2015 Garden activities

May 2015 Lots has happened in the garden since I last updated this page. Busy at work and Adrian has...

May 2015

Lots has happened in the garden since I last updated this page. Busy at work and Adrian has been doing the garden work.

  • Planting now
    • Peppers from greenhouse
    • Tomatoes
    • Corn
    • Plant in late May
      • Cantaloupe and Watermelon
      • Okra – saved seed of Alabama Red
  • Planted early this year
    • Fruit trees in small garden. Two cherry and two apricot. Will plant cantelope ‘under’ these small trees
  • Mow fallow section and use clippings for mulch. We planted 1/4 of garden in clover and annual rye. The annual rye makes for good (weed seed free) mulch. Mow twice per week. We can mulch one row per cutting.
  • Compost
    • Buy truckload from nursery for mulch
    • Turn current piles with chicken manure and use best to mulch Tomatoes and Peppers.
  • Harvest
    • Currently getting nice 1-2 pounds of asparagus very other day.
    • Strawberries will begin next week or on May 6th or so
    • Blackberries in late May into June
    • Shallot and Garlic will be ready in Late May early June. I hope to not let the Garlic get too ripe (cloves begin splitting).

 

January 2015

Not much work needed in January.

  • Compost – turn piles and add shredded okra stalks.
  • Mow fallow section and use grass clippings to mulch garlic and shallot.

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