April 23

Gardening in Middle Tennessee

2013

Neighbor's bearded irises are beginning to bloom. Their daffodils are done.

The first born Red Cherry Large Fruited has it's first pea sized tomato forming. The Red Cherry Large Fruited have been, by far, the most vigorous under poor circumstances - planted to early, transplanted to cups too late, left under lights too long, put outdoors before it was really warm enough for tomatoes to thrive... and yet, it thrives.

Lawn needs mowing twice a week when it rains and its warm. Our neighbor has a lawn care business, so does it for us cheap; however, I am seeing a riding lawn mower in my crystal ball...can't wait for my own place. All that grass will make some awesome compost.

September 12

2005-09-12

Gardening in the High Desert
We worked on making a shelter in the dog's pen yesterday. MDH and son got the decking and framing done. MDH and I did the walls. I really like working with MDH on these things. Son got kind of huffy that his dad yelled at him, but I told him that's how Dad's are. My dad yelled at me when we built things, too, but that didn't mean he hated me...
I dug up some weeds in front of the dog pen between the dog pen and the front fence. Going to plant daffodils there, at least for this year.

December 03

2006

Gardening in the High Desert.

Plant/Sow Page

• 20 Metron Tulips in the bronze oval planter that held daffodils last year
• 4 small winter pots - 3 with 3 lavender mixed crocus and one with 4 of them
• 2 clay pots - each with 3 Queen of the Night tulips and 8 lavender mixed crocus

55 Bulbs

Sprinkled all with bone meal and put in metal building for a few months chilling after watering.

350 Bulbs as of 11/26/2006
 55 More today
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405 total so far - several hundred left

Journal Entry Later in the day

17:28

• Planted some pots for Spring forcing
• Son started digging me a bulb planting trench near the dogs' pen
• Filled bird feeders
• Sprinkled bone meal on daffs from last year

Now that I am mostly over my cold, I hope I can get on with the bulb planting program.  Still hundreds left to plant.

September 26

2010

Gardening in the High Desert.
Bought a nook e-reader from Barnes and Noble. Lots of free old books. Reading about this early 20th century Scottish farmer.

Unusually warm spell after what look like an early winter. Temps in the 90s again.

Heat means I have to water veggies deep again and set out extra water for the chickens.

Planted out about half my daffodils - some in the ground and some in bed number one. I have another section that I cleaned out that will be ready to plant tomorrow or so.