Garden Diary 2008 - Joyce M.
Tice
Why am I putting it here? Well, next year when I want to look at it it will be here and I won't have to hunt all over for it. It will be easier to maintain here where it does not get buried under stacks of other papers.
| Seeds and Date | Where | Germination | Transplant | Notes | |
| January 27 | Agway Cauliflower Blend [2006] | Under Lights | Jan. 31 | Feb 15 - 4 four packs & 4 six packs [40] | Good Germination Rate. Mar 09 - Already very large. Planted way too early - 4 to garden May 06 - More to garden May 10 |
| Burpee Broccoli Green Goliath [2006] | Under Lights | Feb. 01 | Feb 23 - 8 plants to yogurt cups | slow germination | |
| Burpee Parsley - Extra Curly Dwarf [2008] | Under lights | Feb. 08 | Feb 23 - 8 six packs and some left over | Good Germination Rate | |
| Feb 01 | Oat Grass for Cats | Under lights | Feb. 05 | Good Germination Rate - Grows fast. Cats happy. Dogs like it, too. | |
| Burpee Lettuce Gourmet Blend [2008] | Under Lights | Feb. 05 | Edible by 23 Feb | Good Germination Rate. Doing well - Tastes good! | |
| Feb 03 | Livingston Sweet Pea - Spencer mix [2005] | Under lights | Feb 19 | Discard March 09 | Just one so far [2/22] |
| Feb 10 | Livingston Pepper - Red Bell Mercury [2008] | " | Feb 23 | Mar 09 - three dozen | To cold frame May 12. 2 to Bret, 10 to garden May 31 |
| Agway Impatiens - Sundae Cherry [2008] | " | Feb 19 | Mar 04 - one dozen
Mar 09 - 11 |
Transplanted 16 to 4 inch pots - May 12 | |
| Feb 15 | Park's Rudbeckia Prairie Sun [2008] 25 seeds | " | Feb 21 | Mar 04 - 2 dozen | 
Good germination |
| Park's Dianthus "Siberian Blues," [2008} 50 seeds | " | Feb 21 | Mar 09 - Three dozen | Good germination
To Cold Frame May 15 |
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| Feb 17 | Page Seeds - Broccoli "Calabrese" [2007] | " | Feb 22 | Mar 09 - 28 to square pots and yogurt containers- Lots more left | Good Germination
5 to garden May 06 - More to garden May 10 |
| Park's Brussels Sprouts "Diablo [2008][50seeds] | " | Feb 23 | Mar 09 - 30 to large peat pots - Lots more left | Good Germination - some to garden May 10 | |
| Feb 23 | Park's Salvia Whopper [2008] 25 seeds | " | Mar 02 | Mar 19 - 24 seedlings | To cold frame May 12 |
| Park's Salvia Fairy Queen [2008] 50 seeds | " | Feb 28 | Mar 23 - 4 plants | Poor germination
Frosted |
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| Jung's Zinnia elegans [2008] | " | Feb 26 | Mar 04 - Five Dozen | Frosted - Survivors to garden June 02 - Sad shape - Will to survive is extrordinary | |
| Livingston's Zinnia elegans - Peppermint sticks [2007] | " | Feb 26 | Mar 09 - Four Dozen | Frosted - Survivors to garden June 02 - Sad shape - Will to survive is extrordinary | |
| Feb. 24 | Park's Salvia Patens Blue Angel [2008] 25 seeds | " | Mar 02 | Mar 19 - 24 seedlings | To Cold Frame May 12
Beautiful true blue flower |
| Feb 25 | Burpee Lettuce Gourmet Blend [2008] | " | Feb 28 | Long green bin
To Cold Frame 30 MAR - fully developed. Mild flavor but not as crisp as should be. Perhaps cold frame will improve that. 01 May - Wonderful - Fully developed |
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| Feb 26 | Walmart Pyrethrum "Robinson's" [2008] | " | Mar 23 - 2 plants | Poor germination | |
| Walmart Lavender "Munstead" [2008] | " | Mar 03 | Mar 29 - 6 doz and many more left in flat | Very tough root systems. Sturdy little plants. To Cold Frame May 12 | |
| Mar 02 | Burpee Pepper Carnival Mix [2008] | " | Mar 12 | Apr 02 - 19 plants | 12 to garden May 31 |
| Walmart Pepper Sweet Confetti Blend [2008 | " | Mar 14 | Apr 02 - 15 plants | 8 to garden May 31 | |
| Walmart Pepper Sweet Banana [2008] | " | Mar 13 | Apr 02 - 18 plants. 6 Ornamental eggplant from pmg to fill out flat. | To Cold Frame May 12 - Twelve to Garden 31 May | |
| Burpee Pepper Corno Di Toro [2008] | " | Mar 15 | Apr 02 - 36 plants | May 25 - 12 plants to garden | |
| Mar 10 | Agway Marigold Disco Mix [2007] 2 packets | " | Mar 13 | Included Below | |
| Agway Marigold Yellow Boy [2007] 2 packets | " | Mar 13 | Mar 29 - 6 doz and many Apr 09 - 3 dozen | ||
| Agway Marigold Brocade Mix [2007] | " | Mar 13 | Included Above | ||
| Mar 13 | Radishes | Mar 15 | in long green bin | To Cold frame 30 MAR - Leggy | |
| Mar 23 | Livingston - Basil - Lettuce Leaf [2004] partial pack | " | Apr 02 | Maybe 10 or so plants | 10 Plants to garden June 02 - In bed with tomatoes and green beans |
| Livingston - Dill - Mammoth [2008] partial pack | " | Mar 29 | |||
| Apr 27 | Wal-Mart - Peas - Little Marvel [2008] | In back garden | May 08 | Both sides of eastern trellis. May 8 taking their time. This is 11 days. | |
| Four Dwarf Rhododendrons | Front Garden | Two PJM, two Olga Mezitt | |||
| Apr 30 | Bad Frost | Zinnias in Cold frame damaged - Everything else OK | |||
| May 02 | Burpee Lettuce Gourmet Blend [2008] | Under Lights | May 04 | To Cold Frame May 12 | Short Green bin |
| Burpee Luttuce Mesclun Spicy Mix [2008] | " | May 04 | To Cold Frame May 12 | Long green bin | |
| Crimson King Maple | East of front garden | ||||
| Lemon Thread Cypress | Near pergola in front garden | ||||
| May 04 | Emptied rain Gauge | Front | 3/4 inch | Not all new - maybe 1/4 inch new. | |
| May 05 | Burpee Spinach Space Hybrid [2008] | Under Lights | May 11 | half of med. green bin | |
| Burpee Spinach Bloomingdale [2008] | " | May 11 | half of med. green bin | ||
| May 06 | Tilled 4x8 bed | ||||
| 5 Broccoli, 4 cauliflower to garden | |||||
| May 07 | Agway Cucumber Straight 8 [2008] | inside | May 13 | 10 seeds in small peat pots, 4 seeds in big tub | |
| Agway Cucumber Dasher II [2008] | " | May 13 | 10 seeds in small peat pots, | ||
| Agway Cucumber Wisconsin SMR-58 [2008] | " | May 13 | 10 seeds in small peat pots, | ||
| Jung Gourds Speckled Apple [2008] | 10 seeds in small peat pots, | ||||
| Jung Gourds Miniature Bottle | 10 seeds in small peat pots, | ||||
| 4 80 lb bags cement - five forms in western path of front garden | |||||
| May 09 | Lowe's Basil Dulce [2007] | Under Lights | May 16 | Dark green bin - to cold frame June 01 | |
| Livingston Borage [2005] | " | May 27 | |||
| May 10 | Sandy Loam | Truckful Delivered 17 tons | |||
| May 11 | Miller Bros - 12 Blueberries | 2007 | Moved to nursery bed from the Pot where I stuck them last spring - All survived. | ||
| Miller Bros. - Blackberries/raspberries | 2007 | Moved to nursery bed from the Pot where I stuck them last spring - Maybe half survived. | |||
| May 15 | Wal-Mart Sugar Snap Peas [2005] | Back Garden | West side of Western Trellis | ||
| Peas from Kallie | " | May 29 | East Side of Western trellis | ||
| May 17 | Emptied rain Gauge | Front | 3/4 inch | Rained All day yesterday, cold | |
| Page Carrot Nantes Coreless [2003] | NE Bed row one | Seeded heavily because of seed age- No germination at all | |||
| Burpee Garden Bean Contender Bush Snap [2008] 1/2 pack | short row at north edge of back garden | Combined with small pack [about 5 seeds] American Seed Tendergreen Improved 10 cent pack] | |||
| May 19 | Four Siberian Iris | under lights | Wayside Gardens | To Pots | |
| May 20 | Ferry-Morse Pepper - Song Thin Cayenne [2008] | under lights | May 31 | Transplant to flats June 14 - 2 dozen | Partial pack, square white pot |
| Forest Pansy RedBud Tree [Lowe's] | By driveway May 24. Wilted May 31 - Soaked, Trying to come back. | ||||
| 2 Red Japanese Maple [Lowe's] | By driveway May 24 | ||||
| May 21 | 2 pints rhubarb - ginger sauce | ||||
| May 22 | 4 pints rhubarb - ginger - peach jam; 5 pints rhubarb - peach jam; 3 pints rhubarb - cherry jam; 7 pints rhubarb- strawberry jam | ||||
| May 23 | 2 flowering almond [Miller Bros.] | in pot | Poor condition - barely alive, Not satisfactory. | ||
| May 24 | Tomatoes - Baker Creek Amish Paste [PNS] 3, Baker Creek Marglobe [PNS] 2. To garden - red trellises | Frost morning on May 25 did not harm them,. | |||
| May 25 | Burpee Garden Bean - Blue Lake Bush 274 [2008] | 10 foot row | June 03 | good germination | |
| 6 blueberries and 24 raspberries to temporary bed in garden [Miller Bros.] | Had been delivered May 19 | ||||
| May 31 | Ben's Tomatoes to garden - one each Big Boy, Better Boy, Roma, Beefsteak | Split remainder with Bret and Kallie | |||
| Ten Pepper - Red Bell Mercury to garden. Twelve Carnival, Eight Sweet Confetti, Twelve Sweet Banana | Gave two in that flat [RBM] to Bret.
8 peppers to Tom, 14 to Bret, 7 to Pat NS, 5 doz to Kallie |
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| June 02 | Remaining Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, Broccoli to newly plowed garden. Unbroken sod clogs tiller. | Large peat pots yield best results. Do not crowd roots so much when planted late. Use for peppers next year, too. | |||
| 1/2 dozen Savoy Cabbage - purchased | |||||
| Ferry Morse Basil "Canela" [2007] | in garden | July 08 | next to tomatoes - half row | ||
| Ferry Morse Basil "Hoja de Lechuga" [2007] | in garden | next to tomatoes - half row | |||
| June 04 | Planted remaining peppers | in new part of garden | 12 dozen planted here and 7 dozen given to neighbors. | ||
| June 04 | Plant Cucumber plants | in new part of garden | |||
| June 06 | Planted ca 40 gladiola bulbs | ||||
| Heat Wave, No rain - dry, hot | |||||
| June 07 | Jung Marthinhouse Gourd [2008] 100d | ||||
| Jung Birdhouse Gourd [2008] 125 d | |||||
| Jung Gourds - Fancy Mixed Amall [2008] 95 d | |||||
| Jung Goblin Egg Gourds [2008] 80 d 2 packs | |||||
| Jung Miniature bottle gourds [2008] 100d | low germination warning on packet | ||||
| Jung Speckled Apple gourd [2008] 90-100d | |||||
| Agway Mesa Queen Acorn Squash [2006/2008] | |||||
| Walmart [2006], Livingston [2008] Waltham Butternut Squash | |||||
| Burpee Giant Birdhouse Gourds [2008] | |||||
| June 08 | Weeded foot high sheep's sorrel out of some iris out back. Moved some | Shame on me again. | |||
| June 09 | More weeding & Iris Moving | ||||
| June 10 | Planted four new Siberian Iris in Purple bed | ||||
| Planted ornamental eggplant from pmg and eighteen parsley palnts | In new part of garden | ||||
| Fourth or fift day of intense heat wave. Impossible to keep things watered. | Not putting annual flowers in until heat wave passes because of difficulty watering them | ||||
| June 11 | Four Kinds of Sweet Pea | in Whiskey Barrels | Soaked 24 hours before planting. | ||
| June 12 | Livingston Sunflower Lemon Leopold [2005] Italian White [2005] | End of Pea Trellis | |||
| June 14 | Southern Exposure Seed Exchange [2005] Ornamental Wheat:Black Tip, Ornamental Wheat:Silver Tip, Millett: Dragon's Claw Ragi | End of Gourd trellies | |||
| Several packs of various sunflowers [2005] | Wherever I could fit them | ||||
| June 16 | Burpee Beans "Contender"[2008]- 1/2 pack | In new part of garden | June 23 | ||
| WalMart Beans Improved Tendergreen [2008] | In new part of garden | June 23 | |||
| June 24 | Planted ca 60 gladiola bulbs |
| Cold Frame Apr 01/02 - Outside temp well below freezing, small amount
of snow. Have heat pad - styrofoam insulation and sleeping bag/rug. Internal
Temp stayed 39/40.
April 02 - Overnight low of 13 deg. Cold frame low was 32 with above conditions. April 10 - set up row cover
Fancier one here - http://outlands.tripod.com/garden/rowcovers.htm |
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| Last Week of September - MORE Peppers | October 2- Frost tonight? We are ready. |
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| All the big gourds and most of the small ones will be left on the vine - trellis until at least December or later. These either fell off or were on the ground, so I collected them. Will dry for crafts. |