Marilyn and Cliff have had various gardens over the years. We are now focusing on gardening in New Russia, NY (NR) [Cliff's 2023 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2022 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2021 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2020 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2019 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2018 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2017 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2016 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2015 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2014 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2013 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2012 Garden Blog] [Cliff's 2011 Garden Blog]
October 4, 2024
Harvested pumpkins, eggplant, string beans summer squash and sweet peppers.October 3, 2024
Harvested apples and cabbage Started a batch of sauerkraut.October 2, 2024
Harvested broccoli, summer squash, cabbage dried beans, knarled cucumbers. Froze string beans, summer squash and broccoli.September 30, 2024
Harvested pumpkins.September 29, 2024
Harvested apple drops, string beans, broccoli, tomatoes, winter squash, pumpkins. Cleaned up the tomato patch.September 28, 2024
Harvested pear drop and summer squash.September 24, 2024
Harvested apples and pear drops.September 23, 2024
Harvested watermelon and dried beans. Watered. Put in posts for blackberries.September 22, 2024
Gathered strawberries plants for the north garden. Harvested a sweet pepper, dried beans and string beans. Watered. Sprayed Neem.September 21, 2024
Harvested apple drops, sweet potatoes, summer squash, a first turmeric. Transplanted strawberries in the north garden. Watered.September 20, 2024
Harvested winter squash, pumpkins, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower.September 19, 2024
Harvested pepper and apple drops. Dehydrating apples. Started rooting strawberries.September 16, 2024
Froze string beans and broccoli.September 15, 2024
Harvested summer sqush, cucumbers, eggplant and broccoli. Spread compost.September 14, 2024
Harvested and canned concord grapes. Harvested watermelon. Harvested and canned tomatoes.September 13, 2024
Dug amaryllis bulbs. Preparing strawberry beds in north garden. Laid fabric near the Taylor Apple Pear.September 12, 2024
Harvested and froze basil and parsley. Made charcoal. Started sauerkraut.September 11, 2024
Harvested dried beans, melons, summer squash, winter squash, pumpkins, cherry tomatoes and cabbage. Froze melon and string beans.September 10, 2024
Harvested string beans, cauliflower, broccoli and pear & apple drops.September 7, 2024
Froze melon.September 4, 2024
Harvested cucumbers, summer squash, broccoli, snap peas, string beans, melons.September 3, 2024
Cleaned garlic. Froze squash and string beans. Harvested and canned tomatoes. Garden cleanup. Dehydrating apples.September 2, 2024
Harvested wine grapes, summer squash & cucumbers. Juiced and canned grape juice. Froze melon.September 1, 2024
Harvested string beans, melons. Put away blueberry covers.August 31, 2024
Froze melon. Picked a few pears and apples and drops. Harvested a few carrots & summer squash & a cucumber & some winter squash and pumpkins. Weeded. Sprayed squash bugs.August 30, 2024
Froze summer squash and string beans. Canned tomatoes. Harvested dried beans and cherry tomatoes. Sorted potatoes. Cleaned garlic. Transplanted thyme. Pulled a few acorn squash. Weeded.August 29, 2024
Harvested melons, tomatoes, string beans. Started dehydrating grapes. Froze melons.August 28, 2024
Froze summer squash.August 27, 2024
Froze kale.August 26, 2024
Harvested cherry tomatoes, grapes, eggplant, summer squash, blueberries, snap peas and cucumbers. Froze grapes.August 25, 2024
Cut peaches. Harvested corn, string beans and melon. Froze melon & corn.August 24, 2024
Cut peaches. Cleaned garlic & put it for sale. Harvested and canned tomatoes. Dehydrating grapes.August 23, 2024
Cut peaches. Harvested cherry tomatoes, melons, corn, last potatoes and grapes. Froze grapes, corn and melons. Sprayed curbits, grapes, trees and nightshade for disease.August 22, 2024
Froze peaches. Harvested string beans, tomatoes, summer squash and cucumber.August 21, 2024
Froze peaches.August 20, 2024
Cut peaches. Froze melon.August 19, 2024
Harvested summer squash, melons, cucumber, string beans, somerset grapes and cherry tomatoes. Froze melon and grapes.August 18, 2024
Harvested string beans, melons and potatoes. Weeded. Froze Melon.August 17, 2024
Harvested a summer squash, blueberries, string beans and potatoes. Weeded. Planted spinach. Froze string beans.August 16, 2024
Harvested a cucumber, fruit drops, tomatoes and cherry tomatoes. Froze cherry tomatoes.August 15, 2024
Harvested a cucumber and fruit drops. Froze cherry tomatoes.August 13, 2024
Harvested potatoes, peaches. Weeded.August 12, 2024
Harvested peaches, lettuce, basil, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash, cabbage, corn and string beans. Sprayed 3-1 non seseame. Froze basil. Weeded. Made charcoal.August 11, 2024
Harvested peaches, blackberries, tomatoes. Weeded.August 10, 2024
Harvested peaches in NR; harvested tomatoes, summer squash, cucumbers, green beans and onions. Weeded. Set up two more grass composting bins. Froze melon, blueberries, and string beans.August 9, 2024
Harvested peaches in PA &NR; harvested melon and summer squash. Froze melon.August 8, 2024
Harvested peaches in PA. Canned peaches.August 7, 2024
Harvested peaches in PA. Canned peaches. Froze melon.August 6, 2024
Harvested peaches in PA.August 5, 2024
Harvested string beans, summer squash, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, cataloupe, peaches.August 4, 2024
Harvested string beans, summer squash, blueberries, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes. Made peach jam. Weeded. Pruned grapes. Trimmed garlic.August 3, 2024
Harvested cherry tomatoes, summer squash, potatoes. Froze basil & pesto. Trimmed garlic.August 2, 2024
Harvested BASIL, cherry tomatoes, summer squash, cucumbers, onions, potatoes, and eggplant. Trimmed garlic.August 1, 2024
Harvested Peaches, blueberries, cherry tomatoes. Thinned raspberries. Trimmed garlic.July 31, 2024
Harvested Peaches and blueberries in PA and cauliflower in NR. Froze peaches and made pickles. Trimmed garlic.July 30, 2024
Harvested Peaches in PA. Canned peaches. Froze summer squash & cauliflower.July 29, 2024
Harvested blueberries, cucumbers, summer squash and cherry tomatoes. Sprayed tiny bit of Neem on squash bugs.July 28, 2024
Trimmed garlic. Harvested cucumbers, summer squash and cherry tomatoes. Sprayed tiny bit of Neem on squash bugs. Mowed inside the fence. Covered Pink lemonade blueberries. Froze summer squash and blueberries. Picked peaches in PA.July 27, 2024
Trimmed garlic. Harvested cucumbers, summer squash and cherry tomatoes. Thinned peaches. Cleaned up broken branches.July 26, 2024
Picked peaches and blueberries in PA. Pasturizing compost in NR. Trimmed garlic. Harvested raspberries, blueberries, summer squash and cherry tomatoes.July 25, 2024
Picked peaches in PA and cucumbers and summer squash in NR.July 24, 2024
Picked up peaches in PA and got new fabric.July 23, 2024
Harvested squash and cucumbers and peaches off a half tree break. Picked up peaches in PA.July 22, 2024
Trimmed garlic. Picked bugs. Planted spinach, carrots, cucumbers and Ruby Queen & Cylindra beets. Harvested squash. Protected pumpkin.July 21, 2024
Trimmed garlic. Harvested raspberries, blueberries, cherry tomatoes, last garlic, cucumbers, summer squash, broccoli, and eggplant. Planted lettuce, carrots and Ruby Queen beets. Sprayed neem on squash & pumpkins. One summer squash had squash bug nymphs.July 20, 2024
Harvested blue berries in PA. Sprayed peaches in NR with NeemJuly 19, 2024
Harvested peaches in PA.July 18, 2024
Harvested a cucumbers, summer squash, raspberries, blueberries and much garlic. Picked bugs. Sprayed spinosad.July 17, 2024
Harvested a cucumber. Picked bugs.July 16, 2024
Harvested a cucumber, summer squash and garlic.July 15, 2024
Harvested a cucumber, summer squash and broccoli. Marked garlic for harvest in the morning.July 14, 2024
Harvested blueberries in PA.July 13, 2024
Harvested raspberries and blueberries. Picked bugs. Transplanted beets.July 12, 2024
Harvested raspberries, blueberries, garlic, and cucumbers &squash. Picked bugs. Transplanted beets. Sprayed BT & Neem.July 11, 2024
Harvested brocolli, summer squash, basil, garlic, and parsley. Picked bugs. Transplanted beets. Froze snap peas, brocolli, and summer squash.July 10, 2024
Harvested brocolli, summer squash, cucumbers, garlic, and snap peas. Picked bugs. Transplanted remaining, brocolli, cauliflower and kale. Thinned carrots.July 9, 2024
Harvested blueberries in PA. Harvested brocolli, cucumbers, raspberries, summer squash in NR.July 7, 2024
Harvested blueberries in PA. Hardening off seedlings.July 6, 2024
Harvested cucumbers. Hand picked bugs.July 5, 2024
Harvested garlic, snap peas, blueberries and raspberries. Made charcoal. Weeded. Hand picked bugs. Put down plastic. Planted summer squash.July 4, 2024
Harvested garlic, a few blueberries and first summer squash. Weeded. Replanted Sashimi cucumbers. Planted: Peas, carrots, string beans. Hand picked bugs. Watered. Sprayed spinosad.July 3, 2024
Harvested garlic, snap peas, raspberries, currants in NR. Made currant jam. Hand picked bugs. Planted ruby queen beets. Put clover and wildflowers in the lawn. Sprayed sesame oil.July 2, 2024
Harvested blueberries at home and cherries in NR. Froze cherries. Sprayed BT on cole crops, potatoes, tomatoes and suspectable cucurbits.June 29, 2024
Started Blue, Purple, and Red thyme. Froze cherries.June 28, 2024
Harvested cherries and snap peas. Picked bugs. Put up 2 blueberry covers. Switched main compost bins. Weeded.June 27, 2024
Harvested kale, accidental asparagus. Picked bugs. Weeded.June 26, 2024
Harvested snap peas, garlic scapes, strawberries, and basil. Picked bugs. Weeded. Made garlic scape and basil pesto.June 24, 2024
Thinned fall transplants.June 21, 2024
Harvested asparagus, snap peas, basil and straberries. Put down plastic.June 20, 2024
Harvested asparagus, snap peas and strawberries. Put down plastic.June 19, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Sprayed cucurbits for powdery mildew. Froze strawberries and asparagus.June 18, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Watered and Weeded. Harvested strawberries.June 17, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Sprayed sinospadJune 16, 2024
Harvested first blueberries in PA.June 15, 2024
Started: Beets: Cylindra (30), Chioggia (36), Detroit Dark Red (72).June 14, 2024
Harvested asparagus and strawberries. Hand picked bugs. Started: broccoli, Monty (12).June 13, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Sprayed Bee Safe on peaches, apples, grapes and potatoes. Weed whacked! & watered and Purple Magesty sweet potatoes.June 12, 2024
Replanted an Itachi cucumber and Crimson sweet watermelon. Harvested asparagus and strawberries. Sprayed BT on cole crops and apples. Sprayed fish on garlic, sesame on white cucurbits. Hand picked rose chafers and potato beetles. Froze strawberries. Started kale: Black Magic (6).June 11, 2024
Started Cauliflower: Lavender (12), Flame (12), Paxton (12), Cabbage: Ruby Perfection (6), Murdoc (12), Broccoli: Eastern Magic (12), Marathon (12), Green Magic (12) Harvested asparagus.June 10, 2024
Harvested spinach, asparagus and strawberries. Weeded, picked bugs. Froze asparagus. In PA picked cherries and netted blueberries.June 9, 2024
Harvested asparagus, garlic scapes and strawberries. Weeded. Froze strawberries.June 8, 2024
Harvested spinach, asparagus and strawberries. Watered & Weeded. Transplanted remaining turmeric. Froze strawberries and cherries. Made a bit of cherry jam and strawberry jam.June 7, 2024
Harvested cherries in PA, asparagus in NR.June 6, 2024
Harvested asparagus and strawberries. Froze asparagus Watered. Prepared beds. Planted Tarbias, Monte Cristo & Monte Gusto beans. Transplanted Purple Magesty sweet potatoes. Harvested cherries in PA. Picked rose chafers.June 5, 2024
Harvested asparagus, strawberries, and spinach. Watered and weeded. Prepared beds. Transplanted dahlias and half the Purple Magesty sweet potatoes.June 4, 2024
Hardening off turmeric, dalias and Purple Majesty sweet potatoes, and put the sweet potatoes into potting soil. Harvested and froze asparagus. Watered.June 3, 2024
Soaked Purple majesty sweet potatoes and put them into potting soil.June 2, 2024
Harvested asparagus and spinach. Transplanted turmeric and amaryllis plants. Weeded.June 1, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Transplanted pumpkins. Put fence around them. Weeded.May 31, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Prepared beds. Put down plastic. Transplanted cherry tomatoes, winter squash and fencing around them. Transplanted corn. Ground dried turmeric.May 30, 2024
Harvested asparagus and spinach. Planted lettuce. Froze onions. Prepared beds. Put down plastic. Transplanted Big Beef tomatoes.May 29, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Prepared beds. Froze onions.May 28, 2024
Harvested asparagus.May 27, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Transplanted eggplant, peppers, cucumbers and summer squash. Weeded.May 26, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Transplanted herbs. Prepared beds.May 25, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Weeded. Sprayed BT on fruit trees. Sprayed sesame oil on pumpkins, melons, and curbits. Prepared beds. Put down plastic for cucumbers, summer squash and another for pumpkins.May 23, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Froze asparagus. Watered.May 22, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Prepared beds.May 21, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Transplanted broccoli, Paxton cauliflower, and Mahon Yam (sweet potato). Finished pruning the grapes in the main garden. Prepared beds.May 20, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Pruned grapes. Weed whacked and mowed in garden. Fertilized garlic with fish. Prepared beds. Watered -- it is hot. Adirondack blues are popping up.May 19, 2024
Harvested asparagus and froze onions. Watered barn garden potatoes.May 17, 2024
Hardening off cole crops and Mahon Yam (sweet potatoes). Sprayed cucurbits with Neem. Started Vision corn (180) and Dahlias from Peter and Sarah: Myrtles Brandy, Cornel Bronze, Citron du Cap, Diva, Cornel.May 16, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Collected charcoal. Transplanted sunflowers, marigold and sweet pea flowers in the south side bed.May 15, 2024
Harvested asparagus. Froze asparagus. Dehydrating turmeric. Fertilized garlic with fish & epsom salts.May 14, 2024
Planted remaining Russet and Zoe potatoes. Harvested asparagus.May 13, 2024
Transplanted remaining Rossa di Milano and Patterson onions. Planted Russet, Adirondack Blue and Zoe potatoes (about half). Harvested asparagus.May 12, 2024
Spread lawn seed. Ginger transplanted. Some Rossa di Milano onions transplanted. Cut Russet potatoes (9 lbs). Harvested asparagus.May 11, 2024
Thinned tomatoes, peppers and eggplant seedlings. Cut Zoe (25 lbs) and Adirondack Blue potatoes (15 lbs).May 7, 2024
Started winter squash: JWS6823 (6), Metro (6), Tiptop (6). Started pumpkins: Polar Bear (2), Early Giant (2), Mellow Yellow (2), Jarrhardale (3), N. GA Candy Roaster (3), Marquee de Provanes (3) Stryian (3). Started melons: Crimson Sweet (4), Sugar Baby (4), Diplomat (4), Lily (3), Sarah's Choice (3)May 5, 2024
Started cucumbers: Itachi (3), Unagi (2), Nokya (2), Sashimi (2); summer squash: 8 ball (1), 1 ball (1), Cue ball (1), Green Machine (1), Dunja, (2), Saffron (1), YellowFin (1), Yellow scallop (1). Started hardening flowers.May 3, 2024
Thinned flowers and cole crops.May 2, 2024
Thinned and hardening off onions. Put sweet potato slips in pots.April 28, 2024
Pulled up old plastic in North Garden.April 27, 2024
Sprayed fish on garlic. Watered recent plantings.April 26, 2024
Planted Stuttgarter onion sets.April 25, 2024
Started cherry tomatoes: Indigo drops (2), Sungold (2), Sunpeach (2), Apple Yellow (2), Nova (2), Blush (2), Cherry Bomb (2), Five star (1), White (1), Lucky Tiger (1), Super Sweet 100 (1).April 24, 2024
Started eggplant (9) sweet pepper (9) and Big Boy tomatoes (18).April 22, 2024
Started Parsley, Oregano, Marjorim.April 20, 2024
Planted Somerset Grape vines(2), two trellises of Sugar Daddy Peas.April 20, 2024
Planted Somerset Grape vines(2), two trellises of Sugar Daddy Peas.April 19, 2024
Planted Basil (36).April 17, 2024
Planted Royal Sweet Peas (12), Manmouth Sunflowers (12), Marigolds (12). Started hardening off the Ginger.April 16, 2024
Replanted Rossa di Milano OnionsApril 14, 2024
Moved bagged compost to north garden. Removed North Garden plastic. Replanted Patterson OnionsApril 13, 2024
Adirondack Blue potatoes set in the Game room for chitting (15 lbs)April 11, 2024
Started cole crops: Kale Black Magic (6), Brocolli: Green Magic (6), Eastern Magic (6), Monty (6), Cauliflower: Flame (6), Paxton (6), Cabbage Ruby Perfection (12), Murdoc (6).March 30
Replanted Patterson and Rossa di Milno onionsMarch 22
Planted plum trees: Waneta, Pembina, and pear trees: Taylor Apple Pear, AyersMarch 20
Started sweet potatoes for slips.March 19
Started onions Elsye, Patterson and Rossa di Milano.