Today:
* Walked the whole lot, making a to-do list. It took 2 hours, 12 pages, and sharpening my pencil 6 times.
* Weeded and pruned kiwi bed, removed spent squash plants, added more soil & compost, sowed seeds of arugula Italian Wild Garden Rocket.
* Composted spent herbs in pots by the kitchen door, cleaned pots to store in basement.
27 September 2009
13 September 2009
Tasks - 9/12/09
Today:
* Gathered seeds from several plants for sowing next year.
* Continued working on potting shed area, digging up blackberry roots and putting down a floor of straw.
* Pruned tomato plants, and harvested as many ripe or near-ripe fruit as possible to make sauce for freezing.
* Gathered seeds from several plants for sowing next year.
* Continued working on potting shed area, digging up blackberry roots and putting down a floor of straw.
* Pruned tomato plants, and harvested as many ripe or near-ripe fruit as possible to make sauce for freezing.
18 August 2009
There are tomatoes everywhere.... everywhere!
Since several earlier posts were devoted to preparing for and planting the tomatoes it only seems fair you, my dear reader (yes, I only have one ;)) should reap the harvest. Got tomatoes out the wazoo now.
The Sun Gold cherry variety is a solid performer. Staggered ripening assures a constant but reasonable supply.
The German Green has been disappointing so far. Uneven ripening and trouble with blossom-end rot despite my precautions. I don't need to fuss so much over a tomato when other varieties are producing with no trouble at all. Maybe it will improve in the late season.
The San Marzano has good flavor, texture, and versatility, but disappointing fruit production. One plant has only yielded four fruits so far this season and no new flowers have developed so I think it's done already. If I were to use this variety again I should plant at least three, which perhaps explains the enthusiastic Italian grandma buying all the starts she could find that day at Garden Fever.
17 August 2009
Bolting arugula
My experiment with Spring-sown arugula in pots near the kitchen had seemd to fail. The arugula took forever to mature, then bolted as soon as it did, leaving me with a lot of teeny, woody, bitter leaves.
Ready to chuck the whole thing in the compost, I did happen onto a use for these tough arugulii -- add them to sauteed vegetables, such as the zucchini, squash, and tomatoes coming out of the garden now.
Ready to chuck the whole thing in the compost, I did happen onto a use for these tough arugulii -- add them to sauteed vegetables, such as the zucchini, squash, and tomatoes coming out of the garden now.
16 August 2009
Tasks - 8/16/09
Today:
* Cat proofed the pink jasmine berm.
* Weeded blueberry bed.
* Weeded herb bed.
* Weeded kiwi bed: The kiwi might yet survive, and the squashes in this bed are doing very well.
* Planted a few zinnia in a large pot.
* Cat proofed the pink jasmine berm.
* Weeded blueberry bed.
* Weeded herb bed.
* Weeded kiwi bed: The kiwi might yet survive, and the squashes in this bed are doing very well.
* Planted a few zinnia in a large pot.
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