• Sowed indoors

    Eggplant – Dusky Hybrid, CasperPepper – Paprika, Marconi Rossi, Early Jalapeno, Bell (Staddon’s Select)

  • Sowed carrots and arugula, under plastic cloche. Sowed spinach.Transplanted arugula, red cabbage and derby cabbage seedlins into garden.

  • Planted these varieties:CayenneJalapeno

  • Made a second sowing of all my tomato varieties today. Some varieties of the first sowing have germinated.

  • Vegetable Start plants this long before planting date Planting date 98294 area code Distance between rowsc Distance apart in the row Artichokes (globe) Crown pieces Aug.-Nov. April-June 48-60″ 48-60″ Asparagus 1 year Feb.-March 60″ 12″ Beans (lima) not suitable May-June 12-24″ 4-6″ bush 12-24″ pole Beans (snap) not suitable May-July 12-24″ 2-6″ bush 12-24″ pole…

  • First tomato sowing is sprouting today – I transferred flats to the greenhouse.

  • Garden Map

    Here is my garden layout. 8E is parsley, lettuce, arugula, carrots, parsnips, salsifey planted under cloche 2/19/2008 6A is garlic, planted 11/24/2008. 11 is asparagus, in year 2 2E is strawberries. 6 and 15 is raspberries 16F is strawberries.

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  • In my cloche, I made an early planting of the following:ArugulaLettuce (2 varieties)SpinachFennelCarrotsParsnipsSalsifyParsley

  • You can add a month on either end of your growing season with a tunnel cloche.The cloche uses hoops made of 1/2″ EMT steel electrical conduit pipe. You can buy this in 10′ pieces at Home Depot for about $2.00 each.Using a conduit pipe bender make 60 degree bends in the middle of the pipe,…