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Scarecrow's Garden · 06-11-2012, 12:11 PM

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Scarecrow's Garden Journal Notes:

Bed 6 in the Main Vegetable Garden with Lettuce, Snowpeas and Parcel!

Temperatures range for May:
Lowest Min -3C
Highest Min 13.1C
Lowest Max 7.9C
Highest Max 27.4C
9 mm Rain

Propagation:
Seeds sown:
Green Manure mix - Vetch Woolly Pod/Crown; Oats; Peas; Broad Beans; Barley into Bed 6
Onion (Red) Tropea Rossa Lunga The Italian Gardener
Onion (White) Stuttgart The Lost Seed
Onion (White) Tonda Musona The Italian Gardener
Onion Red Rossa DT Brown

Planting Out:
Cabbage Early Jersey Wakefield into Bed 13
Cabbage Verona Purple Savoy into Bed 13
Cauliflower Violet Sicillian into Bed 12
Onions Red Rossa into Bed 1
Onions Tropea Rossa Lunga into Bed 1
Poached Egg Plant Limnanthes douglasii around Bed 5
Silverbeet Rainbow Mixed/White Silver into Bed 13
Sorrel Garden in Kitchen Garden

Cuttings:
Yacon Smallanthus sonchifolius
Lime Cotton Lavender Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Lime Fizz'

Harvest Tally for May:
Doesn't include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making. For Salads, Juice and Stirfries I have been picking Kale, Silverbeet, Mushroom Plant, Gotu Kola, Parsley, Basil, Nasturtium leaves and Beetroot Leaves which are not always weighed.
Beans Butter 147g
Beetroot Bull's Blood 669g
Celery Tendercrisp 70g
Jerusalem Artichoke 456g
Kale Mixed 473g
Lettuce Mixed 370g
Mushroom Portebello 95g
Onion Red 316g
Onion Stuttgart 803g
Onion Domenica Sweet 360g
Peas Snow Roi de Carouby 359g
Pumpkin JAP 11332g
Rapini Cima Di Rapa 65g (didn't like this so the rest went to chooks)
Trombone 31594g
Total Veg Harvest for May 47.5Kgs

Apples Golden Delicious 6552g
Apple Pink Lady 163g
Total Fruit Harvest for May 6.7Kgs

Total Eggs for May eggs:
29 from the 5 Farmyard Ferals
0 from the lone Barnevelder
0 from the 4 Faverolles

May of Previous Years:
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007

To see how the various Garden areas fit on our half acre block check out the newest Planting Plan for Autumn HERE This is updated as planting occurs.

Come on over to the Scarecrow's Garden Facebook page and say Hi!

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06-11-2012, 12:11 PM	#1
Scarecrow's Garden Grounds Keeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 371	May Totals This content is syndicated via RSS from the blog: Scarecrow's Garden Scarecrow's Garden Journal Notes: Bed 6 in the Main Vegetable Garden with Lettuce, Snowpeas and Parcel! Temperatures range for May: Lowest Min -3C Highest Min 13.1C Lowest Max 7.9C Highest Max 27.4C 9 mm Rain Propagation: Seeds sown: Green Manure mix - Vetch Woolly Pod/Crown; Oats; Peas; Broad Beans; Barley into Bed 6 Onion (Red) Tropea Rossa Lunga The Italian Gardener Onion (White) Stuttgart The Lost Seed Onion (White) Tonda Musona The Italian Gardener Onion Red Rossa DT Brown Planting Out: Cabbage Early Jersey Wakefield into Bed 13 Cabbage Verona Purple Savoy into Bed 13 Cauliflower Violet Sicillian into Bed 12 Onions Red Rossa into Bed 1 Onions Tropea Rossa Lunga into Bed 1 Poached Egg Plant Limnanthes douglasii around Bed 5 Silverbeet Rainbow Mixed/White Silver into Bed 13 Sorrel Garden in Kitchen Garden Cuttings: Yacon Smallanthus sonchifolius Lime Cotton Lavender Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Lime Fizz' Harvest Tally for May: Doesn't include Greens fed to the chooks on a daily basis or herbs picked for use in the kitchen for cooking or tea making. For Salads, Juice and Stirfries I have been picking Kale, Silverbeet, Mushroom Plant, Gotu Kola, Parsley, Basil, Nasturtium leaves and Beetroot Leaves which are not always weighed. Beans Butter 147g Beetroot Bull's Blood 669g Celery Tendercrisp 70g Jerusalem Artichoke 456g Kale Mixed 473g Lettuce Mixed 370g Mushroom Portebello 95g Onion Red 316g Onion Stuttgart 803g Onion Domenica Sweet 360g Peas Snow Roi de Carouby 359g Pumpkin JAP 11332g Rapini Cima Di Rapa 65g (didn't like this so the rest went to chooks) Trombone 31594g Total Veg Harvest for May 47.5Kgs Apples Golden Delicious 6552g Apple Pink Lady 163g Total Fruit Harvest for May 6.7Kgs Total Eggs for May eggs: 29 from the 5 Farmyard Ferals 0 from the lone Barnevelder 0 from the 4 Faverolles May of Previous Years: 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 To see how the various Garden areas fit on our half acre block check out the newest Planting Plan for Autumn HERE This is updated as planting occurs. Come on over to the Scarecrow's Garden Facebook page and say Hi! Check out my Pinterest Boards Read More at Scarecrow's Garden...

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