Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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Raison d'etre
- Hungry DC Gardener
- Washington, DC, United States
- Please enjoy my little log of my urban garden life. I joined my community gardening association in 2006 and absolutely love my 20ft by 20 ft plot.
Google garden Calendar
2008 Gardening Expenditures
- Total: $147.67
- $4 - Onion bulbs
- $2.99 -Seedling Tray
- $70- Grow-light system from Hydrofarm (Amazon)
- $28.28 - Southern Seed Exposure - 9 packets of seeds
- $46.60 - Seeds from Italy - 15 packets of seeds
Where I buy my seeds
Good Resources...
2007 Sowing Dates
- baby squash (plant) 5/12
- Beets (Detroit Dark Red) 5/2, 5/20
- Bush Beans ( Contender, Buff Valentine) 5/11
- Carrots ( Chantenay Red Core) 4/30, 5/20
- Cilanto - First week in April
- cucumber 4/29
- Eggplants 4/29, 6/2
- Garlic (October 2006)
- Leeks (Dawn Giant) 4/30, seedlings used in salad on 6/10
- Lima Bean (Jackson Wonder) 5/20 more added 6/1 due to few seedlings
- New Zealand Spinach 5/20
- Okra (Cajun Jewel) 5/20
- Onion sets 4/22
- parsley (gift from neighbor 6/6
- Peppers 4/29, 6/8
- Shallots (October 2006)
- sweet potato 5/26
- Swiss Chard (Lucullus) End of March, 5/20
- Tomatoes 4/29, 5/26, 6/2
- zucchini 5/26, 6/2
2007 Harvesting Dates
- Bloomsdale Spinach pulled out by 5/23 ; planted end of March;, ready to eat in mid to late April
- Cherry Belle Radishes pulled out by 6/1; planted 4/30; first bites on 5/20
- butter crunch lettuce pulled out 5/30 (perhaps earlier), planted end of March, ready to eat in early April
- eggplants (fingerling) 6/27
- New Zealand Spinach 7/1
- cherry tomatoes (only 2) 7/1
- bush beans 7/1
- zucchini 6/26
- cucumbers 6/26
- beets 6/27
- baby beets and baby carrots 6/17
- baby beet greens 6/17
- Fresh parsley 6/8
- Garlic 6/8
- White onions (smallish) 6/8
- Swiss Chard full leaves 6/5
- Shallots (half of the crop) 5/30
- Swiss Chard first bites in early May from March plantings; 5/20 plants were ready by 6/28
2007 Poor performers
- cucumber (lemon) 5/20
Index
- Celebrating Arrivals (9)
- Recipes (7)
- What a garden can teach (3)
- book review (2)
- My Journal Begins (1)