Thursday, March 17, 2011

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
Chance of Rain
49° | 41°

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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
Chance of Storm
47° | 40

Saturday, March 12, 2011

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
Showers
52° | 41°




Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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
Showers
52° | 43°


Monday, March 7, 2011

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

Sunday, March 6, 2011

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

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Peas, Fava

Planted seeds for Bed 2: