King of the North, Senorita, Tennessee Cheese, Cayenne, Yellow Banana
Sowed indoors
Eggplant – Dusky Hybrid, Casper
Pepper – Paprika, Marconi Rossi, Early Jalapeno, Bell (Staddon’s Select)
Warming weather, time to plant!
Sowed carrots and arugula, under plastic cloche. Sowed spinach.
Transplanted arugula, red cabbage and derby cabbage seedlins into garden.
Sowed peppers
Planted these varieties:
Cayenne
Jalapeno
Sowing tomatoes again
Made a second sowing of all my tomato varieties today. Some varieties of the first sowing have germinated.
My planting dates
Vegetable | Start plants this long before planting date | Planting date 98294 area code | Distance between rowsc |
Distance apart in the row |
Artichokes (globe) | Crown pieces | Aug.-Nov. April-June |
48-60″ | 48-60″ |
Asparagus | 1 year | Feb.-March | 60″ | 12″ |
Beans (lima) | not suitable | May-June | 12-24″ | 4-6″ bush 12-24″ pole |
Beans (snap) | not suitable | May-July | 12-24″ | 2-6″ bush 12-24″ pole |
Beets | not suitable | March-June | 12″ | 1-2″ |
Broccoli | 6 weeks Jan-July | March-Aug. | 12-24″ | 12-24″ |
Brussels sprouts | 6 weeks Mar.-June | May-July | 24″ | 24″ |
Cabbage | 6 weeks Mar.-May | April-June | 24″ | 24″ |
Cantaloupes | 4 weeks April | May | 48″ | 48″ |
Carrots | not suitable | March-July 15 | 12″ | 2″ |
Cauliflower | 6 weeks Mar.-June 1 | April-July 15 | 24″ | 24″ |
Celery | 9 weeks Jan. – May | March-July | 24″ | 5″ |
Chard | not suitable | April-July | 24″ | 12 inches |
Chinese cabbage | 4 weeks July | August | 30″ | 6″ |
Chives | 6 weeks Feb.1 – April. 15 | March-May | Needs 4 sq ft | Scatter |
Corn (sweet) | not suitable | April-June | 36″ | 15″ |
Cucumbers (slicing) | 4 weeks April-May | May-June | 48″ | 24″ |
Cucumbers (pickling) |
4 weeks | May-June | 48″ | 6-12″ |
Dill | not suitable | May | 24″ | 6-9″ |
Eggplants | 9 weeks March | May | 24″ | 24″ |
Endive | 6 weeks Feb. -July 1 | April-Aug. 15 | 12″ | 10″ |
Garlic | not suitable | Sept.-Feb. | 18″ | 3″ |
Kale | not suitable | May-July | 24″ | 24″ |
Kohlrabi | not suitable | April-Aug. 15 | 24″ | 3″ |
Leeks | 4 weeks Feb. – April | March-May | 24″ | 2″ |
Lettuce (head) | 5 weeks Mar. – June | April-July | 12″ | 12″ |
Lettuce (leaf) | 5 weeks Mar. -June | April-Aug. | 12″ | 6″ |
Okra | 8 weeks | not suitable | 24″ | 18″ |
Onions | 10 weeks Jan.-Mar. | Mar.-May | 12″ | 3″ |
Parsley | 10 weeks Jan.-May | Mar.-June | 12″ | 8″ |
Parsnips | not suitable | April-May | 24″ | 3″ |
Peas | not suitable | Feb.-May | 36″ bush 48″ vine |
2″ |
Peppers | 10 weeks Mar.1-Apr.1 | May-June | 24″ | 12-18″ |
Potatoes (sweet) | 6 weeks | not suitable | 48″ | 12″ |
Potatoes (white) | not suitable | April-June | 30″ | 12″ |
Pumpkins | 4 weeks May | May | 72″ | 48″ |
Radish | not suitable | March-Sept. | 12″ | 1″ |
Rhubarb | Crown pieces | March-April | 48″ | 36″ |
Rutabagas | not suitable | June-July | 24″ | 3″ |
Spinach | not suitable | April & Sept. | 12″ | 3″ |
Squash (summer) | 4 weeks Apr.-May | May-June | 48″ | 24″ |
Squash (winter) | 4 weeks Apr. | May | 72″ | 48″ |
Tomatoes | 8 weeks Mar.- | May | 36-48″, closer if supported |
24-36″ |
Turnips | not suitable | Apr.-Sept. | 24″ | 2″ |
Watermelons | 4 weeks Apr. | May | 72″ | 60″ |
First tomato sprouts
First tomato sowing is sprouting today – I transferred flats to the greenhouse.
Garden Map
Sowing a row in the field of free speech
I hope you are following the news about the misguided US judge who is attempting to censor a Swedish website wikileaks.org that posts leaked internal government and company documents concerning behavior that may be considered illegal or immoral. The judge caused the domain name of the web site to be revoked by the domain name registrar. Too bad for the judge that he has no power to kill the ip address of the website in Sweden, so the web site is still accessible via its ip address http://88.80.13.160/wiki/Wikileaks.
Early planting in tunnel cloche
In my cloche, I made an early planting of the following:
Arugula
Lettuce (2 varieties)
Spinach
Fennel
Carrots
Parsnips
Salsify
Parsley