NOAA data, carrots, spinach, beans, arugula, lettuce

The link for climate data: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/monthdisp.php?stn=KPDX&p=temperature&mon=5&wfo=pqr&year=2011

Also, reseeded Boxes with Rainbow carrots (left side, Yaya carrots (right side), Lavewa spinach, arugula, and London Springs mix lettuce.

Plants Jade Beans in Bed 2.

Frost

Temperature got down to 34 and there was frost on the plants in the morning.

Peas, Tomatoes, Tomatillo, Cauliflower, Potatoes

Outdoor transplants: Tomatoes, Tomatillo, and Cauliflowers, Celery.
Planted potatoes that had sprouted in the pantry: Russets
Transplanted curly parsley into the herb garden.



The Dakota peas and many of the Serge peas never sprouted so I replanted the Serge peas and left the area of pea shoots empty since the beans will go in soon. I think they did not sprout beause of the very heavy rains that occurred for the full week after planting.

Tue

58° | 40°

Frost

Frost on the ground this morning, 34deg last night, but a beautiful sunny day.

The sun damaged the tomato and cabbage starts during their hardening off today, some of the leaves look bleached.

Seeds

Outdoor planting:
Box 2: Bright Lights Chard (right side)
Box 8: Yaya and Rainbow Blend Carrots (left side)

Bed 4:
Turnip Golden Ball
Kale Winter Red
Mustard TahTsai
Kale Chinese Ryokuho
Broccoli PacMan
Cauliflower Cheddar
Cabbage Steins Late Flat Dutch
Brussel Sprouts: Roodnerf



Sprouted plants:
Brussel Sprout Roodnerf
Ching Chang
Turnip
Kale
Mustard
Peas
Radishes
Chard

The Negreta and Broad Windsor Fava are slightly larger and healthier looking than the Statissa.
The Schweizer Riesen Peas are by far the largest of the peas so far.

Mix of cloud, sun, and rain
Day temp of 40-45
Predicted night temp of 36

Sprouts

Newly sprouted plants:
Cascadia Snap Peas
Favas
Spinach
Arugula

Frost

Frost on the car this morning, got down to 33 last night.

Wed

54° | 40°

Seeds

Planted Sweet Marjoram and Yellow Pear Tomatoes.

The Cascadia Snap Peas have just started to come up.

The radishes are starting to come up.

Herb Seeds

Planted herb seeds:

Basil Mammoth Sweet
Basil Siam Queen
Basil Sweet Basil
Borage
Chives
Chives Garlic
Coriander Santo
Coriander Santo - from 2009 plant
Dill
Dill Dukat Leafy
Dill Long Island Mammoth
Fennel Florence Finocchio
Oregano Greek
Thyme German Winter

I transferred the 2" Parsely Dark Green Italian Plain and Utah 53-70 R Improved Celery starts to seed pots.

Other pepper seeds that have sprouted:
Purple Beauty
Cayenne
Black Hungarian
Ancho
Jimmy Nardello's Sweet

Grafted the Niedzwetzkyana onto M-27 root stock and planted it at the end of the espalier.
Grafted the Limon scion onto the pear tree in the front yard. It was hard to secure the two branches together while on the ladder and I don't know if the graft will take.
Need to buy real grafting equipment for next year.

Sunny this morning, but overcast for most of the day.
Sun

52° | 41°

Scions and Seed Trays

Awoke to frost in the backyard and sunny skies. The temperature got down to 34 early this morning.
I went to the Fruit Propigation Fair today and bought a dward rootstock and a Niedzwetzkyana scion for the espalier. I also picked up a Limon quince scion to try grafting onto the pear tree.

Planted Collards in Bed4.

Planted Spinach, Arugula, and Beets in their boxes.
Edward made covers for the self-watering containers.
Planted Watercress in hanging container 3 and Malabar Spinach in hanging container 4.

Placed cat string on Bed 4.

I bought new seed trays and I think they will work perfectly for the growth chamber. I transferred all the pots with multiple seedlings into one container each.

Sat
Mostly sunny all day with light showers

49° | 40°

Sprouts

Seeds that have sprouted:
Schweizer Riesen, Heirloom Snow Pea (16 days)
Roquette Arugula (11 days)
Olympic Hybrid Spinach (11 days)

Still raining heavily, the sun was out for a bit, but then it hailed again.
Thu

49° | 41°

Indoor Seeds

Planted seeds in pots with 1" of seedling mix and the rest with 2/3 compost and 1/3 seedling mix:
Peppers, 3 each:
Purple Beauty
California Wonder Orange
Canary Bell
California Wonder

Tomatoes that have sprouted and currently are ~3" with true leaves starting to form:
Oregon Spring Extra Early x3
Jolly Elf Hybrid x4
Isis Candy x1
Burbank Slicing x4
Green Zebra x2

One Eggplant has sprouted and is ~1"
One Tomatillo has sprouted and is ~3"

Peppers that have just begun to sprout:
California Wonder Orange
Santaka
Cherry Bomb
Canary Bell
Jalapeno

The weather has been very wet with near constant rain and clouds for day. Yesterday there was hail and lightning.
Boxes 3 and 4 flooded and I worry that the endives will not survive.


Wed

47° | 40

Spring planting

Finished planting peas in Bed 2 and put up bird netting.
Transplanted all the lettuce and endives:
Box 4: Endives
Box 5: Head lettuce (Romaine and Red Iceberg)
Box 6: Leaf Lettuce (Spring Mix)
Added more compost to Bed 1 and planted radishes and green onions.
Added dirt from Bed 3 to Bed 4, also added another bag of Gardner's Choice, compost, and perlite.
Transplants the cabbage and broccoli sprouts to Bed 4.
Planted White Globe Turnips, Nero Di Toscana Kale, Green Wave Mustard, and Ching Chang in Bed 4.
Sat

52° | 41°

First day of hardening lettuce and broccolis

Down to 40 last night.
Put all lettuce and broccoli starts outside on the porch for their first day of hardening off.
Tue

52° | 43°

Dirt

Cats dug up the new dirt in the planter boxes. Fixed the soil and replants the seeds. Laced string over the boxes, but need to find a better solution.

Added compost to Bed 1, but had to stop due to heavy rain.

Temp got down to 30 last night and there was frost this morning.

Mon
Showers
49°F | 41°F

Beets, Chard, Arugula, Spinach

Planted seeds:
Box 1 Roquette Arugula, 16 per sq ft, left side
Box 2 Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard, 2 per sq ft, left side
Box 3 Olympic Hybrid Spinach, 9 per sq ft, left side
Box 7 Egyptian Flat Beets, 9 per sq ft, left side

Moved leaves from Bed 1 to leaf barrel.

Cloudy
47°F | 37°F

Peas, Fava

Planted seeds for Bed 2:

Indoor Seeds

Planted seeds in pots with 1" of seedling mix and the rest with 2/3 compost and 1/3 seedling mix:
Peppers, 3 each:
Cayenne
Black Hungarian
Habanero
Ancho
Cherry Bomb
Sweet Banana
Santaka Hot Asain
Purple Beauty
California Wonder Orange
Canary Bell
California Wonder
Early Jalapeno
Jimmy Nardello's Sweet

Tomatoes:
Oregon Spring Extra Early x3
Jolly Elf Hybrid x4
Isis Candy x3
Yellow Pear x3
Burbank Slicing x4
Green Zebra x6

Tomatillo
Mexican Strain x6

Eggplant
Imperial Black Beauty, Heirloom x6