garden update.

cold box! onions, lettuce, spinach, leeks, carrots, potatoes, etc.
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2009 Manleygarden
mostly for our reference...
the majority of plants and seeds were purchased at our local Jung's greenhouse, with additional items coming from our local farmer's market, and trading of seeds and plants with family and friends.
(i still think we need to add a mushroom kit for
techdragon, if we can figure out where to put it.)
Half-Box 1:
* Patio Tomatoes - Busy Bee?
* Early Tomatoes - Way Ahead
* Sweet Peppers - Carmen Hybrid
* Standard Peppers - Fat & Sassy
* Lettuce - Buttercrunch
* Carrots - Red-Cored Chantenay
* Carrots - Nelson Hybrid
Half-Box 2:
* Sweet Peppers - California Wonder
* Eggplant - Dusky Hybrid
* Cucumbers - Sweet Slice
* Cucumbers - Homemade Pickling
* Spinach - (var unknown)
* Brussels Sprouts - Long Island Improved
Half-Box 3:
* Leeks - Lancelot - (from b&n via Jungs)
* Summer Squash - Cousa (from b&n via PineTree Garden Seeds)
* Snap Peas - Sugar Ann
* Bush Beans - Espada
Full-Box 1:
* Potatoes - All-Red
* Red Onions
* Leeks - (from b&n via PineTree Garden Seeds)
* Carrots - Red-Cored Chantenay
* Carrots - Nelson Hybrid
* Lettuce - Buttercrunch
* Lettuce - Green Ice
* Leeks - Lancelot - (from b&n via Jungs)
Full-Box 2:
* Strawberries - June-Bearing
Low Box 1:
* Rhubarb - Canadian Red and an heirloom variety (via coworker of b&n's and Jung's)
Low Box 2:
* Winter Squash - Waltham Butternut
* Winter Squash - Table Ace Acorn
Low Box 3:
* Strawberries - June-Bearing
* Raspberries - Heritage
Herbs:
* Catnip - Nepeta cataria
* Chives - Allium schoenoprasum
* Purple Sage - Salvia leucophylla
* Silver-Edged Thyme - Thymus vulgaris 'Argenteus'
* French Tarragon - Artemisia dracunculus
* Root Beer Plant - [need to nab scientific name.]
* Sweet Basil - Genovese (Ocimum basilicum 'Genovese')
* Greek Oregano - Origanum vulgare
* Fernleaf Dill - Anethum graveoleus
the majority of plants and seeds were purchased at our local Jung's greenhouse, with additional items coming from our local farmer's market, and trading of seeds and plants with family and friends.
(i still think we need to add a mushroom kit for
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Half-Box 1:
* Patio Tomatoes - Busy Bee?
* Early Tomatoes - Way Ahead
* Sweet Peppers - Carmen Hybrid
* Standard Peppers - Fat & Sassy
* Lettuce - Buttercrunch
* Carrots - Red-Cored Chantenay
* Carrots - Nelson Hybrid
Half-Box 2:
* Sweet Peppers - California Wonder
* Eggplant - Dusky Hybrid
* Cucumbers - Sweet Slice
* Cucumbers - Homemade Pickling
* Spinach - (var unknown)
* Brussels Sprouts - Long Island Improved
Half-Box 3:
* Leeks - Lancelot - (from b&n via Jungs)
* Summer Squash - Cousa (from b&n via PineTree Garden Seeds)
* Snap Peas - Sugar Ann
* Bush Beans - Espada
Full-Box 1:
* Potatoes - All-Red
* Red Onions
* Leeks - (from b&n via PineTree Garden Seeds)
* Carrots - Red-Cored Chantenay
* Carrots - Nelson Hybrid
* Lettuce - Buttercrunch
* Lettuce - Green Ice
* Leeks - Lancelot - (from b&n via Jungs)
Full-Box 2:
* Strawberries - June-Bearing
Low Box 1:
* Rhubarb - Canadian Red and an heirloom variety (via coworker of b&n's and Jung's)
Low Box 2:
* Winter Squash - Waltham Butternut
* Winter Squash - Table Ace Acorn
Low Box 3:
* Strawberries - June-Bearing
* Raspberries - Heritage
Herbs:
* Catnip - Nepeta cataria
* Chives - Allium schoenoprasum
* Purple Sage - Salvia leucophylla
* Silver-Edged Thyme - Thymus vulgaris 'Argenteus'
* French Tarragon - Artemisia dracunculus
* Root Beer Plant - [need to nab scientific name.]
* Sweet Basil - Genovese (Ocimum basilicum 'Genovese')
* Greek Oregano - Origanum vulgare
* Fernleaf Dill - Anethum graveoleus
Transplants are in!
So, I got all the transplants in place and planted the second run of carrots, lettuce and spinach. I need to get a small ground bed dedicated to squash - I think I have a good spot set aside. I also need to ask
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Garden picts
(x-posted from
techdragon's journal)

I decided to spend the afternoon today planting since it has cleared up nicely... I will add new photos once I have the transplants in place but here is how the boxes and yard currently look. My early plant box is coming long nicely :)
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I decided to spend the afternoon today planting since it has cleared up nicely... I will add new photos once I have the transplants in place but here is how the boxes and yard currently look. My early plant box is coming long nicely :)
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Active Day of landscaping
Gallery updated with progress from yesterday.
~1640lbs of topsoil to finish the backfill and fix grading drainage between the tub and the fence.
~1600lbs of crushed granite over a layer of landscape fabric.
The boxes were placed and then filled with about a yard of garden mix (1/3 compost, 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 vermiculite).
Need to tuck in the edges of the landscape fabric along the concrete, and get another load of the granite to make it a bit thicker after things have a chance to settle.
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~1640lbs of topsoil to finish the backfill and fix grading drainage between the tub and the fence.
~1600lbs of crushed granite over a layer of landscape fabric.
The boxes were placed and then filled with about a yard of garden mix (1/3 compost, 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 vermiculite).
Need to tuck in the edges of the landscape fabric along the concrete, and get another load of the granite to make it a bit thicker after things have a chance to settle.
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More landscaping
The 2009 landscaping season has begun. This year there is a garden, compost system, and general lawn work on the docket.
Two weekends ago I made a set of cedar raised containers for the garden, and a large compost bin with 3 bays.
This last weekend the old peonies and a bush were removed in preparation for some grading fill and garden container placement.
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Two weekends ago I made a set of cedar raised containers for the garden, and a large compost bin with 3 bays.
This last weekend the old peonies and a bush were removed in preparation for some grading fill and garden container placement.
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Hot Tub screen
First part of the privacy/wind screen is up. New cover shipped yesterday and should be here in about a week.
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anniversary gift.

our second anniversary gift to each other -- a handmade stained glass panel by a california artisan. currently hanging in our large, formerly-unadorned front window.
pretty!
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Tub placed.
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Sunday I rotated the cover and lifter to be on the garage side. I then moved some leaves to the front yard to get a jump on cleaning up the driveway concrete in the back. I've also started looking into a new cover for the tub to replace the current concave and cracking one. The new ones have a sloped top with reienforcements for the lifters and a rather high R-24ish value, and cost about $500 including shipping. I also need to start thinking about step options to get into the tub.