Saturday, June 29, 2013

Garden Plan

Here is a screen shot of my garden plan, with everything I have planted so far...the first wave so to speak:)


2 Red Russian kale
7 Blue Curled Scotch kale
10 Heirloom 5 Color Rainbow Swiss  Chard

Monstrueux De Viroflay Spinach
Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach
Merlo Nero Spinach

Heirloom Paris White Cos Lettuce
Heirloom Green Ice Lettuce Seed Green Leaf Lettuce 
Heirloom Salad Bowl Green Lettuce
Heirloom Salad Bowl Red Lettuce
Heirloom Summertime Lettuce
Summertime Head Lettuce

17 tomatoes
Chocolate cherry tomato
Ananas Noire or Black Pineapple tomato
Cherokeep Purple tomato
Burpee tomato
Pink Brandywine tomato
Chocolate tomato
Oxheart tomato
Rainbow tomato
Beefsteak tomato

5 Corno di toro Rosso peppers
1 Heirloom White Habanero Hot Pepper

Heirloom Sugar Ann Snap Pea

4 Black Beauty Zucchini
3 Nero Di Toscana Cabbage (Dino Kale)

5 Marketmore 87 Cucumbers
9 Heirloom Chinese Michihili Cabbage
8 Heirloom Bok Choy Pak Choi
2 Heirloom Champion Collards

Heirloom Cilantro Coriander Leisure Herb
Heirloom Cilantro Coriander Santo Herb
Heirloom Himalayan Clove Scented Basil
4 Tulsi - Holy Basil

7 Ball's Improved Orange – Calendula
Heirloom German Chamomile Herb Flower  (perennial...re-growth)
Heirloom Echinacea Herb Purple Coneflower  (indoor big pot)
Brocade Mix Marigold
Petite Mix Marigold

Friday, June 28, 2013

Garden update & harvest 6/27/13

 6/27/13 -  Calendula, 2 flowers now:)
  6/27/13 - Cucumbers doing well, starting to flower
  6/27/13 - Zucchini finally getting bigger!
  6/27/13 - lots of chamomile bloomed!
  6/27/13 - plenty of basil too...I can't wait to make more tomato soup!
  6/27/13 - while habanero survived...I'm so happy! it's the only hot pepper that did
  6/27/13 - Curled Scotch kale, I planted a few more than last year because it's one of my favorites
  6/27/13 - Curled Scotch kale...ready for some picking
  6/27/13 - the only 2Giant Ford Swiss chard that survived transplant
  6/27/13 -  Dino kale
  6/27/13 - several ready for harvest...so delicious!
  6/27/13 - today's harvest!
 6/27/13 - plenty of chamomile to dry for tea

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Garden update & harvest 6/24/13

 6/4/13 -  Giant Ford Collards
 6/4/13 - Raspberry bushes
  6/4/13 - Marketmore 67 cucumber
  6/4/13 - Lettuces
  6/4/13 - Spinaches
  6/4/13 - Giant Ford Swiss chard
  6/4/13 - Red Russian kale
  6/4/13 - Curled Scotch kale
  6/4/13 - Curled Scotch kale
  6/4/13 - Corno di toro rosso pepper
  6/4/13 - Holy Basil
  6/4/13 - Lettuce
  6/4/13 - Spinach
  6/4/13 - Dino kale - Nero Di Toscana
  6/4/13 - Bok Choy
  6/4/13 - NE view of garden
  6/4/13 - Tomato row
  6/4/13 - 1st row
  6/4/13 - 5 lettuces and 5th harvested Bok Choy
 6/4/13 - there's nothing like a fresh picked salad ^_^

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Garden update & harvest 6/22/13

 6/22/13 - 1st flowering calendula
 6/22/13 - Camomile flowering
 6/22/13 - Michihili Cabbage and Bok Choy very ready for harvest:) The flowers kept growing back, as I kept pruning them off
 6/22/13 - We had a huge wind/hail/rain storm last night, so it knocked around the tall plants
 6/22/13 - The Black Beauty Zucchini are growing very well! Felt bad that I had to thin out the backups, which all grew wonderfully as well:)
 6/22/13 -  Each plant had 1-2 I had to pick out
 6/22/13 - they're getting bigger! Not as big as last year's zucchinis at this time...then again I did plant them a few weeks earlier last year
 6/22/13 - 2nd harvested Michihili cabbage of the season
 6/22/13 - 3rd harvested Michihili cabbage of the season
 6/22/13 - 3rd harvested Bok Choy of the season
 6/22/13 - 4th harvested Bok Choy of the season
 6/22/13 - 4th harvested Michihili cabbage of the season
 6/22/13 - 5th harvested Michihili cabbage of the season
 6/22/13 - 1st harvested chamomile...for tea
 6/22/13 - 2nd harvested Michihili cabbage of the season all cleaned up, ready to chop up
 6/22/13 - Michihili cabbage separated
 6/22/13 - Michihili cabbage ready to cut and bag
 6/22/13 - 3rd harvested Michihili cabbage cleaned
 6/22/13 - 4th harvested Michihili cabbage cleaned
 6/22/13 - 5th harvested Michihili cabbage cleaned
 6/22/13 - 3rd harvested Bok Choy cleaned
 6/22/13 - 4th harvested Bok Choy cleaned
6/22/13 - Lots to last me awhile...all the bags are as big as the front two...