2008
2011
2008
Gardening in the High Desert- Watered beds, sunflowers, weeds
- Looks like volunteer oregano germinating in bed #1
- Took some photos of strawberry blooms
- Sunflowers planted kind of close, but since it's only one row, hope still will be OK. Need to plant more, more, more. Some for the backyard, too.
- Is the last hard frost gone yet? Can I try toms outside? Time for another sacrificial tom? Time to plant some purple "cool soil" beans?
2011
Gardening in the High DesertI can't find my garden journal!
- Planted out 4 toms today:
- Red cherry between beds 2 & 3
- Super Sweet 100 + yellow pear at end of bed 3
- Early Girl between half barrels
- Also planted some plants in my sitting area
- 1 Shasta Daisy "Alaska" [2012-05-06 Bunnies ate it down to the ground]
- 2 Chamomiles [2012-05-06 Didn't survive not being watered when I was on travel]
- 2 Salvia Blue Bedder [2012-05-06 Didn't thrive, but didn't die, either. Bloomed for two months or so.]
- And more
- Culinary sage in the garlic area [2012-05-06 It grew well and has come back this year]
- Taragon in SE corner of bed one [2012-05-06 Doesn't appear to have come back; something kept eating it]
- Windy like crazy. Sprinkled in the a.m. but not enough to be useful. I manually watered.
- Elm and maple in the back yard budding [2012-05-06 I think they have both finally died :-( ]
- Apple trees about done blooming
- Desert marigold blooming
- Desert mallow has first leaves
- Ate small plate of spinach
- Observed a duck bathing in water tub
- Ducks moved outside today
- Strawberries blooming
- Some type of bok choi has sprouted, as well as some chartreuse lettuce. Very tiny.
- Sunflowers under row covers sprouting. Primarily north fence near sitting area and w[est] fence near garlic
- Pulled weeds - made a path from gate. Also semi-weeded main garlic beds
- Watered and turned compost
