Season Logbook - 2023
November 25
- Decommissioning
- Final harvest with some actual corn and carrots!
September 3
- Another nice little harvest
- Making pickles and pickled jalapenos
August 27
- Pruned and tied, general maintenance
- Corn coming in quite nicely
- Herbs doing well
- Handsome harvest, including some surprise cucumbers
July 30
- Pulled up remaining lettuce from 6” pots and pea plants from grow bags
- Rearranged garden to give tomatoes (and me) more space
- Romas seem to be suffering from blossom-end rot (calcium deficiency)
- Applied granular and liquid fertilizer (including calcium)
- Transplanted some greens and herbs to 6” pots when possible
- Printed my first fancy plant labels
July 24
- Pruning and watering
- Corn has sprouted
- Tomatoes and peppers continuing to do well, as well as the single cucumber
July 15
- Planted corn (4 grow bags, 3 seeds per bag)
- First jalapeno and first cucumber!
- Tomatoes and other plants continuing to thrive
- Watered, staked, and pruned
- Harvested some lettuce and mesclun (to make room for corn)
July 10
- Started some seedlings in a tray, (4) cells each of:
- Lettuce (Gourmet Blend)
- Lettuce (Little Gem)
- Arugula
- Thyme
- Rosemary
- Basil
- Dill
- Oregano
- Spearmint
July 9
- Applied liquid fertilizer and pruned/staked a bit more
- Tomato plants mostly looking very good, though a couple of the Romas are a little whithered (theory: underwatered)
- Pepper plants mostly looking very good, though some of the leaves have holes (puzzle)
- Both Sweeties and Romas are appearing, but no peppers of any kind yet (though flowers have begun)
- Cucumbers are making a surprising comeback
July 3
- Finished pruning and staking the tomato plants
- Lettuce and cucumbers continue to be somebody’s snack, but everything else looks very good (except for maybe the peas)
June 24
- Preliminarily staked tomato, pepper, and pea plants
- Applied more liquid fertilizer
- Did some pruning of some of the tomato plants
- All indoor plants look very good, but I moved them all outdoors because of the smell (granular fertilizer)
- Tomatoes, peppers, and carrots look good
- Green onions finally starting to grow out a bit
- Outdoor lettuce and cucumbers look like they are being munched on. What’s the culprit? Maybe deer leaning over the fence? Maybe rabbits crawling under the fence?
June 15
June 11
- Applied granular and liquid fertilizer to all plants
- Outdoor plants coming along fine
- Indoor plants look superb
June 3
- Outdoor plants are doing fairly well
- Indoor plants are flourishing
May 22
- Tagged (and photographed) newly transplanted indoor plants
May 21
- Transplanted the following:
- Outdoors:
- 5-gallon sacks:
- (2) Roma Tomato, (1) plant each
- (2) Sweetie Tomato, (1) plant each
- (2) Bell Pepper, (1) plant each
- (2) Jalapeno Pepper, (1) plant each
- (2) Cucumber, (3) plants each
- (2) Lettuce, (4) plants each
- (2) Mesclun, one with (5) plants and the other with (9)
- Square plastic pots
- (1) Roma Tomato, (1) plant each
- (1) Sweetie Tomato, (1) plant each
- (1) Bell Pepper, (1) plant each
- (1) Jalapeno Pepper, (1) plant each
- Indoors:
- 6-inch pots, (1) plant each:
- (6) Lettuce
- (2) Cucumber
- (2) Mesclun
- Mesclun and cucumbers looked somewhat sickly
- Tomatoes and lettuce looked okay but stunted
- Peppers looked fine
May 20
- Hardened all indoor plants (somewhat) by placing them outdoors for ~6 hours
May 17
- Pea plants are looking great
- Carrots and green onions appear to be coming up (they don’t seem to be just weeds)
- Tomatoes somehow look to be recovering, though they’re becoming tall and thin
- Peppers are doing fine
- Cucumbers seem stable, but maybe somewhat stunted
- Everything needs transplanted outside ASAP
May 11
- A batch of plants ready to bring down to the cousins. Hopefully they thrive in the DMV
- Tomatoes are beginning to look pretty sad
- Peppers continuing to be okay
May 7
- Peas are coming in strong
- Are these carrots and onions poking up? Or just weeds?
May 2
- Peas are starting to poke out amidst the debris
- Nothing yet from the carrots or spring onions
April 30
- Peppers are finally starting to fill out their cups
- Tomatoes look big and strong, but are yellowing a bit
- Cucumbers are coming along nicely, and will need transplanted soon
- Lettuces are looking good
April 29
- Finished fencing in the garden area and reinforced the sides
April 17
- Tomatoes have exploded in size
April 15
- Transplanted Jalapeno and Bell peppers to paper cups
- Put up 3/4 of the fencing around the outdoor garden spot
- Planted 2 5-gallon sacks of each of the following (outdoors):
- Peas
- Carrots
- Spring onions
April 13
- Tomatoes continuing to flourish
April 10
- Tomatoes immediately thriving in their new homes
April 8
- Planted 1 tray of cucumbers (indoors)
- Transplanted tomatoes to paper cups
April 7
- Tomatoes looking better with more water and having shed some early leaves
- Jalapenos looking a little whithered, but otherwise OK
April 2
- Jalapenos catching up with the tomatoes
March 30
- Tomatoes looking a little dry, but otherwise strong and healthy
March 25
- Planted two trays of each of the following (indoors):
March 18
March 17
- Sweetie tomato seedlings starting to poke through
March 12
- Planted one tray of each of the following (indoors):
- Sweetie tomatoes
- Roma tomatoes
- Jalapeno peppers
- Bell peppers
March 11
- Shelving unit rigged with grow lights. Ready for the first seeds to be planted!
