Tasks
- Put netting around raised bed for squash to use as climbing aid
- Put netting on growing squash to protect from squirrels
- Planted lettuce
- Pulled dog strangling vine
- Harvested garlic
Garlic ready to be dried
Notes
- Found aphids on corn and asparagus
- Squash is rotting so may have to pull it out if it gets worse
- Nice weather - no rain!
August 8
Notes
- Squash and tomato in raised bed are beginning to drown out the blueberries
- Melon is growing well on its new trellis
- Garden continues to look more and more like a jungle
- Spat rain a bit
- Squash on netting trellis is looking sad - base of plant is pulled up possibly by pull of plant on trellis
- Squash is also showing signs of powdery mildew
August 6
Tasks
- Pruned tomatoes and squash
- Harvested beans and peas
- Built trellises
- Tied back tomatoes
- Replaced one of the rain barrels with one that is a better fit
- Chopped and dropped weeds
- Removed pea with powdery mildew
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| New trellis built from Manitoba maples |
August 5
Notes
- Weather very nice and garden mostly looks great
- Pea really not doing well
August 4
- Rained A LOT!
August 3
Notes
- Squash and tomato plants are huge
- One of the rain barrels is leaking
- Severe thunder storm warnings and rain
Surveyed the tree species on the property:
- Four mature Norway maples
- One mature white spruce (?)
- Three large mulberries and many small ones
- Three rose of Sharon shrubs
- A whole lot of young Manitoba maples