| Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 06:20 am: |   
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Ok, I suppose it is time to start my journal. Things have been winding down in the garden. The vegie are not producing much, but there's still a lot of produce out there. I have lots of carrots in the ground and beets are still sitting out there. The tomatoes have produced pretty well. This morning was our first frost and temps cold enough to produce ice. I suspect when I get home this evening the plants will be drooping. I will try to pick the tomatoes that are ripening, grab whatever peppers are left and start cleaning up. The perennials are doing well -- most things are beginning to wane, but the zinnias are still colorful and sedums are in their glory. I have to say I have pretty much neglected the garden for the past week. I like fall as the gardening work begins to wind down and I can spend the winter curled up next to the fire with a catalog and dream about next years garden. |
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 05:43 am: |
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Well, it seems the frost did not do too much damage. The tomatoes and peppers are still alive. I'll see how long they can hold on as I've got lots of fruit still hanging out there waiting to ripen. |
| Posted on Monday, September 29, 2003 - 11:12 am: |
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Yesterday I got quite a bit done. I pulled out the dying cucumbers and pole beans. The fences came out also. I harvested about 30 pounds of tomatoes, the carrots, and beets. Also, pulled in a lot of hot peppers. They went in the freezer for later processing into hot sauce. I left the tomato plants out as there are lots of green ones hanging, but I'm afraid some good hard freezes over the next couple of nights are going to wipe them out. I also managed to twist my back out and I'm paying for it now. |
| Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 03:24 pm: |
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Well, time to update the journal. The first week of October saw 3 nights of hard freezes in the 20's. That has decimated my tomatoes. Last weekend I pulled out all the vegies and cleaned it up. Getting ready to harvest my compost for the fall tilling. Cleaned up the perennial bed a bit. Some things are still growing -- rosemary, sedum, lavendar, sage all look pretty good. This past week had temperatures back into the high 70's, so these plants picked up again. Now we are back down to the 50's and 60's. Have to bring the rosemary inside soon. |
| Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 03:42 pm: |
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What a beautiful day today is. Warm and sunny. After spending half the day down in the basement racking wine, I got out side. Yesterday I sifted my compost to yield 3 big wheelbarrow fulls. Today I mowed up the rest of the leaves and this, with the compost, got spread on the vegetable garden. Two hours of tilling mixed it all together ready for a nice winter's sleep. The only thing left to do is get the garlic planted - probably in a couple of weeks. Oh yeah, that reminds me . . I've got to put some bulbs in the perennial garden too, and dig up my rosemary for a winter in the basement under the lights.
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| Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 05:46 pm: |
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Here are the photos that didn't make it last time. . .
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| Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 08:46 am: |
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Well, I have been too busy to get out into the garden lately and now the weather has turned cold. I still have to dig up my rosemary and bring it in -- so far it is looking fine, but too much cold will get to it. Unfortunately, the ground is beginning to freeze and I have not got my garlic planted. If I don't get a warm up in the next week, I will be without my treasured garlic scapes next spring *sigh*. Other than that, it is time for everything to sleep. |
| Posted on Monday, November 03, 2003 - 07:44 am: |
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Well, I guess my garlic will not get planted this year 
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| Posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 07:38 pm: |
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Oh neglected journal, forgive me. The weather has turned cold and yesterday we got 7 inches of snow dumped on us. This is the most snowfall we have had at one time in over two years. I spend about two hours digging out the driveway. At least the garden has a nice protective blanket. I did not get my garlic planted, but that is just as well, as I will be busy in the spring with our remodeling and moving other plants around. Besides, it will give me a little bit more room to grow tomatoes!!! |
| Posted on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 05:13 pm: |
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Spring is just about here and the snow is receding. I can see some stirrings of life in the garden. The iris are popping up out of the last remnants of snow. If I did through the leaves, I can see my sedum beginning to bud out of the ground. No sign of life yet from the clematis. The rugosa is about to wake up I think. Oh boy - I can't wait to get things cleaned up. Come on snow --- melt melt.
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| Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 11:19 am: |
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Hello Journal. Finally nice weather is here and the snow is gone. The bulbs are just beginning to break ground. I'm looking forward to this weekend when I can get busy cleaning things up for the new arrivals. Pictures to come. |
| Posted on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 12:06 pm: |
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No blooms yet, but I did manage to get my garden cleaned up a bit last weekend. This week end is cold and we are expecting snow and sleet. So, I think I'll have to wait a few more days before I plant my peas. The garden bed I put in last summer needs to be removed to make way for the renovations. The only thing I see coming up so far is the obedient plant. It looks like it has spread a lot in just one season. I think I may just leave this invasive one for the backhoe. I will be digging out the delphiniums and clematis. Hope to squeeze them in the other garden for this summer until we get the front and new patio landscaped. |
| Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 10:41 pm: |
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WOOHOO - Finally got some veggies planted. Today I planted peas, lettuces, asian greens, arugula, carrots and phlox. Oh, I also planted some of my garlic left over from last year's harvest. It was starting to sprout. It probably will not grow very large since I didn't get it in the ground last fall, but at least I'll have garlic greens and young fresh garlic to stir fry. |
| Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2004 - 11:37 pm: |
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Well, it's been a busy week for me. Last saturday, I managed to dig up all my perennials and bulbs that were just sprouting to make way for all the home construction that is going on. They started digging the foundation in the back on Monday. That meant the lilacs were dug up. The foundation sub helped out with his backhoe. I planted the trees in the front yard on Wednesday evening. The root balls must have weighed 500 pounds. It took two of us to move them and all we could do was tip them over and roll them along the ground. I did get them in. We also tore out the evergreen shrubs from the front of the house. I managed to get the dirt and sod off most of the front lawn today. Tomorrow I have to tackle all the landscaping stones around the front of the house. They need to come out so I can add topsoil and prepare the beds for new plants. I still need to figure out what will go in there. Pictures to come soon. Here's a shot of the lilacs yesterday before I got all the dirt back in place and cleaned up. I'm pleased they have buds on them. I should see some blooms this year. Next year, I don't know. I had to trim the roots pretty hard.
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| Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 10:45 pm: |
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We are making progress on the front of the house. We are clearing away all the landscaping stones that were there and getting ready to fill in with some more topsoil. In the vegetable garden, the rhubarb is growing nicely - the peas are about to sprout. Lettuces and arugula has sprouted, and the garlic is just pushing shoots out of the ground.
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| Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 11:44 pm: |
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This has been a nice week. On sunday I transplanted some of the daffodils and tulips to the new Lilac bed in the front. Today the temperature hit 85 degrees - unbelievable. Back down into the 60's tomorrow, but I got a lot done in the vegetable garden. The pea fences went in as did the pole bean bamboo supports. I planted pole beans, bush beans, beets, brussel sprouts and some zinnias. It's been a couple of months since we had any significant precipitation. We need rain badly. But that's not stopping the weeds from growing! I found some volunteers in the garden today - plenty of hollyhock seeds germinating, where I don't want them of course. I also found some dill sprouts and the cilantro is coming back strong. |
| Posted on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 12:03 am: |
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Here are a couple of pictures to go along with yesterday's work . .
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| Posted on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 11:17 pm: |
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Whew - hello journal. Got quite a bit done today. Got all my perennials that I dug out this spring planted. Clematis durandii went near the rugosa and General Sikorski has it's own metal trellis. The rest of the hosta went in on the shady side. Should fill in nicely this year - that side is usually so bare. I planted my coreopsis, my monkshood and my delphiniums too. I also transplanted some monarda, echinacea seedlings and daisys to the front lilac corner. Hopefully it will fill in underneat and look lush and colorful after the lilac blooms disappear. |
| Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 10:32 am: |
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Well, it's been so long since I wrote here and a season is wrapping up once again. What a beautiful November day we had yesterday with temps in the 60's. I think it's the last nice day of the year. I finally got my vegetable garden tilled and the garlic planted. The perennials are going to sleep.
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| Greg Posted on Friday, April 20, 2007 - 08:34 pm: |
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WOW! Has it really been since 2004 since I've posted anything to my journal? That's two years of gardening not logged. Oh well, better late than never.
This is a strange spring. My bleeding hearts are pushing through the ground and I haven't seen any sign of daffodils or crocus yet. Tulips should start blooming next week.
Oh, and I've been thinking about how much running this site is a financial burden for our gracious host, EJ. So I've started adding this badge to my posts. Come on folks, please help!
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| Mimi Posted on Friday, April 20, 2007 - 09:28 pm: |
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just had to stop in and say hi. |
| Charles Posted on Friday, April 20, 2007 - 09:38 pm: |
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What a fine looking plot of soil. 
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| Greg Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 09:07 am: |
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I finally got my cold weather seeds planted. In the ground last evening went:
Peas, shelling type
Kohlrabi, Purple
Kohlrabi, White Elder
Asian Green Lance
Napa Cabbage, Minuet
Green Butterhead Lettuce, Adriana
Red Romaine, Rosalia
Green Romaine, Green Forest
Carrot, Early Nelson
Beets, Roud Red Moneta |
