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To-Do List

I’m going out of town for a few weeks starting on Saturday evening, so here’s what I hope to accomplish by then:

Monday/Tuesday

  • Clean out hen house
  • Make outdoor potting soil
  • Transplant Tophat blueberry into large blue ceramic pot
  • Transplant other three blueberries into large nursery pots (temporary)
  • Plant new six shrub roses in hedge line
  • Harden off handful of tomato seedlings in Wall O’Water cones
  • Water downstairs seedling trays
  • Plant lettuce, carrots, and more radishes outside
  • Move remaining potted strawberries to back yard around huckleberries 
  • Re-pot raspberries whose pots have disintegrated

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday

  • Plant first tomato seedlings

We’ll see how it all goes.

Round II Seedling Trays: Tomatoes! And Peppers!

Planted more tomatoes today, as well as peppers. This is “2013 Seedlings Round II,” and consists of:

Also pricked some of the double- or triple-sprouts from Round I seeding into their own cells. Of the Round I seeds, the TS “Taxi,” UPS “Black Prince,” TS “Sun Gold,” and UPS “Stupice” being the most vigorous and reliable, and the TS “Indigo Rose” and TS “Brandywine” the lowest rate of germination. Round I has been in the dirt about three weeks, and everything that’s planning on germinating likely has at this point. Several of the most vigorous seedlings already have true leave, but all at least have healthy cotyledons. 

I haven’t decided what I’ll be planting in Round III yet; I’ve planted all planned varieties of tomatoes and peppers for 2013, so I might start broccoli and lettuce to get a head start on main season greens.

Good plans for wooden raspberry trellises at 20 Minute Garden:

Seem sturdy and cheap — now I just need to figure out where to put it.

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Moved all the various volunteer raspberries into the same place as part of my utility yard clean-up process. I also built a frame for those two or three large plants still rooted, to keep the out of the chickens’ reach. I think I’ve mostly decided that this will be the location of the raspberry patch, to be built this winter, but I also still like a particular spot in front. We’ll see. In the meantime, I’ve put like with like and improved the efficiency of watering the whole lot — when I remember to water, of course.

Moved all the various volunteer raspberries into the same place as part of my utility yard clean-up process. I also built a frame for those two or three large plants still rooted, to keep the out of the chickens’ reach.

I think I’ve mostly decided that this will be the location of the raspberry patch, to be built this winter, but I also still like a particular spot in front. We’ll see. In the meantime, I’ve put like with like and improved the efficiency of watering the whole lot — when I remember to water, of course.

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Finally getting ready to replace the temporary retaining wall in front. Tomorrow begins the fun part: picking up the lumber (used, from Craigslist) and drilling holes and using sledgehammers and dumping dirt, and so on. Tonight, though, is math and diagrams.

Finally getting ready to replace the temporary retaining wall in front. Tomorrow begins the fun part: picking up the lumber (used, from Craigslist) and drilling holes and using sledgehammers and dumping dirt, and so on. Tonight, though, is math and diagrams.

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A look at my vertically layered front garden: peppers on the bottom, squashes that will (hopefully) trail down the wall, tomatoes (to be joined by basil in a few weeks), and strawberries. In the background, the chickens are clearing more jungle, and the big woody shrubs (including a loathsome box laurel) will ultimately be replaced by blueberries.

A look at my vertically layered front garden: peppers on the bottom, squashes that will (hopefully) trail down the wall, tomatoes (to be joined by basil in a few weeks), and strawberries.

In the background, the chickens are clearing more jungle, and the big woody shrubs (including a loathsome box laurel) will ultimately be replaced by blueberries.

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