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°