG, lettuce at home. Broadcast planted basil and oregano in OG.June 6
Planted Zoe's watermelon in NR. Potatoes doing well. Added straw mulch.June 5
Lots of weeding. Picked brocolli.June 7
Picked 2.5 qts of strawberries and some peas.June 8
Picked snow peas and painted daisy heads.June 8 Picked snow peas and painted daisy heads. Raspberries filling out. |
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June 9 Weeded. Picked and froze a quart of strawberries. The tree swallows are always a fine greeting. |
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June 10 Weeded. Picked lots of snow peas and a quart of strawberries. |
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June 11 Weeded. Transplanted seedlings from Marilyn's classroom. Picked a quart+ of strawberries. Noted baby grasshoppers. |
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June 12 Weeded in OG. Planted apricot trees in NR. Zoe's watermelon has new leaves. |
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June 13 Deer have been nibbling new apple trees in NR. Refreshed deer guard bait. Potatoes doing well but grasshoppers noted. Picked strawberries and snow peas in OG |
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June 14 NR apple trees also being attacked by beetles. Sprayed oil spray and hung tanglefoot spheres. |
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June 15 Picked lots of snow peas and some berries. Bluebirds are nesting in one of the north boxes. |
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June 16
Weeded. Picked and froze snow peas.June 17
Planted cranberries in NR. Hand picked bugs. Moved 3 wireless deer fence stakes from OG to NR.June 19 Picked lots of snow peas and half pint of raspberries. Carnations openning. |
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June 20 Froze snow peas. Weeded. Picked raspberries and first beets, green beans and spring planted swiss chard. First sunflower openned. |
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June 21 Weeded. Picked raspberries and snow peas. Snow peas are in a jungle. Spice beds show promise. Red cabbage seems happy. |
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June 22 Weeded. Picked raspberries at H and OG. Picked some green beans. Froze sugar snap peas and raspberries. |
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June 24 Replanted raspberry stalks in NR; moved straw & weeded. Snagged and baked a new potato. |
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June 25 Cranberries blooming in NR. Picked and froze raspberries from H and OG. Picked snap peas and beans at OG. |
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June 26 Weeded OG; blackberries starting to spread. A vulture hung out nearby. |
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June 27 Weeded in OG. Picked snap peas, raspberries and first zucchinni. First peanut blossum openned. |
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June 28 Weeded in OG. Picked beans, a head of cabbage, kale and a few strawberries. |
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June 29 Weeded. Picked snow peas, raspberries and a few carrots. Froze beans and kale. |
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June 30 Picked beans at OG. Spread NoLo in New Russia. |
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July 2 Picked beans, peas, raspberries, carrots, cauliflower, summer squash and flowers at OG. Froze beans. |
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July 3
Weeded and spread mulch in OG.July 4
Weeded in OG. Picked raspberries, beans, snap peas, summer squash, and beets. Froze beans.July 5
Weeded in OG.July 6
Weeded in OG. Dug bed of carrots that had been "mowed" by an animal. Harvested beans, peas, raspberries, summer squash and cucumber. Planted spinach, catnip, and brocoli by broadcast. Planted squash from italy. Transplanted basil.July 7
Picked beans, peas and raspberries in OG.July 8
Froze beans. Sprayed organic insecticide in NRJuly 9
Sprayed neem oil in NR. Potato bugs still a problem.July 10
Picked beans, peas, squash, cuc's and raspberries in OG.July 11
Picked peas, cuccumbers, cabbage and peppers & Weeded in OG. Transplanted basil. Planted a bed of carrots. Picked a quart of wild raspberries.July 12
Weeded. Picked beans, squash and 2 quarts of wild raspberries. Froze beans.July 13
Picked almost 2 quarts of wild blueberries. Froze raspberries and blueberries.July 14 Picked beans, a few carrots and onions, swiss chard and kale. Pulled elephant garlic out of the ground. Some damage apparently by small ants. Marilyn PYO blueberries and froze a bunch. Two more pea beds were replanted with spinach and swiss chard. Lots of garden contributions for NJ family visit. |
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July 15
Brought elephant garlic home. Plant cauliflower seeds in that half bed. Picked first tomato and peppers and squash. Pulled raspberry stalks for NR. Weeded and mulched.July 16
Weeded and picked a few strawberries and wild wineberries.July 17
Weeded and harvested beans and beets.July 18 Weeded. Picked a couple more plum tomatoes, the bed of red onions and squash. |
July 19
Weeded and harvested beans, squash and brocolli. Froze beans and squash.July 21
Sprayed soap and hand picked potato beetles.July 22
Weeded and mulched in NR.July 24 Sprayed soap in NR. NoLo applied in NR & OG. Picked one bed of garlic, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash and strawberries in OG. |
July 25
Picked beans and another bed of garlic in OG. Planted snap peas. Mulched.July 26 Weeded in OG. Harvested strawberries, cucumber, tomatoes, and carrots. No rain for about two weeks but last night's thunderstorm was a respite. |
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Marilyn kept weeeding and havesting all the yellow onions, tomatoes, beans, summer squash, strawberries and cucumbers.July 30 Harvested strawberries, beans, tomatoes, cabbage, peppers and carrots from OG. Planted a bed of swiss chard and a bed of spinach where the yellow onoins had been. | |
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July 31
Nibbled on strawberries and harvested squash, tomatoes and a cucumber in OG.August 5
Dug the first bed of potatoes (that had been hard hit by bugs) in NR. Winter squash and Minnesota melon volunteers are setting fruit. Zoe's watermelon had three flowers.August 6
Marilyn havested beans, strawberries, tomatoes and cuccumbers from OG. Weeded.August 8 Weeded in OG. Harvested cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, basil, swiss chard and carrots. |
August 9
Weeded. Harvested strawberries, tomatoes and squash from OG.August 10
Weeded. Harvested basil, tomatoes and squash from OG.August 11 Weeded in OG. Harvested squash, tomatoes, peppers, oregeno, and white onions. Planted a bed of spinach. |
August 12
Weeded. Harvested tomatoes, cucumbers and squash from OG. PYO 48 lbs of peaches in Belvidere: drying, buttering and saving for later.August 13
Harvested tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, broccoli and pots of oregeno & basil plants from OG.August 14
Harvested beans and dug two 5 gal pails of strawberry plants.August 15
August 15 Harvested two rows of potatoes (heavily eaten by voles) and planted strawberry transplants in NR. |
August 17
Harvested last 4 rows of potatoes. Total NR yield around 95lbs.August 19 Harvested squash, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, spinach, carrots, cabbage, and beans. Canned tomatoes (4 qt) and peaches (two 1.5pint) and froze beans. |
August 20
Canned potatoes. Ordered shade garden for NR.August 21
Picked beets, tomatoes and spinach.August 22
Weeded in OG. Picked tomatoes, basil, squash, brocolli. Made lots of pesto.August 23
Weeded in OG. Picked tomatoes, and swiss chard & spinach thinnings.August 24
Weeded in OG. Picked tomatoes and summer squash.August 26
Rebaited deer guards in NR. Planted test bed for overwintering in NR: spinach, swiss chard, onions, carrots and beets. Picked a bag of green apples with an eye to making pectin. Harvested full first year Gala crop: one apple; it was tasty
August 28 Picked tomatoes and beans in OG. Wind from huricane Irene had knocked over most of the sunflowers and some tomatoes. |
August 29
Canned 5.5 pints apple pectin. Weeded in OG. Picked tomatoes, summer squash, basil and spinach.August 31
Froze basil. Picked tomatoes, summer squash, beans, beets and spinach.September 2
Weeded. Picked beans, squash and tomatoes.September 3 Weeded. Picked basil and beets. |
September 7
Picked berries, beans, squash and tomatoes. Canned tomatoesSeptember 11
Picked MN melons, winter squash in NR. Cranberries look happy. Strawberries seem to have taken.September 12
Picked berries, tomatoes and spinach.September 14
Picked and canned tomatoes.September 16
Before first light frost in NR gathered the MN melons and winter squash.September 17
Picked raspberries.September 18
Weeded OG. Picked raspberries, tomatoes and beans.September 20
Weeded OG. Picked raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, squash, peppers, beets and beans. Put up partial wire around blackberries and planted 3 beds of spinach.September 22
Weeded OG. Picked raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes.September 24
Weeded OG. Picked raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, squash.September 26
Picked raspberries, strawberries, and tomatoes.September 28
Picked raspberries, strawberries, and a squash. Made a batch of raspberry jam: 4 pints raspberries, 1 pint NR apple pectin, 5 cups sugar cooked 20 minutes.September 30
Planted daffodils in NROctober 1
Picked winter squash in NROctober 2
Picked raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes and peppers in OG.October 5
Picked raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes and uprooted raspberry shoots and catnip for NR.October 9-10
Planted 1000 crocus bulbs and a few daffodils and tulips in NR.October 10
Planted bunchberry and pink lady slipper seeds for overwinter in NR. Planted white and painted trillium seeds for refrigerator cold stratification. Refreshed deer guards.October 12
Picked raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes and peppers.October 14
Picked raspberries and swiss chard. Made raspberry jam. for NR.October 15
Weeded OG. Picked tomatoes, peppers, spinach and carrots.October 16
Picked raspberries and snap peas in OG. Sprayed BT on cole crops. Picked & froze basil.October 20
Picked raspberries and snap peas in OG.October 22
Planted garlic in New Russia. Found and ate stray potato. Add mulch to overwintering trays.October 24
Picked raspberries, peppers, snap peas and swiss chard in OG.October 28
Hauled a trailer load of leaves from H to OG. Picked raspberries, peppers, and spinach.November 06
Picked spinach and kale at OGNovember 09
Dug and roasted the beds of peanutsNovember 15
Moved some chips to walkway in OG. Took 3 pails of chips for bottle mushroom growth. Picked catnip, spinach and kale at OGNovember 21
Canned 8 half gallons of chips.November 22
Canned 16 half gallons of chips and inoculated 12 with Lion's Mane and 12 with King Oyster.November 23
Outside stacks of maple firewood inoculated. Wood shavings inoculated with Lion's Mane in basement.December 3
Moved King Oyster jars to the basement.December 7
Harvested Beets from OG. Greens look good.December 9
King Oysters back up, openned and watered. Lion's mane to basement.December 14
Harvested Beets from OG. General cleanup. Watered oysters.December 22
Harvested Beets from OG.December 31
A few mushrooms fruiting, but need water.