2011 Garden Journal

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Below is the full 2011 garden journal.  I keep a copy of it online so I can refer to it quickly.

January 1

  • Soaking 12 Ventura Celery seeds overnight
  • From experimental sowings three weeks ago, the following are still growing
    • 7 basil
    • 14 Copra onion
    • 13 Ventura celery

January 2

  • Placed on seed of soaked Ventura Celery in each of 4 3-packs (12 total)
    • Bottom-moistened the soil for several hours beforehand
    • Placed each seed on top of the soil and watered from the top
    • Placed in unheated greenhouse under cool white premium lights

January 8

  • Temperature of growing area is between 59 and 65 degrees
  • 5 Ventura celery have sprouted (6 days)
  • Transplanted 3 older celery in a 3-pack (moved the ones where two seedlings were growing in a cell)
  • Old celery in 3-packs have a white dot on the plastic container

January 15

  • 5 Ventura celery have sprouted (10 total, 13 days)

January 20

  • Turned on second fluorescent fixture
  • Planted 200 Copra onion directly into a seed tray
    • Bottom-fed with compost tea and placed clear cover on
  • Bottom-fed all seedlings overnight

January 22

  • Transplanted 7 Ventura celery from a 9-pack into 3-packs
  • Growing area between 60 and 72 degrees

January 25

  • 9 Copra onions sprouted (5 days)
  • Cover removed from the onion tray

January 26

  • Growing area bewteen 59 and 70 degrees
  • 26 Copra onions sprouted (6 days, 35 total)

January 27

  • 31 Copra onions sprouted (7 days, 66 total)

January 28

  • 34 Copra onions sprouted (8 days, 90 total)

January 29

  • Soaked 12 Ventura celery for 24 hours
    • Planted in 4 3-packs, filled tray with compost tea, pleaced cover over
  • 20 Copra onions sprouted (9 days, 110 total)

January 30

  • 2 Copra onions sprouted (10 days, 112 total)

January 31

  • 7 Copra onions sprouted (11 days, 119 total)

February 1

  • 3 Copra onions sprouted (12 days, 122 total)

February 2

  • 2 Copra onions sprouted (13 days, 124 total)

February 3

  • 7 Ventura celery sprouted (5 days)
  • Planted 36 Copra onion (finished off last year’s seed packet)
  • 2 Copra onions sprouted (14 days, 126 total)

February 4

  • 1 Ventura celery sprouted (8 total, 6 days)

February 5

  • 2 Ventura celery sprouted (10 total, 7 days)

February 7

  • 1 Copra onion sprouted (1 total, 4 days) – total of 127 Copra onions total

February 9

  • Planted 126 Varsity Onion seed received from a GardenWeb member into half-size tray.  Lightly covered with soil and bottom-fed.  Seed is one-year old according to GardenWeb member
  • The last batch of Copra onion seed appears to have been planted too deep based on bad germination rates

February 10

  • 8 Copra onion sprouted (9 total, 7 days) – total of 135 Copra onions total

February 11

  • 6 Copra onion sprouted (15 total, 8 days) – total of 141 Copra onions total

February 12

  • 8 Copra onion sprouted (23 total, 9 days) – total of 149 Copra onions total

February 14

  • 3 Copra onion sprouted (26 total, 11 days) – total of 152 Copra onions total
  • 146 Copra onions are still alive (lost 6 onions so far)
  • Celery and onions from Deember planting are root-bound

February 15

  • 1 Varsity onion sprouted (6 days)

February 16

  • 3 Varsity onions sprouted (4 total, 7 days)

February 17

  • 3 Varsity onions sprouted (7 total, 8 days)
  • Transplanted 12 celery from 3-packs to 16-ounce cups

February 18

  • 3 Varsity onions sprouted (10 total, 9 days)

February 19

  • 4 Varsity onions sprouted (14 total, 10 days)

February 20

  • 4 Varsity onions sprouted (18 total, 11 days)

February 21

  • 4 Varsity onions sprouted (22 total, 12 days)

February 22

  • 4 Varsity onions sprouted (26 total, 13 days)

February 23

  • 5 Varsity onions sprouted (31 total, 14 days)

February 24

  • 1 Varsity onion sprouted (32 total, 15 days)

March 3

  • Planted 5 Best Boy tomatoes in 5 large orange containers
  • Planted 6 Roma tomatoes in 2 large orange containers (3 per container)
  • Planted 8 Red Cherry tomatoes in 2 large arange containers (4 per container)
  • Planted 4 Anaheim Hot Peppers in 2 large green containers (2 per container)
  • Planted 16 California Wonder peppers in 2 4-packs
    • Used saved seed from 2 years ago around the outside
    • Used 2 year-old seed around the middle
  • Planted 4 each of lettuce in 3-packs
    • Next to white dot – Red Salad Bowl, Buttercrunch, Simpson Elite
    • Next to 2 white dots – Parris Island Romaine, New Red Fire
  • Lettuce, peppers, and tomatoes placed under clear lids with compost tea filled in the tray
  • Planted 10 Snow Crown cauliflower in 16-ounce cups labeled “C”
  • Planted 10 Green Goliath broccoli in 16-ounce cups labeled “B”
  • Planted 10 Premium Crop broccoli in 16-ounce cups labeled “B2”

March 5

  • Placed 4 Best Boy, 1 Red cherry tomato, and 1 Roma tomato in heated greenhouse
  • Placed all peppers in heated greenhouse
  • Greenhouse pan filled with compost tea

March 6

  • Transplanted 2nd batch of Ventura celery into red 16-ounce cups

March 7

  • 2 Red Salad Bowl sprouted (4 days)
  • 4 Buttercrunch sprouted (4 days, 100% germination)
  • 3 Parris Island sprouted (4 days)
  • 1 New Red Fire sprouted (4 days)
  • 1 Snow Crown cauliflower sprouted (4 days)

March 8

  • 1 Simpson Elite sprouted (5 days)
  • 1 New Red Fire sprouted (5 days, 2 total)

March 9

  • 8 Snow Crown cauliflower sprouted (6 days, 9 total)
  • 2 Green Goliath broccoli sprouted (6 days)
  • 7 Premium Crop broccoli sprouted (6 days)
  • 3 Red Cherry tomatoes sprouted – 2 in heated greenhouse, 1 in un-heated (6 days)
  • 1 Roma tomato sprouted – in heated greenhouse (6 days)

March 10

  • 1 Snow Crown cauliflower sprouted (7 days, 10 total, 100% germination)
  • 4 Green Goliath broccoli sprouted (7 days, 6 total)
  • 1 Roma tomato sprouted – in heated greenhouse (7 days, 2 total)
  • 1 Red Cherry tomato sprouted – from unheated greenhouse (7 days, 4 total)
  • 1 Best Boy tomato sprouted – in heated greenhouse (7 days)
  • 1 New Red Fire lettuce sprouted (3 total, 7 days)
  • Planted 4 of the below in 3-packs
    • Next to white dot – Red Salad Bowl, Buttercrunch, Simpson Elite
    • Next to 2 white dots – Parris Island Romaine, New Red Fire
  • Moved the unsprouted Best Boy and Roma containers into the heated greenhouse

March 11

  • 1 Green Goliath broccoli sprouted (7 total, 8 days)
  • 1 Best Boy tomato sprouted – in heated greenhouse (2 total, 8 days)
  • 1 Red Cherry tomato sprouted (5 total, 8 days)

March 12

  • Transplanted first sowing of Ventura celery (from December) into the front garden
    • Spaced 10 inches apart, 12 inches between rows
  • Used floating row cover doubled up for frost protection
  • 1 Red Cherry tomato sprouted (9 days, 6 total)
  • Transplanted 14 Copra onions started in December to the front garden

March 13

  • Drained compost tea from heated greenhouse
  • 1 Simpson Elite sprouted (3 days)
  • 1 Green Golatih sprouted sometime in the past couple days (8 total, 10 days)

March 14

  • 2 Red Salad Bowl sprouted (4 days)
  • 2 Buttercrunch sprouted (4 days)
  • 3 Simpson Elite sprouted (4 days, 4 total, 100% germination)
  • 3 New Red Fire sprouted (4 days)
  • 1 Parris Island from first planting sprouted (11 days, 4 total, 100% germination)
  • 1 Best Boy tomato in the greenhouse sprouted (3 total, 11 days)
  • Heated greenhouse was only getting up to 70 degrees when the heat mat was placed on a piece of wood.  Put heat mat back in plastic that came with the greenhouse kit and placed the tray over it – as intended

March 15

  • 1 Roma tomato sprouted (3 total, 12 days)
  • 1 Red Salad Bowl sprouted (3 total, 5 days)
  • 1 Parris Island sprouted (5 days)
  • Greenhouse is warming up into the 80’s (61 – 83 degrees)

March 16

  • Planted 134 Cascadia Snap Peas beside the house
  • Planted 200 Cascadia Snap Peas beside the house
  • Chicken wire fencing beside the house and behind the garage put up
  • Sunny today with a high temp of 62 degrees

March 17

  • Planted 4 each of lettuce into 3-packs
    • By white dot – Red Salad Bowl, Buttercrunch, Simpson Elite
    • By 2 white dots – Parris Island, New Red Fire
  • Plugged in heating mat to be on 24/7
  • Transplanted 10 Venturay Celery into the front garden
  • Transplanted 53 Copra onions into the cinder blocks behind the garage
  • Planted (15 x 4) + 2 = 62 Copra onions into the front garden
  • Temperature reached 73 degrees today

March 18

  • 1 Premium Crop broccoli sprouted (15 days, 8 total)

March 19

  • Took cauliflower and broccoli outside for sunlight
  • Split up the Roma and Cherry tomatoes into separate containers

March 20

  • 2 New Red Fire sprouted (3 days)
  • 1 Parris Island sprouted (3 days)
  • Re-planted 4 Anaheim Hot peppers
  • Re-planted 16 California Wonder pepper from saved seed

March 21

  • 2 New Red Fire sprouted (4 days, 4 total, 100% germination)
  • 1 Parris Island sprouted (4 days, 2 total)
  • 3 Red Salad Bowl sprouted (4 days)
  • 4 Buttercrunch sprouted (4 days, 100% germination)
  • 3 Simpson Elite sprouted (4 days)
  • 1 Anaheim Hot pepper sprouted (18 days)
  • Greenhouse got up to 102 degrees

March 22

  • 1 California Wonder sprouted (19 days)

March 24

  • Weather turned very cold and night temps will be as low as 25 degrees over the next few days
  • Thinned first two plants of lettuce to one seedling each
  • 1 Red Cherry tomato sprouted sometime this week (7 total)
  • Placed the California Wonder pepper 4-packs back into the heated greenhouse and placed under a fluorescent light

March 26

  • 1 California Wonder pepper sprouted (2 total, 22 days)

March 27

  • 1 California Wonder pepper sprouted (3 total, 23 days)
  • 1 Anaheim Hot pepper sprouted (2 total, 23 days)

March 29

  • 1 California Wonder pepper sprouted (4 total, 9 days)

March 30

  • 1 Anaheim Hot pepper sprouted (3 total, 26 days)
  • 3 California Wonder peppers sprouted (7 total, 26 days)
  • 1 California Wonder pepper sprouted (8 total, 10 days)
    • 4 are from saved seed, 4 from 2-year-old seed
  • 18 Cascadia peas beside the house sprouted (14 days)

March 31

  • 2 California Wonder peppers sprouted (10 total, 11 days)
  • 5 California Wonder peppers sprouted (15 total, 27 days)
  • 10 Cascadia Peas beside the house sprouted (28 total, 15 days)
  • Planted four of each lettuce in 3-packs
    • Next to white dot – Red Salad Bowl, Buttercrunch, Simpson Elite
    • Next to 2 white dots – Parris Island, New Red Fire
  • Thinned lettuce planted two weeks ago to one seedling per cell

April 1

  • 2 California Wonder peppers sprouted (17 total, 12 days)
  • 15 Cascadia peas beside the house sprouted (43 total, 16 days)

April 2

  • Planted the first two weeks of lettuce eight inches apart in the patio garden
  • 14 Cascadia peas beside the house sprouted (57 total, 17 days)
  • 1 California Wonder pepper sprouted (18 total, 29 days)
    • 1 per cell finally has sprouted; heating pad turned off

April 3

  • Directly seeded 4 x 7 (28) Parris Island lettuce in the patio garden
  • 1 Simpson Elite sprouted (3 days)
  • 1 New Red Fire lettuce sprouted (3 days)
  • Planted 280 Sugarsnax carrots towards the front of the carrot bed
  • Planted 260 Scarlet Nantes carrots towards the back of the carrot bed
    • Scarlet Nantes seeds are smaller than Sugarsnax and many holes had two or three seeds dropped in
  • 8 Cascadia peas beside the house sprouted (65 total, 18 days)
  • Temperatures reached over 80 degrees and it was windy/sunny

April 4

  • 1 Simpson Elite sprouted (2 total, 4 days)

April 5

  • 1 Cascadia pea beside the house sprouted (66 total, 20 days)
  • 1 Cascadia pea behind the garage sprouted (20 days)
  • Planted 6 Premium Crop broccoli, 6 Snow Crown Cauliflower, and 6 Green Goliath broccoli in the side garden 12 inches apart
    • Green Goliath is the closest to the patio

April 6

  • 18 Cascadia peas behind the garage sprouted (19 total, 21 days, complete total of 85 peas)
  • 2 Cascadia peas beside the house sprouted (68 total, 21 days, complete total of 87 peas)
  • Temperatures in the mid-70’s today

April 7

  • 2 Cascadia peas beside the house sprouted (70 total, 22 days, complete total of 89 peas)
  • 13 Cascadia peas behind the garage sprouted (32 total, 22 days, complete total of 102 peas)
  • Bad germination of lettuce from last week.  Planted 4 each in 3-packs
    • Next to white dot – Red Salad Bowl, Butercrunch, Simpson Elite
    • Next to 2 white dots – Parris Island, New Red Fire
  • Leaving in tray with compost tea in the bottom and clear lid on top
  • Planted 44 Easter Egg radishes in the patio garden
  • Planted 8 Parris Island lettuce in the patio bed (4 per hole, 8 inches apart)

April 8

  • 12 direct-seeded Parris Island sprouted (5 days)
  • Transplanted 3rd week of lettuce to the patio garden
  • Up to 65 degrees today, fully sunny
  • 12 Cascadia peas behind the garage sprouted (44 total, 13 days, complete total of 114 peas)
  • Transplanted 10 Copra onion to the front flower bed
    • Closest to driveway
  • Transplated 21 Varsity onions to the flower bed

April 9

  • 6 direct-seeded Parris Island lettuce sprouted (18 total, 6 days)
  • 24 Cascadia peas behind the garage sprouted (68 total, 24 days, complete total of 138 peas)

April 10

  • 2 direct-seeded Parris Island lettuce sprouted (20 total, 7 days)
  • 1 direct-seeded Parris Island sprouted (2 days)
  • Volunteer Kennebec potatoes are coming up in the side garden
  • 1 Buttercrunch sprouted (3 days)

April 11

  • 18 direct-seeded Easter Egg Radishes sprouted (4 days)

April 12

  • 4 direct-seeded Easter Egg radishes sprouted (5 days, 22 total)
  • 3 direct-seeded Parris Island lettuce sprouted (4 total, 4 days)
  • 2 Cascadia peas behind the garage sprouted (70 total, 27 days, complete total of 140 peas)

April 13

  • 1 Red Salad Bowl lettuce sprouted (12 days)
  • Transplanted 1 Green Goliath broccoli to the flower bed (closest to the driveway)
  • Transplanted 4 Snow Crown cauliflower to the flower bed
  • Transplanted 2 Premium Crop broccoli to the flower bed
  • Planted 8 Crimson Sweet watermelon in 16-ounce cups
  • Planted 8 lettuce (4 per 2 holes) directly into the patio bed of all five lettuce varities
  • 5 Easter Egg radishes sprouted (27 total, 6 days)

April 14

  • Dozens of carrots have just sprouted (11 days)
  • Planted 4 Best Boy tomatoes (2 per container) in the square orange containers
    • Planted outside – embedded in the patio garden
  • Pulled potatoes out from storage to be cut tomorrow – many sprouts have already started

April 16

  • Approximately 115 Sugarsnax carrots have sprouted (12 days)
  • Approximately 97 Scarlet Nantes carrots have sprouted (12 days)
  • Potatoes have been cut and are ready for planting
  • Storm came through last night and temperatures cooled down into the 40’s
  • 2 Cascadia peas behind the garage sprouted (72 total, 31 days, complete total of 142 peas)
  • Cold and windy – 44 degrees outside mid-day

April 17

  • Transplanted 3 Best Boy tomatoes into the front garden
  • Transplanted 4 Roma tomatoes into the front garden
  • Transplanted 1 Red Cherry tomato into the front garden
  • Planted 6 Kennebec potatoes into the potato bin
  • Planted 10 Kennebec potatoes into the 10 black plastic containers
  • Planted 66 Kennebec potatoes into the back garden
  • Planted 21 Yukon Gold potatoes into the side garden
  • Planted 33 Yukon Gold potatoes into the back garden

April 18

  • Planted 34 Easter Egg Radishes into the patio bed
  • Sprinkled in saved basil seed in two rows in the patio garden
  • Approximately 147 Sugarsnax carrots have sprouted
  • Approximately 143 Scarlet Nantes carrots have sprouted

April 19

  • Some of the Simpson Elite, Parris Island, and Buttercrunch lettuce sprouted
    • Didn’t have time to check because the rain barrel system was leaning and needed fixed before heavy storms came through
  • 2 New Red Fire lettuce sprouted (6 days)
  • 4 Parris Island lettuce sprouted (6 days)
  • 2 Red Salad Bowl lettuce sprouted (6 days)
  • 3 Simpson Elite lettuce sprouted (6 days)
  • 5 Buttercrunch lettuce sprouted (6 days)

April 20

  • Dug up tomatoes into gallon buckets and brought into the house
    • Way too cold outside for them and some may have been killed

April 21

  • 1 New Red Fire lettuce sprouted (3 total, 8 days)
  • 1 Parris Island lettuce sprouted (5 total, 8 days)
  • 1 Red Salad Bowl lettuce sprouted (3 total, 8 days)
  • 1 Simspon Elite lettuce sprouted (4 total, 8 days)
  • Frosted at night – low between 30 and 32 degrees

April 24

  • 8 Easter Egg radishes sprouted (6 days)
  • 1 Red Salad Bowl sprouted (4 total, 11 days)
  • 1 Buttercrunch sprouted (6 total, 11 days)
  • 1 Simpson Elite sprouted (5 total, 11 days)

April 25

  • 3 Crimson Sweeet watermelon sprouted (12 days)
  • 19 Easter Egg radishes sprouted (27 total, 7 days)

April 27

  • 2 Crimson Sweet watermelon sprouted (5 total, 14 days)
  • Direct-seeded 4 of each into the patio garden
    • Simpson Elite
    • Buttercrunch
    • Red Salad Bowl
    • New Red Fire
    • Parris Island (planted 2 holes with four seeds each)
  • 2 New Red Fire sprouted (5 total, 14 days)
  • 1 Simpson Elite sprouted (6 total, 14 days)
  • 2 Best boy tomatoes sprouted (13 days)
  • Planted 35 Easter Egg radishes into the front garden

April 29

  • 1 Crimson Sweet watermelon sprouted (6 total, 16 days)

April 30

  • Deer ate tops off of most of the tomato plants
  • Purchased 4 Better Boy tomato plants

May 2

  • 22 Easter Egg radishes sprouted (5 days)
  • 2 Parris Island sprouted (5 days)
  • 2 New Red Fire sprouted (5 days)
  • 3 Parris Island sprouted (5 days)
  • 1 Red Salad Bowl sprouted (5 days)
  • 3 Simpson Elite sprouted (5 days)
  • 1 Buttercrunch sprouted (5 days)
  • Planted 4 Better Boy tomatoes next to the driveway
  • Transplanted 3 original tomatoes in the front – unsure of the type
  • Transplanted 8 California Wonder peppers to the front garden

May 4

  • About 60 basil plants sprouted (16 days)
  • 7 Easter Egg radishes sprouted (29 total, 7 days)

May 5

  • Soaking 100 Bush Blue Lake 274 seeds through Saturday
  • Soaking 75 Honey Treat corn seeds through Saturday

May 6

  • 2 New Red Fire sprouted (4 total, 9 days)
  • Approximately a total of 110 basil have sprouted (18 days)
  • 1 Kennebec potato in the patio bin sprouted (19 days)
  • 1 Kennebec potato in the black containers sprouted (19 days)
  • 1 Snow Crown cauliflower has died in the side bed
  • 2 Yukon Gold potatoes in the side garden sprouted (19 days)
  • 19 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (19 days)
  • 4 Easter Egg radishes sprouted (33 total, 11 days)

May 7

  • Planted 76 Honey Treat corn in the front garden
    • Spaced 8 inches apart in 3 rows
  • Planted 21 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the watermelon bed
  • Planted 14 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the flower bed
  • Planted 62 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the front garden
  • Spread pelletized fertilizer over the front garden
  • 1 Kennebec potato in the bin sprouted (2 total, 20 days)
  • 6 Kennebec potatoes in black containers sprouted (7 total, 20 days)
  • 1 Yukon Gold potato beside the house sprouted (3 total, 20 days)
  • 16 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (35 total, 20 days)
  • Temperatures have finall been geetting over 75+ degrees – a few weeks of cool temperatures

May 8

  • 4 Kennebec potatoes in the bin sprouted (6 total, 100% germination, 21 days)
  • 2 Kennebec potatoes in black bins sprouted (9 total, 21 days)
  • 1 Yukon Gold potato beside the house sprouted (4 total, 21 days)
  • 11 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (46 total, 21 days)

May 10

  • 16 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (62 total, 23 days)
  • 3 Yukon Gold potatoes behind the garage sprouted (23 days)
  • 2 Yukon Gold potatoes beside the house sprouted (6 total, 23 days)
  • Planted 35 Easter Egg radishes in the front garden

May 11

  • A couple of strawberries were picked
  • 152 Sugarsnax carrots are still alive
  • 150 Scarlet Nantes carrots are still alive
  • Total of 132 basil sprouted; thinned back to every 6 inches
  • 1 Kennebec potato in the black containers sprouted (10 total, 100% germination, 24 days)
  • 6 Yukon Gold potatoes beside the house sprouted (12 total, 24 days)
  • 4 Kennebec potatoes behind the garage sprouted (66 total, 100% germination, 24 days)
  • 2 Yukon Gold potatoes behind the garage sprouted (5 total, 24 days)
  • Picked 1 3/4 oz of New Red Fire lettuce from 1 plant
  • Picked 6 oz of Simpson Elite lettuce from 2 plants
  • Picked 3 7/8 oz of Buttercrunch lettuce from 3 plants
  • Picked 3 3/8 oz of Red Salad Bowl lettuce from 3 plants

May 12

  • Planted 3 Burpee Pickler cucumbers in 16-oz cups labeled “B”
  • Planted 3 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumbers in 16-oz cups labeled “C”
  • 5 Honey Treat corn sprouted (5 days)
  • 7 Bush Blue Lake 274 sprouted (5 days)
  • Temps reached into the mid 80’s for the past 3 days

May 13

  • 5 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the watermelon bed sprouted (6 days)
  • 5 Yukon Gold potatoes beside the house sprouted (17 total, 26 days)
  • 14 Yukon Gold potatoes behind the garage sprouted (19 total, 26 days)
  • 2 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the flower bed sprouted (6 days)
  • 3 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans sprouted in the front garden (10 total, 6 days)
  • 9 Honey Treat corn sprouted (14 total, 6 days)
  • 15 Easter Egg radishes sprouted (3 days)

May 14

  • 3 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the front sprouted (13 total, 7 days)
  • 2 Honey Treat corn sprouted (16 total, 7 days)
  • 1 Bush Blue Lake 274 bean in the flower bed sprouted (3 total, 7 days)
  • 1 Bush Blue Lake 274 bean in the watermelon bed sprouted (6 total, 7 days)
  • 1 Yukon Gold potato beside the house sprouted (18 total, 27 days)
  • 2 Yukon Gold potatoes behind the garage sprouted (21 total, 27 days)
  • Much cooler today; only reached 57 degrees

May 16

  • 2 Yukon Gold potatoes behind the garage sprouted (23 total, 29 days)
  • 2 Bush Blue Lake 274 green beans in the front sprouted (15 total, 9 days)
  • 15 Easter Egg radishes sprouted (30 total, 6 days)
  • 1 Bush Blue Lake 274 bean in the flower bed sprouted (4 total, 9 days)

May 17

  • Picked 3 5/8 oz of Buttercrunch from 3 plants
  • Picked 3 1/4 oz of Red Salad Bowl from 3 plants
  • Picked 4 1/4 oz of Simpson Elite from 2 plants
  • Picked 5 1/2 oz of New Red Fire lettuce from 3 plants
  • Picked 9 Easter Egg radishes – 4 5/8 oz

May 19

  • 8 Yukon Gold potatoes behind the garage sprouted (31 total, 32 days)
  • 3 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the front garden sprouted (18 total, 12 days)
  • 2 Honey Treat corn sprouted (18 total, 12 days)
  • 3 Crimson Sweet watermelon were transplanted to the watermelon bed

May 20

  • 3 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumbers sprouted (100% germination, 8 days)
  • 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers sprouted (8 days)
  • Planted 50 Honey Treat corn in plastic 3-packs
    • Placed in garage in trays filled with water with lid over the top
  • Temperatures have been near 80 degrees for the past couple of days

May 22

  • Temperatures hit almost 90 degrees today
  • Transplanted the Red Cherry tomato and another tomato from the gallon buckets to the front garden
  • Picked 4 5/8 oz of strawberries

May 24

  • 4 Honey Treat corn sprouted (4 days)
  • All 34 Yukon Gold potatoes in the back have sprouted

May 27

  • Temperatures dropped into the high 50’s
  • 4 Honey Treat corn sprouted (8 total, 7 days)
  • Picked 8 Easter Egg radishes – 7 1/2 oz
  • Planted 40 Easter Egg radishes in the front garden
  • Picked 1 Ventura celery – 2 pounds, 9 3/4 oz
  • Picked 3 pounds, 7 1/2 oz of Tri-Star strawberries

May 28

  • Planted 50 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the front garden
  • Picked 2 5/8 oz of oregano
  • Picked 11 1/4 oz of Red Salad Bowl lettuce (3 plants)
  • Picked 15 3/8 oz of New Red Fire lettuce (3 plants)
  • Picked 8 1/4 oz of Buttercrunch lettuce (3 plants)
  • Picked 1 pound, 7/8 oz of Simpson Elite lettuce (3 plants)

May 29

  • Planted 15 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the watermelon bed

May 30

  • Picked 5 1/4 oz of Cascadia Snap peas
  • Picked 3 Easter Egg radishes – 3 oz
  • Picked 2 pounds, 14 7/8 oz of Tri-Star strawberries

May 31

  • Transplanted the 8 Honey Treat corn into the front garden
  • Planted 45 Honey Treat corn in the front garden
  • Temps in the high 80’s the past two days

June 1

  • 27 Easter Egg radishes sprouted (5 days)
  • Picked 8 3/8 oz of Cascadia snap peas

June 2

  • 7 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans sprouted (5 days)
  • 7 Easter Egg radishes sprouted (34 total, 6 days)
  • 1 Bush Blue Lake 274 bean sprouted in the watermelon bed (4 days)
  • Picked 1 Parris Island Romaine lettuce – 1 pound, 1 7/8 oz
  • Picked 1 Ventura celery – 3 pounds, 2 1/2 oz
  • 2 Honey Treat corn sprouted (10 total, 13 days)

June 3

  • 5 Bush Blue Lake 274 green beans in the watermelon bed sprouted (6 total, 5 days)
  • 13 Bush Blue Lake 274 green beans in the front sprouted (20 total, 6 days)
  • Picked 1 Snow Crown cauliflower from the flower bed – 1 pound, 2 3/4 oz
  • Picked 11 1/2 oz of Cascadia peas
  • Picked 1 pound, 6 3/8 oz of Tri-Star strawberries

June 4

  • Picked 10 7/8 oz of New Red Fire lettuce from 3 plants
  • Picked 9 1/8 oz of Red Salad Bowl from 3 plants
  • Picked 12 oz of Simpson Elite from 3 plants
  • Picked 10 3/8 oz of Buttercrunch from 4 plants

June 5

  • Transplanted cucumbers to the back garden
    • Burpee Pickler (2) closest to the house
    • H-19 Little Leaf Pickling (3) further from the house
  • 1 Bush Blue Lake 274 bean in the watermelon bed sprouted (7 total, 7 days)
  • 3 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the front sprouted (23 total, 8 days)
  • 16 Honey Treat corn sprouted (5 days)
  • Picked 1 Ventura celery – 2 pounds, 4 5/8 oz

June 6

  • Picked 1 Premium Crop broccoli in the side garden – 10 oz
  • Picked 1 Snow Crown cauliflower from the flower bed – 1 pound, 15 1/8 oz
  • Picked 1 pound, 1 7/8 oz of Cascadia peas
  • 7 Honey treat corn sprouted (23 total, 6 days)
  • Picked 14 Easter Egg radishes from the front garden – 10 7/8 oz

June 8

  • Picked 1 Snow Crown cauliflower from the flower bed – 2 pounds, 2 7/8 oz
  • Picked 1 Premium Crop broccoli from the flower bed – 1 pound, 13 1/2 oz
  • Picked 15 3/8 oz of Cascadia peas
  • Picked 9 3/8 oz of Tri-Star strawberries
  • 3 Honey Treat corn sprouted (26 total, 8 days)
  • Picked 7 Easter Egg radishes – 3 oz
  • Picked 2 Ventura celery – 1 pound, 8 5/8 oz + 2 pounds, 7/8 oz

June 10

  • A total of 34 Honey Treat corn sprouted out of 45
  • Planted 13 Honey Treat corn in the front
  • Planted 50 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the flower bed
  • Picked 2 Ventura celery – 1 pound, 6 1/2 oz + 3 pounds, 3 1/8 oz

June 12

  • Temps cooled down into the 70’s today
  • Main stem of Simpson Elite is bitter – but the rest is fine
  • Picked 13 3/4 oz of New Red Fire from 5 plants
  • Picked 1 pound, 4 oz of Simpson Elite from 5 plants
  • Picked 13 3/8 oz of Buttercrunch from 5 plants
  • Picked 14 oz of Red Salad Bowl from 5 plants

June 13

  • Picked 3 Premium Crop broccoli from the side garden – 1 pound, 4 3/8 oz
  • Picked 1 pound, 3 7/8 oz of peas
  • 1 New Red Fire lettuce broke off at the top – 1 7/8 oz
  • Picked 1 Premium Crop broccoli from the front – 1 pound, 8 1/8 oz
  • Picked 11 Easter Egg radishes from the front garden – 9 3/8 oz

June 15

  • Picked 1 pound, 5 5/8 oz of Tri-Star strawberries

June 17

  • Picked 1 Snow Crown cauliflower from the flower bed – 2 pounds, 2 oz
  • Picked 2 Ventura celery – 2 pounds, 5 1/4 oz + 3 pounds, 1 oz
  • Picked 1 Green Goliath broccoli from the side garden – 1 pound, 12 7/8 oz
  • Picked 2 Snow Crown cauliflower from the side garden – 1 pound, 6 1/2 oz + 1 pound, 2 7/8 oz
  • 16 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the flower bed sprouted (7 days)
  • 3 Honey Treat corn sprouted (7 days)

June 19

  • 6 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans sprouted in the flower bed (22 total, 9 days)
  • Picked 7 1/8 oz of Cascadia peas
  • Picked 5 Easter Egg radishes from the front – 2 7/8 oz
  • Transplanted 2 Best Boy tomatoes into the front garden

June 20

  • 4 Honey Treat corn sprouted (7 total, 10 days)
  • Used mulched leaves around the front half of the corn bed
  • 1 Bush Blue Lake 274 bean sprouted in the flower bed (23 total, 10 days)

June 22

  • Picked 1 pound, 3 7/8 oz of Tri-Star strawberries
  • Picked 12 5/8 oz of New Red Fire from 3 plants
    • Two plants were pulled
  • Picked 1 pound, 8 1/2 oz of Parris Island from 3 plants
    • All three were fully harvested and pulled – stems were long and lengthy
  • Picked 1 pound, 5 oz of Simpson Elite from 6 plants
    • Very bitter on the main stem but the leaf portion is fine
  • Picked 1 pound, 9 1/8 oz of Buttercrunch from 5 plants
    • Pulled all five plants – very stalky
  • Picked 10 5/8 oz of Red Salad Bowl from 3 plants
    • Picked all three plants
  • Picked over a dozen stems of oregano – 8 1/2 oz

June 23

  • Picked 1 Ventura celery – 1 pound, 14 1/2 oz
  • Picked 10 3/4 oz of Cascadia peas

June 25

  • Picked 1 Ventura celery – 1 pound, 6 1/2 oz
  • Picked 2 Snow Crown cauliflower from the side garden – 9 3/8 oz + 13 7/8 oz

June 27

  • Picked 12 7/8 oz of Tri-Star strawberries

June 28

  • 20 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the front sprouted (47 total, 8 days)
  • Picked 2 pounds, 1 oz of Cascadia peas

July 2

  • Pollinated approximately 15 ears of Honey Treat corn from 11 plants
    • 5 have 29’s on the clothespin (used to help determine when the corn should be harvested)
    • 2 have 30’s on the clothespin
    • 4 have 1’s on the clothespin

July 3

  • Picked 1 Premium Crop broccoli from the side garden – 13 7/8 oz
  • Picked side shoots from Premium Crop broccoli – 4 3/4 oz
  • Picked Green Goliath from the flower bed – 2 pounds, 15 1/2 oz
  • Picked 2 pounds, 4 1/4 oz of Cascadia peas
  • Temps have been in the 90’s for the past 3 days
  • Picked 14 1/4 oz of Tri-Star strawberries

July 5

  • Picked 1 Ventura Celery – 3 pounds

July 6

  • Pulled all of the Cascadia peas next to the house
  • Pollinated 4 Honey Treat corn – all have a “6” on the clothespin
    • A total of 28 ears look like they may mature from 15 plants

July 8

  • Picked 1 pound, 2 oz of Cascadia peas
  • Picked 2 pounds, 12 1/8 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans
  • Picked 9 oz of Tri-Star strawberries

July 9

  • Planted 50 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the flower bed

July 10

  • Cut extra sucker growth off Honey Treat corn plants
  • Labeled 3 Honey Treat corn with “11” on the clothespin (2 plants) and “9” on the clothespin (1 plant)
  • Harvested 8 Copra onions from the front garden – 3 pounds, 15 1/2 oz
    • 2 pounds, 7 3/8 oz without the top leaves
  • Harvested 8 Copra onions from the back garden – 1 pound, 5 1/8 oz
    • 11 7/8 oz without the top leaves
  • Cut off the good green onions and dehydrated them

July 11

  • Picked 13 Copra onions from the front – 5 pounds, 8 5/8 oz
    • 3 pounds, 7 1/8 oz without tops
    • 3 onions (not included above) were rotten
  • Picked 5 Varsity onions from the flower bed – 3 pounds, 12 3/8 oz
    • 2 pounds, 7 5/8 oz without the tops
    • 1 onion (not included above) was rotten
  • Picked 10 Copra onions from the back – 2 pounds, 1/4 oz
    • 1 pound, 3 3/8 oz without tops

July 12

  • Picked a few stalks of basil and cut the flowers off
  • Picked 2 pounds, 11 7/8 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans
  • Picked 1 Red Cherry tomato

July 13

  • Picked 13 Copra onions from the front – 5 pounds, 15 1/4 oz
    • 4 pounds, 1 3/4 oz without tops
  • Picked 3 Varsity onions from the flower bed – 2 pounds, 3 3/4 oz
    • 1 pound, 8 5/8 oz without tops
  • Picked 3 Copra onions from the flower bed – 1 pound, 9 1/2 oz
    • 1 pound, 1 3/8 oz without tops
  • Picked 21 Copra onions from the back – 5 pounds, 3 oz
    • 3 pounds, 2 1/8 oz without tops

July 14

  • 17 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans have sprouted (5 days)

July 15

  • Picked 16 Copra onions from the front – 6 pounds, 1 7/8 oz
    • 4 pounds, 3 7/8 oz without tops
  • Picked 1 Copra onion from the flower bed – 6 5/8 oz
    • 4 7/8 oz without tops
  • Picked 5 Varsity onions from the flower bed – 3 pounds, 15 5/8 oz
    • 2 pounds, 12 1/4 oz without tops
  • Picked 7 Copra onions from the back garden – 2 pounds, 1 1/2 oz
    • 1 pound, 1 3/8 oz without tops
  • 11 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans have sprouted (28 total, 6 days)

July 17

  • Picked all remaining (19) Copra onions from the front – 10 pounds, 4 1/2 oz
    • 7 pounds, 3 oz without tops
  • Picked all remaining (7) Varsity onions from the flower bved – 5 pounds, 5 3/8 oz
    • 3 pounds, 8 oz without tops
  • Picked all remaining (6) Copra onions from the flower bed – 3 pounds, 14 oz
    • 2 pounds, 12 3/4 oz without tops
  • Picked all remaining (7) Copra onions from the back garden – 2 pounds, 12 oz
    • 1 pound, 11 1/4 oz without tops
  • Picked 1 Roma tomato – 1 5/8 oz
  • Picked 1 7/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Picked 2 pounds, 10 7/8 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 green beans

July 20

  • Picked 1 pound, 4 1/2 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans
  • Picked 10 Roma tomatoes – 1 pound, 2 5/8 oz
  • Picked 3 1/2 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Picked Honey Treat corn – total of 12 plants yielded 21 ears
    • 10 @ 4 pounds, 9 5/8 oz
    • 11 @ 5 pounds, 6 1/8 oz

July 22

  • Picked 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 13 1/4 oz
    • One is very yellow and way past it’s prime

July 23

  • Picked 1 Roma tomato – 1 7/8 oz
  • Picked 1 pound, 7 3/8 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans
  • Picked 8 Anaheim Hot Peppers – 6 1/8 oz
  • Picked 2 1/8 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans
  • Picked 12 Roma tomatoes – 1 pound, 5 oz
  • Picked 11 Better Boy tomatoes – 6 pounds, 5 oz

July 26

  • Picked 12 Honey Treat corn – 4 pounds, 12 7/8 oz
    • Some did not look fully finished but the ears were still sweet
  • Picked 5 1/4 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Picked 4 Better Boy tomatoes – 2 pounds, 7/8 oz
  • Picked 9 Roma tomatoes – 10 3/4 oz

July 9

  • Picked 1 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumber – 4 5/8 oz
  • Picked 10 Roma tomatoes – 1 pound, 2 7/8 oz
  • Picked 13 Better Boy tomatoes – 5 pounds, 11 3/8 oz
  • Picked 4 3/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes

August 1

  • Something got in and ate all of the remaining corn in the front (neighbor says it was a raccoon)
    • Cut down all remaining corn (what a shame)
  • Picked 7 Better Boy tomatoes – 3 pounds, 8 oz
  • Picked 20 Roma tomatoes – 2 pounds, 2 3/8 oz
  • Picked 6 7/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes

August 3

  • Planted lettuce in 8 3-packs downstairs (3 seeds in each – making a total of 12 seeds used for each variety)
    • Next to white dot – Simpson Elite, Buttercrunch, Red Salad Bowl
    • Next to 2 white dots – Parris Island, New Red Fire, Simpson Elite

August 4

  • Picked 1 Burpee Pickler – 14 7/8 oz
    • Yellow and past it’s prime
  • Picked 5 Kennebec potatoes from 5 black buckets – 11 3/8 oz
    • 3 of the 5 buckets were rotted out – overwatered
  • Picked 28 Roma tomatoes – 3 pounds, 4 1/8 oz
  • Picked 15 Better Boy tomatoes – 4 pounds, 14 5/8 oz
  • Picked 4 5/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes

August 5

  • 4 Parris Island sprouted (2 days)
  • 8 Simpson Elite sprouted (2 days)

August 6

  • Planted 72 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans in the front garden (much too late for planting)
  • Picked 12 California Wonder peppers – 1 pound, 9 3/8 oz
  • Picked 42 Roma tomatoes – 5 pounds, 1/2 oz
  • Picked 5 Better Boy tomatoes – 1 pound, 9 7/8 oz
  • Picked 10 Anaheim Hot peppers – 6 7/8 oz
  • Picked 3 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • 6 Parris Island sprouted (10 total, 3 days)
  • 4 New Red Fire sprouted (3 days)
  • 11 Simpson Elite sprouted (19 total, 3 days)
  • 3 Buttercrunch sprouted (3 days)
  • 2 Red Salad Bowl sprouted (3 days)

August 7

  • Picked 1 Burpee Pickler – 8 1/8 oz
  • 2 Parris Island sprouted (12 total, 4 days)
  • 2 New Red Fire sprouted (6 total, 4 days)
  • 3 Simpson Elite sprouted (22 total, 4 days)
  • 5 Buttercrunch sprouted (8 total, 4 days)
  • 2 Red Salad Bowl sprouted (4 total, 4 days)

August 8

  • Picked 70 Roma tomatoes – 7 pounds, 14 7/8 oz
  • Picked 30 Better Boy tomatoes – 11 pounds, 6 7/8 oz
  • Picked 5 5/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • 2 Simpson Elite sprouted (24 total, 5 days, 100% germination)
  • 2 Buttercrunch sprouted (10 total, 5 days)
  • 1 Red Salad Bowl sprouted (5 total, 5 days)

August 9

  • 1 New Red Fire sprouted (7 total, 6 days)

August 10

  • 7 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans sprouted (4 days)
  • Picked 52 Roma tomatoes – 5 pounds, 10 3/4 oz
  • Picked 14 Beetter Boy – 5 pounds, 8 1/8 oz
  • Picked 3 3/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes

August 11

  • 20 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans sprouted (27 total, 5 days)

August 12

  • Picked 4 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 1 pound, 12 3/8 oz
  • Picked 31 Roma tomatoes – 3 pounds, 7 1/2 oz
  • Picked 20 Better Boy tomatoes – 7 pounds, 14 1/2 oz
  • Picked 5 1/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Picked 2 California Wonder peppers – 4 7/8 oz

August 13

  • Harvested Kennebec potatoes in the potato bin (6 plants) – 4 pounds, 1/2 oz
  • Picked a few Sugarsnax carrots and they are very small (not ready for harvest yet)
  • Harvested the row of Yukon Bold potatoes behind the garage – 9 pounds, 8 1/2 oz
  • Harvested Yukon Gold potatoes beside the house – 5 pounds, 15 oz

August 14

  • Harvested 2 rows of Kennebec potatoes behind the garage
    • 12 pounds, 1/4 oz
    • 12 pounds, 5/8 oz
    • 4 pounds, 4 3/8 oz
  • Picked 28 Roma tomatoes – 3 pounds, 2 1/8 oz
  • Picked 25 Better Boy tomatoes – 8 pounds, 14 7/8 oz
  • Picked 4 3/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes

August 15

  • 13 Bush Blue Lake 274 beans have sprouted (40 total, 9 days)

August 16

  • Picked 1 Crimson Sweet watermelon – 8 pounds, 3 1/2 oz
  • Picked 13 Roma tomatoes – 1 pound, 7 5/8 oz
  • Picked 5 Better Boy tomatoes – 1 pound, 12 5/8 oz
  • Picked 2 7/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Picked 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 11 1/4 oz

August 20

  • Picked 39 Roma tomatoes – 4 pounds, 4 7/8 oz
  • Picked 3 Better Boy tomatoes – 11 3/4 oz
  • Picked 2 3/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Picked 2 pounds, 11 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans
  • Picked 3 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 1 pound, 11 1/4 oz
  • Picked 5 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumbers – 1 pound, 7 7/8 oz

August 23

  • Picked 1 Best Boy tomato – 11 1/8 oz
  • Picked 1 Better Boy tomato – 9 3/8 oz
  • Picked 17 Roma tomatoes – 1 pound, 9 1/2 oz
  • Picked 5 1/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Picked 6 1/2 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans

August 25

  • Picked 1 Burpee Pickler cucumber – 1 3/8 oz
  • Picked 1 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumber – 2 1/8 oz

August 27

  • Picked a dehydrator-amount of basil
  • Picked 4 1/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Picked 6 Roma tomatoes – 8 3/8 oz
  • Picked 1 Better Boy tomato – 7 1/4 oz
  • Picked 1 Best Boy tomato – 5 3/8 oz
  • Picked 6 pounds, 1 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans

August 28

  • Picked 4 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 2 pounds, 12 oz
  • Picked 4 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumbers – 15 5/8 oz
  • Picked 1 Crimson Sweet watermelon – 13 pounds

August 31

  • Picked 2 Burpee Picker cucumbers – 14 5/8 oz
  • Picked 6 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumbers – 1 pound, 11 5/8 oz
  • Picked 7 Roma tomatoes – 11 5/8 oz
  • Picked 2 7/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Picked 1 pound, 5 5/8 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans

September 4

  • Picked 3 Best Boy tomatoes – 1 pound, 12 5/8 oz
  • Picked 2 Better Boy tomatoes – 5 1/2 oz
  • Picked 4 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 2 pounds, 3/4 oz
  • Picked 1 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumber – 5 3/8 oz
  • Picked 7 Roma tomatoes – 8 3/4 oz
  • Picked 1 7/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Picked 2 pounds, 5 7/8 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans
  • Picked 1 Scarlet Nantes carrot – 1 7/8 oz
  • Picked 1 Crimson Sweet watermelon – 16 pounds

September 8

  • Picked 1 pound, 1/2 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans
  • Picked Roma tomatoes – 12 3/8 oz
  • Picked Better Boy tomatoes – 2 pounds, 12 5/8 oz
  • Picked Best Boy tomatoes – 2 pounds, 14 3/4 oz
  • Picked 3 7/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes

September 12

  • Picked 11 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumbers – 3 pounds, 9 oz
  • Picked 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 7 3/8 oz
  • Picked 1 Crimson Sweet watermelon – 4 pounds, 11 3/8 oz
    • The watermelon was cracked down the side when it was picked from the vine – no good

September 16

  • Picked 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 12 3/8 oz
  • Picked 1 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumber – 2 3/4 oz

September 17

  • Picked 5 Anaheim Hot peppers – 8 oz
  • Picked 1 pound, 3 1/4 oz of Bush Blue Lake 274 beans

September 19

  • Picked 2 Roma tomatoes – 2 7/8 oz

September 21

  • Picked 1 Burpee Pickler cucumber – 8 5/8 oz
  • Picked 4 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumbers – 1 pound, 1 5/8 oz
  • Picked 1 California Wonder pepper – 2 7/8 oz
  • Picked 7 Roma tomatoes – 11 7/8 oz
  • Picked 1 Best boy tomato – 13 oz
  • Picked 2 Better Boy tomatoes – 14 1/8 oz
  • Picked 14 1/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes

September 25

  • Picked 122 Sugarsnax carrots – 9 pounds, 11 3/8 oz
  • Picked 109 Scarlet Nantes carrots – 7 pounds, 9 1/8 oz

October 1

  • Tore down cucumber vines
  • Picked 2 Burpee Pickler cucumbers – 15 1/4 oz
  • Picked 8 H-19 Little Leaf Pickling cucumbers – 1 pound, 12 3/8 oz

October 2

  • Picked 7 Best Boy tomatoes – 3 pounds, 5 7/8 oz
  • Picked 24 Roma tomatoes – 2 pounds, 7 3/8 oz
  • Picked 3 Better Boy tomatoes – 1 pound, 5 1/8 oz
  • Picked 11 3/4 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Got down to 34 degrees last night with frost on the roof

October 3

  • Picked 1 Crimson Sweet watermelon – 14 pounds

October 10

  • Picked 11 Best Boy tomatoes – 3 pounds, 15 3/4 oz
  • Picked 42 Roma tomatoes – 4 pounds, 5 oz
  • Picked 20 Better Boy tomatoes – 7 pounds, 1 oz
  • Picked 1 Red California Wonder pepper – 4 1/8 oz
  • Picked 12 1/4 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes

October 11

  • Picked 8 Anaheim Hot peppers – 7 1/8 oz

October 12 – 21

  • Was on vacation – neighbor took some tomatoes that were not weighed
  • Temps for the past two nights got around 34 degrees

October 22

  • Picked 8 7/8 oz of New Red Fire lettuce (2 plants)
  • Picked 5 3/4 oz of Red Salad Bowl lettuce (1 plant)
  • Picked 4 3/8 oz of Buttercrunch lettuce (2 plants)
  • Picked 7 5/8 oz of Simpson Elite lettuce (4 plants)
  • Picked 12 5/8 oz of Red Cherry tomatoes
  • Picked 15 Roma tomatoes – 1 pound, 10 1/8 oz
  • Picked 13 Better Boy tomatoes – 12 pounds, 4 3/8 oz
  • Picked 9 Better Boy tomatoes – 3 pounds, 7 5/8 oz

October 23

  • Cleaned up garden area; tore out watermelon
  • Picked 1 Crimson Sweet watermelon – 19 pounds

October 25

  • Picked 2 California Wonder peppers – 4 3/8 oz
  • Picked 2 Best Boy tomatoes – 1 pound, 3 7/8 oz
  • Picked 9 Better Boy tomatoes – 2 pounds, 15 oz
  • Picked 72 Roma tomatoes – 8 pounds, 5 7/8 oz

October 30

  • Temps almost frosted during the past two nights
  • Tore down all pepper plants and basil
  • Tilled in leaves yesterday into the watermelon and side gardens
  • Picked 28 Anaheim Hot peppers – 1 pound, 8 1/2 oz
  • Picked 48 California Wonder peppers – 8 pounds

November 5

  • Tore down all tomato plants

November 9

  • Harvested 1 Parris Island lettuce – 6 1/2 oz
  • Put frost blanket over the lettuce

November 17

  • Picked 5/8 oz of Buttercrunch from 1 plant
  • Picked 3 5/8 oz of Red Salad Bowl lettuce from 1 plant
  • Picked 11 3/8 oz of New Red Fire from 2 plants
  • Picked 12 7/8 oz of Simpson Elite lettuce from 4 plants

November 20

  • Turned over the last 5 potato containers into the front garden and found 1 pound, 3/8 oz of Kennebec potatoes

December 4

  • Picked 8 5/8 oz of Simpson Elite lettuce from 4 plants
  • Picked 6 oz of New Red Fire lettuce from 2 plants
  • Picked 2 7/8 oz of Red Salad Bowl lettuce from 1 plant
  • Picked 10 3/8 oz of Parris Island lettuce from 2 plants