Monday, June 23, 2008

6/22 Workparty

attended: Matt, Laura, Monique, Chloe, Chloe (both of them), Abi, Jada, Christina, Michelle

reseeded lettuce mixes and chard
direct seeded rutabega and turnip
weeded everything -- cut weeds (with scissors) around peas to not disturb roots
fertilized tomatoes with fish emulsion
Redleaf and Red Oak lettuce is ready for harvest -- heads are close to bolting

Fran (our bee advisor) came out -- He and Christina checked on our bee hive.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

6/15 Workparty RAINED OUT

6/17 Christina & Michelle transplanted more cukes 6" apart and reseeded radishes (1-2 seeds) in between. This companion planting is said to help deter pests.

The radish plants already growing were covered in flea beetles. We choose to pull them out and reseed, so that we could cover both cukes and radishes
with remay to avoid more flea beetles and cuke beetles. We dug trenches on both sides of beds and buried the remay. THis has seemed to be the best method for keeping remay from blowing away, but is time-intensive to remove it and rebury it to water the plants.

6/8 Workparty

Transplanted 3 rows of tomatoes 18" apart. Concerned about the apple tree shading two rows of tomatoes. Will cut down some branches.

Started squash in cups in greenhouse.

Monday, June 2, 2008

6/1 Workparty

-finished the onions (red wings), planted a total of 2500 onions,
-planted a half row of herbs (saving the basil for interspersing with tomatoes),
-planted a row of soy and fava beans (inch a part),
-weeded lettuces,
-planted a little bit of summer squash (in hills, 1 foot apart, 3 seeds per hill, mulched around hills).

5/25 Memorial Day BBQ & Workparty

- mowed in between rows of onions and around the fields

- transplanted redwing, copra onion starts into the field
the following method seemed to work most efficiently: 1) mulch with hay 2) make holes in the mulch (4 per row, 4 inches apart) & loosen soil 3) transplant 4) water

next year: only 2 onion seeds per cell in 200 packs, cut all but one seedling in cell to strengthen plant