Monday, May 9 - To Do

1.     Plant remaining herb box with sorrel and lettuce

2.     Plant remaining flower boxes

3.     Plant side boxes with lettuce

4.     Weed front bed

5.     Mark all bulbs in old bed

6.     Start transplanting snow drops

7.     Weed remaining 1.5 beds.

Confused Gardener

Poor confused me.  IT professional by day and gardener...uhm...the rest of the time.  I can't figure out whether to keep a gardening journal in pen and paper or online.  So, it has become a mishmash.  Oh well...hobgoblins and all that.

I was quite determined to get ahead on my gardening this Spring.  Last year I was so busy with work, that the garden was a disaster.  So this year, I got busy.

Here's the list of everything I can think of to date, and the completion dates.

Task	Priority	Time	Tentatively Scheduled	Completed
Build strawberry patch cages	1.00	3 hours	17-Apr	17-Apr
take mower and weed eaters to small engine repair	1.00	1 hour	18-Apr	18-Apr
clean up branches by fence	1.10	2 hours	18-Apr	18-Apr
weed garlic bed and separate garlic bulbs	1.20	1 hour	18-Apr	19-Apr
Pear tree area - clean up all metal	1.30	20 minutes	18-Apr	18-Apr
mow by pear tree	1.40	1 hours	06-May	06-May
clean out compost area	1.50	2 hours	19-Apr	21-Apr
mow compost area	1.60	1.5 hour	06-May	06-May
chop down old grape vine	1.60	2 hours	19-Apr	19-Apr
move wheelbarrow	1.70	10 minutes	18-Apr	18-Apr
plant Dahlias in butterfly garden	2.01	20 minutes	17-Apr	17-Apr
plant clematis on front porch pillar	2.02	20 minutes	17-Apr	17-Apr
add dirt to triangle strawberry patch	2.03	20 minutes	20-Apr	21-Apr
weed bed by street and mulch	2.04	1 hour	20-Apr	20-Apr
weed front bed and mulch	2.04	2 hours	21-Apr
weed under front window and mulch	2.05	3 hours
mow fence row	2.05	30 minutes	06-May	06-May
weed eat fence row	2.06	30 minutes
plant herb boxes	2.07	1 hour
weed herb bed	2.08	30 minutes	20-Apr	20-Apr
clean out bed next to bulbs	2.09	1 hour
clean out next bed	2.10	1 hour	20-Apr	20-Apr
clean out first bed	2.11	1 hour	20-Apr	20-Apr
clean out next bed	2.12	1 hour
Clean out Rachel's bed	2.13	1 hour	20-Apr	20-Apr
replace bamboo	2.14	1 hour
clean fence area and put down mulch	2.15	1.5 hours
weed bulbs	2.16	15 minutes	20-Apr	20-Apr
mulch tomatoes	2.17	15 minutes	06-May	06-May
weed back triangle	2.18	30 minutes	20-Apr	20-Apr
remove old JoePye bush	2.19	1 hour
Mulch blackberries and prune (add bird netting)	2.20	1 hour
take down and throw out gutters	3.00	15 minues	20-Apr	20-Apr
put out chips	3.00	15 minutes	19-Apr	19-Apr
plant flower boxes	3.00	2 hours
weed chives	3.00	20 minutes	20-Apr	20-Apr
plant blueberry bush	3.00	20 minutes
cover cherry tree with bird screen	3.00	30 minutes
set up irrigation	3.00	4 hours
move euonymous bushes	3.00	4 hours
move elderberry bush	4.00	2 hours
clean out old flower bed	4.00	6 hours
Clean out lavender row and replant.		6 hours	07-May	07-May

Buying a new push mower helped as the area out by the garden was overgrown and is to hilly for the riding mower.  

Rhubarb is up and looks good.  Sorrel is up.  Echinacea is up.  All but 1.5 of the beds in the back are weeded and prepped.

Seed Starting

Started a bunch of seeds.  I moved the two seed starting grow lights upstairs to the sun room.  It is just too cold in the downstairs workshop.

Rachel helped me a lot this year.  She even asked to "garden".

Beef Steak	Risenstraub	Brandywine
Beef Steak	Risenstraub	Brandywine

Black Prince	Yellow Currant	Sweetie
Black Prince	Yellow Currant	Sweetie

Sweetie	Red Currant	Lilliput
Sweetie	Red Currant	Lilliput

Black Cherry	Japanese Eggplant	Cucumber Marketmore
Black Cherry	Japanese Eggplant	Cucumber Marketmore

Small Pie Pumpkin	Watermelon Vista	Honeydew Melon
Big Max Pumpkin	Goddess Cantalope	Hearts of Gold Cantalope

Crimson Sweet Water Melon	Dark Red Detroit Beet	Sugar Beet
Golden Detroit Beet	Dark Red Detroit Beet	Chioggia Beet

California Wonder Bell Pepper	Mini Bell Pepper	De Circo Broccoli
California Wonder Bell Pepper	Mini Bell Pepper	De Circo Broccoli

Calabrese Broccoli	Lacihato Kale	Dwarf Kale
Calabrese Broccoli	Winterbore Kale	Dwarf Kale

All Hail the Fig Tree!

Once again, the fig tree has survived the winter (inside) and is now revealing itself anew.

Pots and Planters

South bed

Planted some Heuchara.

Front bed