Category: garden

  • Garden Journaling

    Garden Journaling

    Cody loves to experiment, always trying new seed varieties and new growing techniques; gardening is definitely a creative outlet for him! But with so many different ideas and experiments going on, it can be difficult for him to keep track of what’s working and what isn’t. Enter: garden journaling.

  • Basil

    Basil

    2022: On Jan 14, I Direct winter Sowed 2024 Mar 13: Planted six cells of each; Lettuce Leaf (heirloom 2021), Lemon (open pollinated 2021), Sweet (2022), and Sweet Italian (heirloom 2022). The trays were placed inside to assist in germination. Apr 24- Transplanted basil into greenhouse pots. Seedlings we’re about…

  • Marjoram

    Marjoram

    2024 Mar 13: Planted a twelve cell tray with Sweet Marjoram (2022). Half is with Happy Frog soil and half is Booster Blend Garden Soil. The tray was moved inside to assist in germination.

  • Peas

    Peas

    2024 Jan 1- Planted some seeds (unknown varieties saved from a couple years ago) in under clear cover in raised bed and in one of the rows. The seeds planted in the raised bed sprouted sooner. Also planted some uncovered in the garden bed. Mar 19- Peas are about four…

  • Germination Testing

    Germination Testing

    I have a horrible habit of being cheap and saving my seeds for years and years… For some seeds this is fine, but for others not so much. So what I can do is test the germination rates of the seeds and see approximately what percentage of them are still…

  • Beets

    Beets

    2024 Mar 13– Planted two square feet of Albino (Baker Creek 2023). I planted a three by three grid with a two by two grid to fill the middle. This may be too many per square foot, but last year, they grew well in clusters and I don’t plan to…

  • Sunflowers

    Sunflowers

    Strawberry Blonde Sunflower grown July 2021 2022– I did not grow sunflowers in 2023 but I had one successful Mammoth Sunflower grow. I started them a six pack, and then transplanted five of them along the fence (not in a garden bed) and one in the one of the rows.…

  • Radishes

    Radishes

    2024 Mar 13– Planted one square foot of Cherry Belle (Livingston Seed 2018) using the scatter method described under the carrots post. I also planted three square feet of Sparkler White Tip (Livingston Seed 2020) also using the scatter method. Mar 19- Planted two square feet of Sparkler White Tip…

  • Carrots

    Carrots

    Lessons learned from 2023 garden: The biggest thing I learned is that you cannot leave carrots in the ground unprotected over winter. I had a good patch of carrots that i was hoping to save for after the first frost (so they would be sweeter). Turns out in our area,…

  • Kale

    Kale

    Siberian Improved Aug 2021 Notes from 2022: On Jan 14 I direct winter sowed Nero Tuscana (heirloom 2021) and Siberian Improved (2020) under cups. As of Feb 8, they had not sprouted and if I recall correctly, they never did. Planted Nero T and Siberian I. in seed trays in…