02 October, 2020

spring planning and planting

Planting time in the garden and it's a mess. Rough plan below

Valerian - three plants that need planting out
Tansy - splitting up and planting everywhere
Comfrey - have a bunch growing (rather slowly)
Yarrow - small plants all over the place
Amaranth - seeds
Feverfew - a plant that needs splitting
Wormwood - have a plant that needs to be dug up and repositioned
geranium - small plants all over the place
mint - small plants all over the place

Apple quartgraft

Backyard Beds

avo-shed - PLANTED OUT (end of Sept 2020)
BEANS - snake (seeds) - HAVE SEEDLINGS (snake beans)
ZUCCHINI (seedling)
BEANS - bush (seeds) - HAVE SEEDLINGS (borlotti beans)
SUNFLOWERS - Thornleigh (seeds)
TOMATO - Gwen-Kat tomatoes (seedling, planted)
BRUSSELS SPROUT - left from last season, hasn't died yet, not sure what it's going to do, more of an experiment to see if it'll do anything with another season...
RADISH - watermelon (seeds)

apricot-avo
TOMATOES - brandywine (seedlings)
CORN - true gold (seeds)
BROCCOLI - were initially grown back in April-June, but haven't gone anywhere. Will plant them deep and see how they go
RADISH - heirloom (seeds)
BASIL (seeds)
MUSTARD (seeds?)
FAT HEN (seedlings)
EGGPLANT - unknown

crepe-apricot
PEAS - purple podded
CELERY - red
CABBAGE - winter planted
Currently entirely GREEN MANURES, eventually CORN - balinese or specialty kind

apple-crepe - PLANTED OUT (end of Sept 2020)
CUCUMBERS (seed) - HAVE SEEDLINGS
PUMPKIN - golden nugget (seedlings)
BEANS - bush (seeds)
EGGPLANT - Tsakoniki (single one)
RADISHES - daikon (seed) - NOT YET
TOMATOES - black and red (seedlings)
CELERY (red)
PARSLEY (seedlings)

plum-stone - PLANTED OUT (end of Sept 2020)
BEANS - climbing (seed) - HAVE SEEDLINGS (snake beans)
TOMATOES - (seedlings)
ROCKET (seeds) - NOT YET
PEAS - snow peas (seed)
RADISH - daikon (seed)
SWEDES (seed)
BEANS - bush (seed)

back wicking
LETTUCES - already planted out
SPINACH (seeds)
BUNCHING ONIONS - red (seeds)
RADISHES - confetti (seeds)
CARROTS
ONIONS - from mum (seedlings)

In addition to which there's the New Chook House to go in and be set up, and so many trees to be mulched and netted! It's positively crazy around here.

BRIEF NEWS: We have two new chooks (Shantung - a Hyline, and Cold Cuts - a Leghorn-Isa cross), and there's some funny stories to be told there. Less happy new is that Hainan chicken got peronitis and will be laying no more. She shall live our her chooken days as a beloved freeloader, while younger chooks take her laying place.