2010 Garden Journal - BsnTech Networks

This is the full garden journal for the year of 2010. I post this to the site mostly to have an electronic version of it.

February 11

Planted 144 Copra Onions in the black 9-packs
- Used clear covers over the trays to lock in moisture

February 17

Planted 6 Ventura Celery in black 6-packs
- Placed 6-packs in a tray, added water in the bottom of the tray, and placed clear cover over the top to lock in moisture
Added more water to each of the onion trays

February 18

Seems that 2 Copra Onions sprouted but the seeds were sitting directly on the soil. (7 days)
Turned 2 of the 3 fluorescent fixtures on
Temperature in growing area have ranted from 57.7 to 61.5 degrees F.

February 19

3 Copra Onions sprouted overnight (5 total) (8 days)
9 Copra Onions sprouted during the day (11 total) (8 days)
Containers with sprouted onions moved all to one tray and misted
Other non-sprouted containers put in tray, added water to the bottom, and clear lid placed back on top
Growing area ranged from 59.0 to 62.7 degrees (fluorescent lights have raised temperature slightly)

February 20

22 Copra Onions sprouted overnight (36 total) (9 days)
Clear cover taken off the onion tray
12 more onions sprouted by noon (48 total)
12 more onions sprouted by 6 pm (60 total)
Growing area temperature between 58.5 and 61.3 degrees

February 21

12 onions sprouted overnight (10 days, 82 total)
7 more onions sprouted by noon (89 total)
Temperature under light is about 69.1 degrees
8 more onions sprouted by 7 pm (97 total, 67% germination)

February 22

10 onions sprouted overnight (107 total, 11 days)
1 onion sprouted by 5 pm (108 total, 75% germination)
Moved the 6-pack of celery under the lights
- About 8-9 degrees warmer

February 23

1 onion sprouted overnight (109 total, 12 days)
1 onion sprouted by 5 pm (110 total, 76% germination)

February 24

Planted 12 Ventura Celery
- One 6-pack had garden soil used as the medium and Jiffy Seed Starting Mix used in the other 6-pack

February 25

2 onions sprouted overnight (112 total, 14 days)
1 onion sprouted during the day (113 total, 78% germination)

February 26

1 onion sprouted during the day (15 days, 114 total)
2 onions have dropped over and look like they are dieing

March 2

Put 24 Ventura Celery seed in a container of water (checking seed viability trick)
- About 8 are sunk in the water; others are floating
About 6 onions have fallen over and are dieing
- Some onions are getting their second set of leaves

March 3

8 onions have shriveled and died from damping off disease
All celery seeds are at the bottom of the water container (morning, checking seed viability trick)

March 4

Planted 24 Ventura Celery; 2 each in 12 containers
- Placed the seeds on top of the soil and misted in the Jiffy Seed Starting Mix
Cut the onions to between 2-3 inches tall
- Some onions are getting their second leaves
Planted 26 Copra Onion seed in locations where none sprouted

March 8

1 Ventura Celery sprouted from the first batch (19 days – 17% germination)
100 onions are still alive (lost 14)
Put one 6-pack of Ventura Celery planted on March 4th and one planted on February 24th into the covered greenhouse with heatpad on all day

March 9

Lifted greenhouse cover for about 1.5 hours to reduce moisture
1 Ventura Celery is beginning to sprout (20 days, 33% germination)

March 10

Planted 8 California Wonder Pepper seeds in a 4-pack
- Two per square – seeds saved from last year’s plant
Planted 16 California Wonder Pepper seeds in two 4-packs
- Two per square – seed from 1-year old packet of seeds
Planted 16 Green Goliath Broccoli in 16-ounce cups
- Two per cup
- Seed is at least three or four years old from the packet; possibly even longer
Planted 12 Best Boy Tomatoes in 16-ounce cups
- Two per cup
Planted 5 Roma Tomatoes in 16-ounce cup
- 5 per cup
Planted 5 Red Cherry Tomatoes in 16-ounce cup
- 5 per cup
The 3 4-packs of California Wonder Peppers were placed in the heated “greenhouse” (just a black tray with a clear lid to lock in moisture and a heating pad)
Greenhouse was 92 degrees with cover on
- Removed cover a bit and temp is now 79 degrees

March 11

2 Ventura Celery sprouted in the same square (7 days)
- This batch was in the “greenhouse” for a few days
- Took the other 10-week planted celery and put it in the greenhouse
Temperature of 70 degrees outside yesterday
- Low temp at night only about 36 degrees over the past week and the rest of this week
5 Ventura Celery sprouted in the day – 1 in each square (7 days)

March 12

3 Copra Onions sprouted (8 days, 12% germination)
4 Ventura Celery sprouted – two each in two squares (11 total, 8 days, 46% germination)
- These were sowed on March 4
Zero Ventura Celery has sprouted from the 12 planted on February 24
2 Ventura Celery have sprouted from the 6 planted on February 17 (33% germination)
The better celery germination is due to the seed being soaked overnight or because the seed was placed on top of the growing medium
Trimmed the onions to 2.5 – 3 inches tall
Planted 24 Ventura Celery – 2 seeds per square
- Seeds were soaked overnight
- 6-pack with white dot – seed sown on top of soil
- 6-pack without white dot – seed sown 1/4-inch deep
- Testing to see now if Ventura Celery needs light to germinate with this experiment

March 13

Put each onion 9-pack in a gallon bucket with water and transplant fertilizer for one minute (soaking from the bottom instead of the top)

March 14

6 Copra Onions sprouted overnight (10 days, 9 total, 35% germination)
1 Ventura Celery sprouted overnight (10 days, 12 total)
3 Copra Onions sprouted during the day (12 total, 48% germination)

March 15

1 Copra Onion sprouted (11 days, 13 total, 50%)
1 Green Goliath Broccoli sprouted (5 days)
Possibly 1 Ventura Celery sprouted from the 11 week batch (19 days)
2 Ventura Celery sprouted from the 10 week batch (11 days, 15 total)

March 16

1 Copra Onion sprouted overnight (12 days, 14 total, 54% germination)
1 Copra Onion sprouted in the day (12 days, 15 total)
4 Green Goliath Broccoli sprouted (6 days, 5 total)

March 17

5 Green Goliath Broccoli sprouted overnight (10 total, 7 days, 56% germination)
1 Ventura Celery Sprouted (16 total, 13 days)
- Totals so far
  - 2 from 6 planted 12 weeks prior
  - 1 from 12 planted 11 weeks prior
  - 16 from 24 planted 10 weeks prior (soaked seed)

March 18

1 Best Boy Tomato has sprouted (8 days)
Completely closed the cover on the greenhouse
Gave up on the celery planted on February 24th and overturned the containers
Hydrated all peppers, tomatoes, and broccoli containers

March 19

1 Roma Tomato sprouted (9 days)
1 Red Cherry Tomato sprouted (9 days)
1 Best Boy Sprouted (9 days)
1 Green Goliath Broccoli sprouted (9 days, 11 total)
2 California Wonder Peppers sprouted from seed saved from last year’s garden plant (9 days)
There are approximately 110 Copra Onions that are still alive

March 20

2 Ventura Celery planted on top of the soil has germinated (8 days)
Three California Wonder Peppers from packet seed have sprouted (10 days)
1 Best Boy Tomato sprouted (10 days)

March 21

1 Roma Tomato sprouted (2 total, 11 days)
1 California Wonder Pepper from packet seed sprouted (11 days, 3 total)
2 Green Goliath Broccoli sprouted (11 days, 13 total)

March 23

Freezing temperatures in the morning, 65 during the day
8 California Wonder Peppers sprouted overnight (14 total, 13 days)
- 5 total from seed saved from last year’s garden plant
- 9 total from packet seed
1 Best Boy Tomato sprouted (13 days, 4 total)
9 Ventura Celery planted on top of soil germinated (11 total, 11 days)

March 24

3 California Wonder Peppers from packet seed sprouted (14 days, 12 total)
1 Best Boy Tomato sprouted (14 days, 5 total)
Transplanted 1 Ventura Celery from recent experiment to another six-pack and dumped the rest
- Keeping a total of 18 celery plants
Zero Ventura Celery sprouted from experiment where it was soaked overnight and sowed 1/4-inch deep
- This means that celery needs to be sowed on top of the soil (requires light) to germinate
Re-seeded a Best Boy tomato cup with 2 seeds
Planted 3 each of the following per square (total of three squares used of a 6-pack)
- Simpson Elite Lettuce (one-year-old seed), Buttercrunch Lettuce (new seed), Red Salad Bowl Lettuce (new seed)
- Placed a dot on the 6-pack next to the Simpson Elite Lettuce for identification

March 25

1 California Wonder Pepper from saved seed sprouted (15 days, 6 total)
2 California Wonder Peppers from packet seed sprouted (15 days, 14 total)

March 26

1 California Wonder Pepper from saved seed sprouted (16 days, 7 total)
2 California Wonder Peppers from packet seed sprouted (15 days, 16 total, 100% germination)
Freezing temperatures overnight

March 28

thinned out peppers to one per square
Thinned out broccoli to one per cup
Bottom-fed all plants

March 29

1 Simpson Elite Lettuce sprouted (5 days)
2 Buttercrunch lettuce sprouted (5 days)
1 Salad Bowl lettuce sprouted (5 days)

March 30

Frosted overnight
1 Best boy tomato sprouted (6 days)
Thinned Buttercrunch to one seedling

March 31

Seeded 3 seeds each in one square (three squares used)
- Simpson Elite, Buttercrunch, Red Salad Bowl Lettuce
Temperatures up to 80 degrees today, tomorrow, and the next day (in March???)

April 2

Red Cherry Tomato sprouted (2 total, 23 days)

April 3

2 Simpson Elite Lettuce sprouted (3 days)

April 4

1 Simpson Elite Lettuce sprouted (4 days, 100% germination)
2 Buttercrunch Lettuce sprouted (4 days)
All seedlings were put outside all day and onions stayed outside overnight
Planted 26 onions in cement block in the back garden
Gave all seedlings a bottom feeding of transplant fertilizer and water
2 Best Boy Tomatoes sprouted (25 days, 8 total)

April 5

Filled the rest of the cement blocks with onions – approximately 33 more (approximately a total of 59)
Planted 72 Dwarf Gray Sugar Peas in 6-packs (year-old seed)
Planted 99 Burpee Super Sugar Snap peas in 6-packs (new seed)
Re-seeded 4 Red Salad Bowl Lettuce in a square (0% germination from the last batch)

April 6

Planted out the rest of the onions in the front garden (57 total that were left – total of 116 onions planted)

April 7

Planted 27 x 7 (189) Burpee A#1 carrot (year-old seed) in the carrot bed (seven rows of 27)
Planted 33 x 7 (231) of Sugarsnax carrot (new seed) in the carrot bed (seven rows of 33)
Planted 4 each of Simpson Elite, Buttercrunch, and Red Salad Bowl Lettuce in a square (three squares used)

April 9

Freezing temperatures overnight – brought all plants inside and put back outside about 11 am today
Lost 1 pepper planted from saved seed due to damping off

April 10

Planted Green Goliath Broccoli in the front garden
Transplanted Ventura Celery from 6-packs to 16-ounce cups
3 Best Boy Tomatoes sprouted sometime recently (11 total, 31 days)
2 Roma Tomatoes sprouted sometime recently (4 total, 31 days)
1 Red Cherry Tomato sprouted sometime recently (3 total, 31 days)

April 11

Planted 10 Kennebec Potatoes in black buckets
Planted 6 Kennebec Potatoes in old potato bin
Planted 10 Kennebec Potatoes in potato garden
Planted 26 + 13 (39) Kennebec potatoes behind the garage (one row of 26 and one row of 13)
Planted 14 potatoes next to the house
37 Dwarf Gray Sugar Peas sprouted (6 days)
3 Burpee Super Sugar Snap Peas sprouted (6 days)

April 12

3 Simpson Elite sprouted (5 days, 75% germination)
2 Buttercrunch Lettuce sprouted (5 days, 50% germination)
17 Dwarf Gray Sugar peas sprouted (54 total, 7 days)
6 Burpee Super Sugar Snap peas sprouted (9 total, 7 days)
Fed all seedlings with compost tea mix that was in the compost tumbler

April 13

Very hot for this time of year – 83 degrees with 24% humidity
Planted 4 Red Salad Bowl Lettuce in a six-pack (24 seeds total)
- Red Salad Bowl germination very poor; either on the porch or just outside the porch. Leaving the 6-pack inside in the kitchen for the newly planted lettuce
1 Burpee Super Sugar Snap pea sprouted (10 total, 8 days)
7 Dwarf Gray Sugar Peas sprouted (61 total, 8 days)
1 Buttercrunch Lettuce sprouted (3 total, 6 days, 75% germination)
Thinned Simpson Elite and Buttercrunch to 1 per square
Lost 2 out of the 52 onions planted in the cement blocks
Lost another pepper (2 total) – leaves began drying up and died

April 14

Planted 2 squares each with 4 Simpson Elite and Buttercrunch Lettuce
Very hot temperatures – hit about 88 degrees on the porch

April 15

Hot again – about 85 degrees – on the porch
Transplanted all 16 Ventura Celery to the front gardens
Transplanted the first two weeks of lettuce to the garden behind the garage
Most of all the Dwarf Gray Sugar peas have died because of direct sunlight
Planted 20 Dwarf Gray Sugar transplants every 4 inches in the garden by the house
Direct-sowed 27 Dwarf Gray Sugar peas every 4 inches in the garden by the house
Planted 9 Burpee Super Sugar Snap peas every four inches in the garden behind the garage
Direct-sowed 68 Sugar Snap peas every 4 inches (seed from FedCo seeds, new this year)

April 16

9 Red Salad Bowl Sprouted (3 days)
- Caught them too late. They are very long reaching for sunlight
Planted 4 each of Simpson Elite, Buttercrunch, and Red Salad Bowl lettuce directly into the back garden

April 18

Almost frosted overnight – covered up celery and brought seedlings inside
Dozens of Sugarsnax carrots have sprouted – no exact count because they are mixed with weeds (11 days)
None of the Burpee A#1 carrots have sprouted
Back to normal temperatures – mid-60’s
Deer ate all of the lower growth on the grape vines

April 19

Put up netting around grape arbor
De-weeded strawberries and carrot patches
Approximately 110 Burpee A#1 carrots have sprouted (58% germination)
Approximately 175 Sugarnsax carrots have sprouted (76%)

April 20

Transplanted 5 Best Boy, 1 Roma, and 1 Cherry Tomato into the side garden
1 Kennebec potato in a bucket has sprouted (9 days)
2 Simpson Elite Lettuce have sprouted (6 days)
Netting placed over carrot bed
Had to flush out PVC pipes because of algae build-up clogging the holes
Lost a total of 5 Copra Onions so far – 1 in the front and 4 in the foundation blocks

April 21

2 Kennebec Potatoes in buckets sprouted (3 total, 10 days)
Approximately 140 Burpee A#1 carrots are up (74%)
Approximately 178 Sugarnsnax carrots are up (77%)

April 22

5 Kennebec Potatoes in buckets have sprouted (8 total, 11 days)
15 Dwarf Gray Sugar peas have sprouted (7 days)
2 direct-seeded Simpson Elite sprouted (6 days)
1 Simpson Elite Sprouted (8 days)

April 23

2 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (10 total, 12 days)
6 Dwarf Gray Sugar peas have sprouted (21 total, 8 days)
A few sugarsnap peas have sprouted (8 days)
3 direct-seeded Buttercrunch have sprouted (7 days)
3 Red Salad Bowl have sprouted (7 days)
3 Kennebec potatoes in the potato bin sprouted (13 total, 12 days)
Direct-seeded 4 Buttercrunch where one died
Approximatey 152 Burpee A#1 carrots have sprouted (80% germination)

April 24

30 Sugarsnap peas have sprouted (9 days)
1 Dwarf Gray Sugar Pea sprouted (22 total, 9 days)
3 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (16 total, 13 days)
3 Kennebec potatoes beside the house sprouted (19 total, 13 days)
2 Kennebec potatoes in the bin sprouted (21 total, 13 days)
1 direct-seeded Buttercrunch sprouted (4 total, 8 days)
1 direct-seeded Red Salad Bowl sprouted (4 total, 8 days)
2 direct-seeded Simpson Elite sprouted (4 total, 8 days)
Planted 5 Kennebec potatoes beside the house
Transplanted 8 California Wonder Peppers to the front garden

April 25

1 Kennebec potato in the bin sprouted (100% germination in the bin) (21 total, 14 days)
3 Kennebec potatoes beside the house sprouted (6 total beside the house) (24 total, 14 days)
6 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (11 total behind the garage) (30 total, 14 days)
1 Sugarsnap pea has sprouted (31 total, 10 days)
Direct-sowed 6 Burpee Super Sugar Snap peas where Dwarf Gray Sugar peas either did not germinate or died

April 26

1 Buttercrunch sprouted (12 days)
4 Kennebec potatoes in the potato bed sprouted (34 total, 15 days)
3 Kennebec potatoes beside the house sprouted (9 total beside the house) (37 total, 15 days)
5 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (16 total behind the garage) (42 total, 15 days)
7 Sugarsnap peas sprouted (38 total, 11 days)
1 Dwarf Gray Sugar Pea sprouted (23 total, 11 days)
Approximately 153 Burpee A#1 carrots have sprouted
Pulled one Green Goliath Broccoli from the front garden that was not growing
Direct-sowed 31 Crimson Giant radishes where the Green Goliath Broccoli was pulled up

April 27

1 Buttercrunch sprouted (13 days)
2 Kennebec potatoes in the potato bed sprouted (6 total in the bed) (40 total, 16 days)
2 Kennebec potatoes in beside the house sprouted (11 total beside the house) (42 total)
3 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (19 total behind the garage) (45 total)
6 Sugarsnap peas sprouted (44 total, 12 days)
1 Dwarf Gray Sugar pea sprouted (24 total, 12 days)

April 28

1 Buttercrunch sprouted (14 days)
1 Kennebec potato in the bed sprouted (7 total in the bed) (46 total, 17 days)
1 Kennebec potato beside the house sprouted (12 total beside the house) (47 total)
3 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (22 total behind the garage) (50 total)
3 Sugarsnap peas sprouted (47 total, 13 days)
Direct-seeded 4 Simpson Elite, Buttercrunch, and Red Salad Bowl lettuce behind the garage

April 30

Very windy yesterday and today – hard to see if anything sprouted
Planted 15 Sugarsnap peas behind the garage
1 Kennebec potato beside the house sprouted (13 total beside the house) (51 total, 19 days)
1 Sugarsnap pea sprouted (48 total, 15 days)
3 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (25 behind the garage total) (54 potatoes total)
Approximately 19 Crimson Giant radishes have sprouted (4 days)
Transplanted 3 Simpson Elite and 2 Buttercrunch into the back garden

May 1

Planted 32 Basil in the patio bed (2 seeds per 16 holes)
Planted 32 cilantro in patio bed (2 seeds per 16 holes)
Planted 32 oregano in patio bed (2 seeds per 16 holes)
Planted 32 Parsley in patio bed (2 seeds per 16 holes)
ALL herbs were planted six inches apart
Planted 43 Sugar Dots corn in the front garden (west side, furthest from driveway)
Planted 43 Silver Queen corn in the front garden (east side, next to driveway)
Planted approximately 50 Greencrop bush green beans behind the garage
2 Burpee Super Sugar Snap peas sprouted (6 days)
3 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (28 total behind the garage) (57 total, 20 days)
9 Crimson Giant radishes sprouted (28 total, 5 days)

May 2

1 Crimson Giant radish sprouted (29 total, 6 days)
3 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (31 total behind the garage) (60 potatoes total, 21 days)

May 3

1 Kennebec potato in the bed sprouted (8 total in the bed) (61 total, 22 days)
5 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (36 total behind the garage) (66 total potatoes)
3 Buttercrunch sprouted (5 days)
1 Red Salad Bowl sprouted (5 days)
3 Simpson Elite sprouted (5 days)

May 4

1 Simpson Elite sprouted (4 total, 6 days)
1 Ventura Celery died; broke off main stem

May 5

2 Red Salad Bowl Sprouted (3 total, 7 days)

May 6

11 Basil have sprouted (5 days)
2 Kennebec potatoes in buckets died (6 remaining in buckets)
3 Kennebec potato beside the house sprouted (17 total beside the house) (69 total, 25 days)
2 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (38 total behind the garage) (71 total potatoes)

May 7

13 Silver Queen corn have sprouted (6 days)
5 Basil have sprouted (16 total, 6 days)

May 9

Almost frosted overnight
9 Silver Queen corn sprouted (22 total, 8 days)
25 Sugar Dots corn sprouted (8 days)
A mole has been digging in the front where the Silver Queen corn was planted
Do not use green snow fencing for peas next year. Peas cannot easily grasp onto the fence and with windy conditions, it pulls peas out of the ground

May 11

3 Silver Queen corn sprouted (25 total, 10 days)
- A mole may have sunken/killed some corn
15 Sugar Dots corn sprouted (40 total, 10 days)
4 Basil sprouted (20 total, 10 days)
16 Cilantro sprouted (10 days)
1 Kennebec potato in the bed sprouted (9 total in the bed) (72 total, 30 days)
1 Kennebec potato beside the house sprouted (3 total from newest planting) (73 total potatoes, 17 days from newest planting of potatoes)
5 Sugarsnap peas have sprouted (53 total) (11 days)
Approximately 11 Greencrop green beans have sprouted (10 days)

May 12

Planted 30 Crimson Giant radishes
Re-planted 16 Silver Queen corn in spots that didn’t germinate
Planted 3 Simpson Elite, Buttercrunch, and Red Salad Bowl in the back garden
Planted 8 Simpson Elite, Buttercrunch, and Red Salad Bowl in the patio/herb bed
1 Silver Queen corn sprouted (26 total, 11 days)
2 Sugar Dots corn sprouted (42 total, 11 days)
10 Cilantro sprouted (26 total, 11 days)
Thinned Cilantro to one per six inches (-11)
Thinned Basil to one per six inches (-7)
12 Greencrop green beans have sprouted (23 total, 12 days)

May 13

Hard to tell how much cilantro has sprouted – up to 4 sprouts came from two seeds
2 Parsley have sprouted (12 days)
1 Kennebec potato beside the house sprouted (4 total from latest planting) (74 total potatoes, 19 days from lastest planting)
6 Greencrop beans have sprouted (29 total, 13 days)
1 Kennebec potato behind the garage sprouted (39 total) (75 total potatoes, 32 days)
All 7 tomato plants have blooms already – pulled them off to allow the plants to grow more
2 Silver Queen corn sprouted (28 total, 12 days)
Harvested 1 pound, 1 1/4 ounces of Tri-Star strawberries

May 14

10 parsley have sprouted (12 total, 13 days)
Spread the mulched leaves over the front garden
Transplanted the extra sugar dots corn into buckets/containers to thin out corn to one foot apart, 18 inches between rows

May 15

8 Parsley sprouted (18 total, 14 days)
3 Cilantro sprouted (29 total, 14 days)
- Removed/thinned cilantro (-1)
2 Basil sprouted (22 total, 14 days)
1 Buttercrunch in patio garden sprouted (3 days)
2 Red Salad Bowl in patio garden sprouted (3 days)
3 Greencrop beans sprouted (32 total, 14 days)

May 16

Picked 1 pound, 1/2 ounce of Tri-Star strawberries
1 Parsley sprouted (19 total, 15 days)
- Thinned Parsley (-6)
1 Greencrop bean sprouted (33 total, 15 days)
Lost a lot of carrots due to damping off
7 Simpson Elite in patio garden sprouted (4 days)
1 Buttercrunch in patio garden sprouted (2 total, 4 days)
2 Red Salad Bowl in patio garden sprouted (4 total, 4 days)
1 Silver Queen corn sprouted (4 days) (29 total from both sowings)

May 17

3 Oregano sprouted (16 days)
2 Parsley sprouted (21 total, 16 days)
3 Red Salad Bowl behind the garage sprouted (5 days)
3 Red Salad Bowl in patio garden sprouted (7 total, 5 days)
Approximately 28 Crimson Giant radishes sprouted (5 days)

May 19

1 Buttercrunch in the patio garden sprouted (3 total, 7 days)
1 Red Salad bowl behind the garage sprouted (4 total, 7 days)
2 Buttercrunch behind the garage sprouted (2 total, 7 days)
Re-seeded 18 Greencrop beans behind the garage
1 Crimson Giant radish sprouted (29 total, 7 days)
4 Silver Queen corn sprouted (33 total from both sowings, 7 days)
Re-planted dozens of Burpee A#1 and Sugarsnax carrots
Planted 8 each (4 in 2 holes) of Simpson Elite, Buttercrunch, and Red Salad Bowl lettuce in the patio garden
Planted 4 each of Simpson Elite, Buttercrunch, and Red Salad Bowl lettuce behind the garage
Planted 10 Straight Eight cucumbers in 16-ounce cups
Planted 6 Burpee Pickler cucumbers in 16-ounce cups

May 23

4 Silver Queen corn sprouted (37 total, 11 days)
1 Greencrop bean sprouted (34 total, 22 days)
Picked 2 pounds, 3 ounces of Tri-Star strawberries

May 25

2 Straight Eight cucumbers sprouted (6 days)
5 Burpee Pickler cucumbers sprouted (6 days)
8 Simpson Elite in the patio garden sprouted (6 days)
5 Buttercrunch in the patio garden sprouted (6 days)
5 Red Salad Bowl lettuce in the patio garden sprouted (6 days)
1 Buttercrunch behind the garage sprouted (6 days)
1 Red Salad Bowl behidn the garage sprouted (6 days)

May 26

Picked 1 pound, 8 ounces of Tri-Star strawberries
4 Straight Eight cucumbers sprouted (6 total, 7 days)
1 Buttercrunch in the patio bed sprouted (6 total, 7 days)
2 Greencrop beans sprouted (36 total)
Planted 4 Simpson Elite, Buttercrunch, and Red Salad Bowl in the patio garden
Dozens of Sugarsnax carrots sprouted (7 days)

May 27

Harvested 3 3/8 ounces of Buttercrunch from one plant
Harvested 1 5/8 ounces of Red Salad Bowl from one plant
Harvested 6 1/8 ounces of Simpson Elite from two plants
Harvested 3 Crimson Giant radishes – 5 3/8 ounces
Planted 29 Crimson Giant radishes

May 28

1 Straight Eight cucumber sprouted (7 total, 9 days)
Several Burpee A#1 carrots have sprouted (9 days)
3 Greencrop beans sprouted (39 total)
Peas are a major pain with helping them grow up the green fencing
- A few blooms on the peas in each gardening area

May 30

13 Crimson Giant radishes sprouted (3 days)
Hilled up Kennebec potatoes

May 31

10 Crimson Giant radishes sprouted (23 total, 4 days)
6 Simpson Elite sprouted (5 days)
1 Buttercrunch sprouted (5 days)
Picked 1 pound, 15 3/8 ounces of Tri-Star strawberries
3 Greencrop beans sprouted

June 2

2 Simpson Elite sprouted (8 total, 7 days)
5 Buttercrunch sprouted (7 days)
5 Crimson Giant radishes sprouted (28 total, 6 days)
Picked all but one of the Crimson Giant radishes that were sowed first
- 1 pound, 4 ounces with foliage; 7 5/8 ounces without
Pulled off 3 pounds 2 1/4 ounces of broccoli leaves
- Leaves were covering the celery and peppers

June 3

Harvested 15 1/4 ounces of Tri-Star strawberries
Picked 1 Drawf Gray Sugar pea and 3 Burpee Super Sugar Snap peas

June 5

Harvested 6 1/8 ounces of Simpson Elite lettuce
Harvested 7/8 ounces of Red Salad Bowl lettuce
Harvested 1 3/8 ounces of Buttercrunch lettuce

June 6

Planted 46 Greencrop beans in the front garden between each corn stalk
Transplanted 6 cucumber (3 Burpee Picker, 3 Straight Eight) in the back garden – each four feet apart

June 9

Picked 2 3/8 ounces of peas
Picked 10 7/8 ounces of Tri-Star strawberries
Picked 3 Crimson Giant radishes – 2 3/8 ounces

June 12

Picked all seven Green Goliath broccoli plants as the flowers were already opened a bit
- 1 Pound, 10 1/4 ounces
- 1 pound, 12 ounces
- 1 pound, 3 1/2 ounces
- 2 pounds 8 3/8 ounces
- 1 pound, 11 7/8 ounces
- 1 pound, 1 5/8 ounces
- 2 pounds, 3 3/8 ounces
- Total of 12 pounds, 3 ounces of Green Goliath broccoli
39 Greencrop beans have sprouted in the last few days (6 days)
Picked 4 radishes – 7 3/8 ounces
Picked 2 3/8 ounces of peas
Picked 15 1/2 ounces of mixed lettuce

June 14

Picked 2 ounces of peas

June 15

Picked 5 3/8 ounces of Tri-Star strawberries

June 16

Picked 2 3/8 ounces of peas

June 19

Picked 3 3/4 ounces of peas
Picked 3 Crimson Giant radishes – 1 3/8 ounces
Picked 1 pound, 14 3/4 ounces of Tri-Star strawberries

June 22

Picked 6 ounces of peas
Picked 3 1/8 ounces of Greencrop green beans
Picked 1 pound, 3 3/8 ounces of mixed lettuce
- Pulled up all of the lettuce – way too hot
Planted 16 Greencrop beans in the patio garden
Planted 20 Greencrop beans behind the garage

June 23

Picked 3 pounds, 15 1/4 ounces of Tri-Star strawberries

June 25

Pollinated 2 Sugar Dots Corn

June 26

Picked 4 ounces of peas
Picked 10 3/4 ounces of cilantro
Picked 3 pounds of Tri-Star strawberries
Picked 5 1/4 ounces of basil

June 27

Approximately 3 beans have sprouted behind the garage (6 days)
Approximately 4 beans have sprouted in the patio garden (6 days)
Pollinated 1 Sugar Dots corn

June 28

Pollinated 2 Sugar Dots corn
1 Greencrop bean behind the garage sprouted (4 total, 7 days)
4 beans in the patio garden sprouted (8 total, 7 days)
Picked 3 cherry tomatoes – 5/8 ounces
Picked 8 1/4 ounces of Greencrop green beans

June 29

Pollinated 1 Sugar Dots corn
Picked 2 pounds, 8 ounces of Tri-Star strawberries

June 30

Pollinated 1 Sugar Dots corn
Picked 1 1/8 ounces of Greencrop green beans
Picked 1 ounce (6) cherry tomatoes
Picked 1 1/8 ounces of Dwarf Gray Sugar Peas
- Leaving all Sugar Snap peas to ripen into seed
Re-planted 8 beans in the patio garden
Re-planted 8 beans behind the garage
Planted 4 beans in the front garden

July 1

Picked 2 3/8 ounces of basil
Silver Queen corn is losing pollen before silk emerges

July 2

Pollinated 1 Sugar Dots corn

July 3

Pollinated 2 Silver Queen corn
Pollinated 1 Sugar Dots corn

July 4

Pollinated 1 Sugar Dots corn
Either 5 or 6 Silver Queen corn was pollinated
Picked 7 1/2 ounces of green beans
Picked 1 1/8 ounces of peas
Picked 4 red cherry tomatoes – 7/8 ounce

July 5

Pollinated 2 Sugar Dots corn
Pollinated 9 Silver Queen corn
3 Greencrop beans in the patio garden sprouted (5 days)

July 6

Pollinated 6 Silver Queen corn
Pollinated 2 Sugar Dots corn

July 7

Pollinated 4 Silver Queen corn
Pollinated 1 Sugar Dots corn

July 8

Picked 2 1/4 ounces of basil
Picked 4 1/2 ounces of Greencrop beans
Picked 3 1/2 ounces of peas
Picked 15 cherry tomatoes – 2 7/8 ounces

July 9

Pollinated 4 Silver Queen corn

July 10

Picked 36 cherry tomatoes – 8 ounces

July 11

Picked 2.5 ounces of basil
Cherry tomato and roma tomato plants fell over – had to re-stake them up with re-bar
Pollinated 3 Silver Queen corn
Pollinated 1 Sugar Dots corn

July 12

Picked 3 3/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes
Picked 1 Ventura Celery plant – 2 1/8 ounces
- Celery is very crispy and has a sweet flavor
- Didn’t produce very well at all

July 14

Picked 1 Best Boy tomato – 7 1/8 ounces
Picked 2 1/2 ounces of cherry tomatoes
3 green Best Boy tomatoes broke off the vines while re-staking the plants – 1 pound, 1 7/8 ounces (compost pile)

July 15

Planted 50 greencrop beans in the Sugar Dots corn bed
Pulled all Sugar Dots corn that didn’t have ears

July 16

Picked 1 Burpee Pickler cucumber – 11 3/8 ounces
Picked 3 7/8 ounces of Greencrop green beans
Picked 2 Best Boy tomatoes – 10 1/4 ounces
Picked 3 7/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes

July 17

Picked 3 Sugar Dots corn – 15 3/8 ounces
Picked onions in the front and some from the back – 38 total
- 4 pounds, 11 1/2 ounces
- 7 pounds, 1 ounce
- 6 pounds, 1/2 ounce

July 19

Picked 4 Sugar Dots corn – 1 pound, 4 7/8 ounces
Picked 3 California Wonder peppers – 6 ounces
Picked 1 Burpee Pickler cucumber – 11 3/8 ounces
Picked 6 Best Boy tomatoes – 2 pounds, 1 7/8 ounces
Picked 7 Roma tomatoes – 12 3/8 ounces
Picked 9 3/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes

July 22

Picked 2 Sugar Dots corn – 10 1/8 ounces
Picked 2 Silver Queen corn – 1 pound, 3 1/2 ounces
Picked 9 7/8 ounces of Greencrop green beans from the front garden
Picked 7 Best Boy tomatoes – 2 pounds, 15 7/8 ounces
Picked 9 Roma tomatoes – 1 pound, 3 7/8 ounces
Picked 5 /7/8 ounces of Red cherry tomatoes
Picked 29 onions from the foundation blocks – 5 pounds, 7 ounces
Picked 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 11 3/8 ounces
Picked 3 5/8 ounces of Greencrop green beans from the back garden
Harvested a potato bucket – very small potatoes – 9 3/8 ounces

July 24

Planted 15 Greencrop beans in the front of the front garden

July 25

Picked 3 Sugar Dots corn – 9 1/8 ounces
Picked Silver Queen corn
- 4 – 2 pounds, 3 5/8 ounces
- 4 – 2 pounds, 7 3/8 ounces
- 4 – 2 pounds, 8 1/8 ounces
- 3 – 1 pound, 8 ounces
Picked 1 carrot – 2 1/4 ounces
Planted 52 Greencrop beans in the front garden

July 26

Picked 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 2 pounds
Picked 11 Best Boy tomatoes – 5 pounds, 7 ounces
Picked 13 Roma tomatoes – 1 pound, 12 7/8 ounces
Picked 5 3/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes

July 28

Picked 4 Red California Wonder peppers – 1 pound, 1 3/4 ounces
Picked 1 Sugar Dots corn – 4 1/2 ounces
Picked 6 Silver Queen corn – 3 pounds, 1 1/4 ounces
Picked 3 3/8 ounces of basil leaves

July 28

Picked 4 potatoes in the back garden and six potatoes in the potato bin
- 6 pounds, 8 7/8 ounces
- 3 pounds 6 7/8 ounces
Picked 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 1 pound, 3 3/4 ounces
Picked 3 Straight Eight cucumbers – 1 pound, 7 1/2 ounces
Picked 11 Best Boy tomatoes – 6 pounds, 12 5/8 ounces
Picked 8 Roma tomatoes – 1 pound, 7/8 ounces
Picked 5 ounces of cherry tomatoes

August 2

Picked 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 1 pound, 11 7/8 ounces
Picked 5 Roma tomatoes – 8 ounces
Picked 8 7/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes
Picked 10 Best Boy tomatoes – 5 pounds, 2 ounces
Picked 1 Straight Eight cucumber – 6 3/4 ounces
Picked Kennebec potatoes from the potato bed (10 plants)
- 2 pounds, 14 3/8 ounces
- Many potatoes were rotten – need to pull them eariler and water them less

August 3

Picked 3 pounds of Kennebec potatoes from the remaining six buckets
Pulled all celery – way too hot and they look very bad

August 4

Picked 3 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 1 pound, 9 1/8 ounces
Picked 6 Best Boy tomatoes – 4 pounds, 8 3/8 ounces
Picked 3 Roma tomatoes – 5 ounces
Picked 14 3/4 ounces of red cherry tomatoes
Picked 4 ounces of Greencrop green beans
Picked 17 California Wonder peppers – 3 pounds, 1 1/8 ounces
Picked 2 Silver Queen corn – 1 pound, 2 1/2 ounces

August 7

Picked 1 Straight Eight cucumber – 1 pound, 3/8 ounces
Picked 3 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 1 pound, 10 5/8 ounces
Picked 65 Sugarsnax carrots – 5 pounds, 14 1/4 ounces
Picked 61 Burpee A#1 carrots – 5 pounds, 14 7/8 ounces
Picked 7 Roma tomatoes – 12 3/4 ounces
Picked 6 7/8 ounces of red cherry tomatoes
Picked 6 Best Boy tomatoes – 3 pounds, 4 ounces

August 10

Picked 1 cucumber – 7 3/8 ounces
Picked 14 7/8 ounces of red cherry tomatoes
Picked 1 pound, 5 1/4 ounces of Best Boy tomatoes
Picked 12 ounces of Roma tomatoes

August 11

Picked 3 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 1 pound, 1 3/4 ounces

August 14

Picked the long row of potatoes behind the garage – approximately 25 potatoes
- 10 pounds, 1 1/4 ounces
- 10 pounds, 3/4 ounces
- 10 pounds, 1 ounce
- 1 pound, 12 7/8 ounces
Picked 4 California Wonder peppers – 7 3/4 ounces

August 15

Picked 1 Straight Eight cucumber – 15 5/8 ounces

August 16

Picked 3 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 1 pound, 3 1/4 ounces
Picked 6 Best Boy tomatoes – 2 pounds, 14 7/8 ounces
Picked 4 Roma tomatoes – 7 1/8 ounces
Picked 14 7/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes

August 21

Picked 2 Roma tomatoes – 3 1/4 ounces
Picked 5 Best Boy tomatoes – 2 pounds, 2 1/2 ounces
Picked 1 pound, 3 ounces of cherry tomatoes

August 22

Picked 4 3/8 ounces of basil
Picked 3 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 1 pound, 4 3/4 ounces
Picked 3 Straight Eight cucumbers – 2 pounds, 14 ounces
Picked 3 3/4 ounces of Greencrop green beans
Picked 3 California Wonder peppers – 10 3/8 ounces

August 24

Picked 10 Roma tomatoes – 1 pound, 3 5/8 ounces
Picked 1 Best Boy tomato – 8 3/8 ounces
Picked 1 Burpee Pickler cucumber – 2 5/8 ounces
Picked 2 Straight Eight cucumbers – 15 3/4 ounces
Picked 6 1/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes
Picked 9 pounds of Kennebec potatoes

August 29

Picked 1 Straight Eight cucumber – 7/38 ounces
Picked 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 8 ounces
Picked 3 Best Boy tomatoes – 1 pound, 3 1/4 ounces
Picked 3 Roma tomatoes – 5 7/8 ounces
Picked 10 1/2 ounces of cherry tomatoes

September 3

Picked 3 Straight Eight cucumbers – 1 pound, 12 1/2 ounces
Picked 1 Burpee Pickler cucumber – 7 ounces
Picked 7 Roma tomatoes – 13 7/8 ounces
Picked 2 Best Boy tomatoes – 1 pound, 2 5/8 ounces
Picked 1 pound, 1 1/4 ounces of cherry tomatoes
Picked 16 California Wonder peppers – 3 pounds, 2 3/4 ounces

September 4

Picked 6 1/4 ounces of basil

September 8

Picked 1 Straight Eight cucumber – 9 5/8 ounces
Picked 1 Burpee Pickler cucumber – 4 1/4 ounces
Picked 10 California Wonder peppers – 12 7/8 ounces

September 9

Picked 5 Roma tomatoes – 11 3/4 ounces
Picked 8 Best Boy tomatoes – 3 pounds, 13 1/4 ounces
Picked 12 1/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes

September 12

Picked 1 Straight Eight cucumber – 7 3/8 ounces
Picked 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 9 1/4 ounces
Picked 15 California Wonder peppers – 1 pound, 9 ounces

September 14

Planted 24 Crimson Giant radish seed in the carrot bed
- Seed used was saved from plant in the front garden
- Testing for seed viability
Picked 6 Roma tomatoes – 13 3/8 ounces
Picked 8 Best Boy tomatoes – 3 pounds, 10 5/8 ounces
Picked 1 pound, 7 ounces of cherry tomatoes

September 19

13 Crimson Giant radishes have sprouted (5 days)
Picked 1 Straight Eight cucumber – 14 1/8 ounces
Picked 1 Burpee Pickler cucumber 1 7/8 ounces

September 21

Picked 5 Best Boy tomatoes – 2 pounds, 6 1/2 ounces
Picked 6 Roma tomatoes – 13 3/8 ounces
Picked 5 California Wonder peppers – 8 1/2 ounces
Picked 1 pound of cherry tomatoes

September 22

Planted 24 Crimson Giant radishes in the carrot bed
- Testing seed viability for the second time from saved seed
Picked 6 1/8 ounces of basil

September 24

Picked 2 Straight Eight cucumbers – 1 pound, 3 ounces
Picked 1 Burpee Pickler cucumber – 1 1/4 ounces
Picked 4 Roma tomatoes – 8 3/8 ounces
Picked 8 Best Boy tomatoes – 3 pounds, 7/8 ounces

September 27

17 Crimson Giant radishes sprouted

September 29

Picked 1 Burpee Pickler – 4 1/8 ounces
- Took down 2 Burpee Pickler cucumber plants
Picked 2 Roma tomatoes – 2 7/8 ounces
Picked 7 Best Boy tomatoes – 3 pounds, 13 3/4 ounces
Picked 3 California Wonder peppers – 5 3/4 ounces
Picked 1 pound, 7 3/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes

October 4

Almost froze overnight (sporadic frost)
Picked 5 California Wonder peppers – 11 1/8 ounces
Picked 15 1/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes

October 10

Picked 1 Straight Eight cucumber – 4 5/8 ounces
Tore down all cucumber plants – bad powdery mildew
Picked 5 1/8 ounces of basil
Picked 16 California Wonder peppers – 2 pounds, 9 ounces

October 18

Picked 7 Best Boy tomatoes – 2 pounds, 8 3/4 ounces
Picked 3 1/8 ounces of Greencrop green beans (plants were volunteers that came from seed after digging up potatoes behind the garden)
Picked 2 pounds, 2 3/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes
Picked 2 Roma tomatoes – 3 7/8 ounces
Picked 6 pounds, 1/2 ounces of Kennebec potatoes from beside the house

October 22

Light frost overnight

October 23

Picked 11 California Wonder peppers – 2 pounds, 1 3/8 ounces
Picked 4 1/4 ounces of basil

October 28

Hard freeze will occur overnight
Picked 3 pounds, 7/8 ounces of cherry tomatoes
Picked 61 California Wonder peppers – 10 pounds, 13 3/4 ounces
Picked 57 California Wonder peppers – 10 pounds, 13 3/4 ounces
Picked 28 California Wonder peppers – 4 pounds, 15 1/8 ounces
Picked 19 GREEN Roma tomatoes – 2 pounds, 1 1/4 ounces (wasted and thrown in compost bin)
Picked 48 GREEN Best Boy tomatoes – 12 pounds, 5 3/4 ounces (wasted and thrown in compost bin)
Picked 34 GREEN Best Boy tomatoes – 7 pounds, 15 1/4 ounces (wasted and thrown in compost bin)
Picked 6 1/8 ounces of basil