Journal of a Gardener
Norman Wallace, Kentucky Master Gardener
June 24-30, 2008
June 30, 2008
I harvested our first zuchinni, four cucumbers, lettuce, mesculun, Swiss chard and the last of the radishes (about ten). We enjoyed the mixed greens salad with oil and vinegar at lunch and we gave some to friends. I saw lady bugs, spiders and bees at work this morning. I pulled up one kind of lettuce that has gone to seed and the spinach. Normally lettuce and spinach are finished by this time in the season, but the cool temperatures and morning shade from the pine tree have extended the harvest very well this year. The weather during most of June makes me think of Minnesota summers.
June 29, 2008
No activity today.
June 28, 2008
The afternoon weather was mild and so I chopped weeds and broke up compacted soil around the tomatoes, peppers and okra and finished thinning the okra.
June 27, 2008
We got a half inch of rain last night. Patty helped me place tomato cages around the last half dozen plants. We used the re-bar wire Tommy gave me. We pulled our first two grape tomatoes. We have to wait a while for more. We also pulled our first cucumber.
June 26, 2008
After our 6:00 am walk I chopped out a few weeds and thinned the second planting of okra so that plants are 6-10 inches apart. I saw one bumble bee on the zuchinni blooms. There are fresh deer tracks by the green beans, lettuce and okra. I suppose the creature is scouting to determine when to come back for the beans.
June 25, 2008
Patty harvested four kinds of lettuce, mesculun and a small amount of Swiss chard. We are eating all we want every day and sharing more than we eat with family and friends. In the evening Tommy, a friend brought some wire used for concrete reinforcement which he had bent into several cylinders for use as tomato cages. He had more than he is using and said he would be glad for me to have them.
June 24, 2008
No garden activity today.