Clyde's Vegetable Planting Slide Chart
Saturday, December 31, 2011 - in Garden
Edit: 12/31/11- It's time to think about gardening again.
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Last January 2009, my calendar told me to plan my garden this weekend. I dug out my handy dandy Clyde's Vegetable Planting Slide Chart to see when I would really have to plan the garden. I used the average...
Onions Update
Saturday, June 4, 2011 - in Garden
Despite my lack of time to take care of my garden, the onions are doing well. I have weeded them three times and I have sprinkled dry leaves over them. In the photograph below, you should be able to see the leaves. The leafy layer is not deep, probably an inch deep, more or less.
Potatoes Plants are Up
Saturday, April 16, 2011 - in Garden
Continued from Planting Potatoes and Onions Refresher: I planted potatoes and onions February 28th. The onions started showing up within a week or two. The potatoes started appearing a couple of weeks ago. This is a photo of one of the plants. ...
Lettuce and Carrots
Monday, March 14, 2011 - in Garden
I casually, even recklessly, planted seeds today, but first I made a planting bed with a hoe. Fortunately I had left the hoe outside, so I picked it from where I had propped it against the house and started pecking at the ground with it. It was easy because I...
Planting Potatoes and Onions
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - in Garden
Yesterday, February 28th, I had just finished digging 3 trenches for potatoes and prepared one bed for onions when a blustery storm chased me into the house. It rained hard, it rained sideways, and it rained hail.
Today, March 1st, I went outside to check the planting beds and to...
Leek Growth and Care
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - in Garden
Once leeks are established, they seem to grow fairly fast. Below are two photographs of my leek bed. The first photograph was taken on May 14th and the second one was taken on June 7th. ...
Garden Work May 6th
Saturday, May 8, 2010 - in Garden
I spent a few hours on May 6th concentrating on one problem area of my garden. You'd think my problem would be the gigantic mint bed, and I will get to that, but this problem area has ...
Hanging Mint to Dry
Saturday, May 8, 2010 - in Garden
Recently I picked over 400 mint stalks to dry. The only reason I know how many I picked is because I bundled them in groups of 12. I was hoping to harvest what would be considered a lot, and it felt like I picked a lot, and washed a lot and bundled a lot. Below is a photograph of my mint bed and you can see where I cut mint to dry. I have a lot left, but we won't talk about that. ...
Leek Trenches Shifted
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - in Garden
Because I am a rookie leek grower and I do not know any better, I have shifted the trench walls over against the plants further burying (blanching) them. Maybe it was a good move, maybe it wasn't. The layer of mulch that I had spread became mixed with dirt in the process. That should be a good for the leeks, but remember, I am a rookie leek grower. I seem to remember reading that leeks like organic matter in their dirt. ...
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