fall seedlings

 
 
I’ve been starting up a bunch of fall seedlings this past week. I used tape for tags instead of pretty wood labels. Looks like I’ll be eating a lot of Bok Choi! The BoPak is a new experimental variety that I’m trialling, Mei Qing and Win Win are my old favorites. And then I found a package of Pechag that I couldn’t resist buying. I love stir fried bok choi. I’m hoping I can get a big crop of fall cucumbers for pickling. All my summer vines have died from…
 
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fall planting

 
 
Fall planting season has started and it’s not even summer! I haven’t done any fall planting yet, but I’m noticing on my FALL calendar app that it’s time to plant collard greens. I’d like to give this a try this year. I might even try seeding a couple fall cabbages, even though it’s a couple weeks late. What worries me, though, is that I haven’t gotten my popcorn in yet. My calendar is telling me I only have a couple weeks left to do this! A good job for tomorrow.…
 
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organic potting mix

 
 
This year I used an organic potting mix for the first time. I didn’t realize that it would be any different and forgot I had made the change. When I bought the soil, I was really happy that the big bags sold at Costco were organic. Later I began to wonder why my tomatoes weren’t growing as fast and were pale. The onions got yellow at the tips. Some things grew just as well: the peas and even the peppers. The main problem was really the tomatoes. In addition to…
 
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seedlings on the patio

 
 
I have a table full of seedling on my patio – all ready to plant. It’s the year of doing everything late. Soon I’ll be picking peas from those pea plants in their pot if I don’t transplant soon.
 
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seeds planted

 
 
I’ve been getting way behind with my gardening. But now that I’ve finished organizing and running our community garden workday, last Saturday, I can get back to my garden. Last night I planted: Winter squash, Waltham Butternut Winter squash, Butterscotch Winter squash, Blue Ballet Winter squash, Jarrahdale pumpkin Cucumbers, Diva Cucumbers, Salt and Pepper Cucumbers, Parisian Gherkin Cucumbers, Corinto Cucumbers, Tokiwa Cucumbers, Sooyow Nish Cucumbers, Straight 8 Summer squash, yellow, Slick Pick Summer squash, yellow, Yellow Crook Summer squash, scallop, Early white bush Summer squash, scallop, Starship Summer squash, zucchini,…
 
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time to plant tomatoes

 
 
My planting calendar says it’s time to plant tomatoes this week. I jumped the gun on thee and planted two werks early. This week I planted two types of sweaty peas (the flowers). A low white flowered one and tall mixed colors. And I’ll soon plant some new bok choy seeds I got. I need to transplant my broccoli into bigger pots. I planted these several weeks early. I’m watching to see when my outdoor peas come up but it’s soooooo cold this week. I’ll wait to plant more outside.…
 
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today’s sowing

 
 
Sweet peas, Cherub dwarf white (after soaking 24 hrs in water) Soak tonight, sweet pea, Royal family
 
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sowing peas

 
 
I planted peas yesterday. The soil was nicely thawed and has been thawed for over a week now. I turned it a couple weeks ago, but it froze up soon after that. It thawed again soon after. It’s drained well now and certainly workable. I plant peas by digging a trench about an inch deep and 6 inches wide. I scattered in the peas. (I didn’t have inoculant and will add some to the soil as soon as I find some. It’s new soil and I want to be sure…
 
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today’s sowing

 
 
I sowed these outside in the garden. My first garden sowing. March 31. I got my hands good and dirty. Peas (shelling), Strike Peas (snap), Sugar Snap
 
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Kathy Martin
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy


weeks and counting until my last spring frost

What I planted recently

Jan 21
thyme, lettuce, escarole

Feb 21
celery, celeriac, parsley, leeks

March 11
cabbage, kale, arugula



What I'm planting soon

April 1
peppers, eggplants, marigolds, beets

April 12
tomatoes, basil, sunflowers

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