Garden Notes

Back yard

• considering getting rid of what I think is a Prunus Cerasifera (often called purple-leaf plum).

ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_plum

ref: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/prunus_cerasifera.html

Planter

• Sage see also Sage Oil
• Thyme

Considering enlarging the garden, need to consider racoons and squirrels.

• Lilac
• Compost Heap

2012 Season

From Left to right:

• Cherry Tomatoes
• Lettuce
• Cherry Tomato
• Bean
• A Row of Zucchini
• Another row of Cherry Tomato
• A Row of Zucchini
• Snap Peas
• Tomato + Potato
• Pumpkin
• Pepper

Lessons taught from this year: put the Zucchini on the end so it can "over flow, without shading plants nearby.

Lessons Learned this year: pinch the armpits of the tomato, this keeps the tomatoes from getting to leggy, it limits grow , but ensures that tomatoes that do grow , grow well. And I have no shortage of flowers ( as of july ).

Potted Basil is growing like gang-busters from last year's seed.

2013 Season

• Half Cherry Tomatos / Half Plum Tomatoes
  • Did much more nipping of flowers and get better results, could nip more flowers.
• Kale
• Strawberry - Lots of fruit for one plant, could do more.
• cauliflower - let it go to see, need to harvest sooner.
• snap peas - Need to figure out how to get better yield here. Few plants were productive.
• Pumpkin / Squash and pumpkin squash
  • Good Growth
  • Good crop
  • Took WAY too much ground cover.
  • Next year: Grow up, sturdy trellis needed.
• Habenero peppers
  • Three plants,
  • great yeild
  • good flavour
  • great heat
  • Great colour , brilliant orangy.
  • Some fruit at end of year were still green, some ripened, but many stayed green.
• Sage
  • Good crop
• Eggplant
  • Good crop, some grew to good size,
  • Many didn't get big, Colour was purple but I felt like they were green.

Herbs:

• sage
• mint
• thyme , several potted plant did ok, they seem a bit more delicate. In the ground samples did well. - at the end of the year everything was dug up due to Deck expansion

2014 Season

Plan

• get deck setup with planters / Pots - done.
  • This is an opportunity to create "full sun" positions.
  • consider also: drainage , and root depth.

• tomatos as before: 50/50 cherry + Plum
• Eggplant - none -
• Some sort of squash - grow up-wards.

Herbs:

• lavender - one potted, some in raise boxes, from seedling.
• sage - planted in raised boxes from seedling.
• Thyme - planted in a planted from seedling.