Archive for May, 2008
May 31, 2008
Fun day. Not much gardening happened, but I did harvest nearly all my spinach. About 10% I just tossed in the garbage pail because it wasn’t worth salvaging for infection. The rest got carefully cut up and washed, along with a ton of lettuce to fill two big gallon sized bags. One of spinach and [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2008 under harvest.
Comments: 1
May 30, 2008
Well, thanks to Tim, it appears that I now know what what’s turning my spinach leaves white. Apparently I’ve been attached by Spinach Leaf Miners. What little I found online tracks with what I found on the leaves. Unforunately when Tim said I would find a couple of black specs between the leaf layers, I [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2008 under bees, coldframe/hoop cover, composting, pests, planting.
Comments: 4
May 29, 2008
Ok, Judy wanted pictures, I took pictures…
I got home and checked my compost temp. It’s ready to be mixed but I just ran out of time and didn’t want my youngest involved. There’s always this weekend for that. A few days rest won’t kill it. But while I was pushing my son on the swing, I [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2008 under Mels Mix, bees, composting, corn, fruit trees, potatoes.
Comments: 4
May 28, 2008
Long day. Very little gardening to speak of, but it was a good day regardless. I went to the theatre tonight with my wife. We saw Aida at . Amazing cast, great vocals, incredible music. All around great production and a perfect end to the season! I wish you could all see it.
Anyway, I need [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2008 under SWCs, beds, harvest, watering/irrigation.
Comments: none
May 27, 2008
Well, when I got home today I changed clothes, set up the pool and let the kids play while I hilled the potatoe plants to try to get as much covered as possible without burrying them. With the kids in the pool and my wife out for the evening, I couldn’t cut any more boards [...]
Posted: May 27th, 2008 under pests, planting, potatoes, seed starting.
Comments: 4