Tasks
- Built and put up an A frame pea trellis
- Pruned tomatoes and squash
- Tied up tomato branches
- Watered bean seeds and canoe
- Plucked nasturtium leaves with aphids
Planted
- Black seeded Simpson lettuce
- Royal oak leaf lettuce
- For The Birds grain/grass mix
Notes
- Saw 3 monarch butterflies on the milkweed
- Squash is very full leaved
- Dill is flowering
- Very hot - high 20s
- Ripe blueberries!
July 18
Notes
- Very hot and sunny
- More long horned beetles are out
- Squash is tall
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| Milkweed Flowers |
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| Blooming Canoe |
July 17
Notes
- Squash is bouncing back
- Tomatoes are outgrowing their ties
- Hasn't rained in a while - very hot
July 16
Tasks
- Secured trellis to the back of vermiculture bin
- Took netting off of beans, strawberries, and currants
- Tied peas up to trellis
- Pruned nasturtium leaves with aphids
- Cut off all sage branches with seeds to dry
- Put netting up the other side of A-frame squash trellis
Notes
- Looks like thunder but still very very hot
- Squash is looking better
- Possibility of a permanent trellis up the back of the vermiculture bin?
July 14
Tasks
- Saved sage seeds
- Put up squash trellis on the back of vermiculture bin
- One squash did not want to be tied up so laid it across the vermi bin
Harvested
- Currants
- Chives
- Strawberries
- Mint
- Garlic scapes
- Green lettuce
Notes
- Rained on and off during the day so only used irrigation a little
- Two nasturtium flowers are up!
- Small pea plants are looking close to trellis ready
- Assorted beans are looking better under netting
July 13
Notes
- Very hot
- Corn is up
July 12
Notes
- Sunny
- Basil is looking fuller
- Black bugs on the nasturtium leaves look like aphids