2009 Seeds



				2009 Seed Starting & Planting Journal

	~ VEGETABLES ~ Cayenne Peppers - Long Red Slim, Burpee (Saved Seeds) 2/27/09 - started 6 peat-pods, 6 seeds each to check germination %, under heated dome 3/03/09 - a few of the seeds are swelling and showing signs of germination 3/06/09 - no real germination yet, but they are about ready. 3/08/09 - Germination in 2 pots. Peppers take time! 3/11/09 - Three pots germinated. Reseeded the other three. 3/17/09 - Now have germination in 4 pots 3/27/09 - Moved 2 to cold frame 4/17/09 - Doing well, slow growth as expected 4/25/09 - Set out 2 tiny seedlings under mini-greenhouses & direct seeded 3 more under mini-greenhouses 5/09/09 - Not growing much, too cold! 6/5/09 - Showing growth but need some warm weather! 7/13/09 - Growing slowly! 7/26/09 - Slowly growing and flowering. Next year start indoors mid-January! 9/22/09 - First pepper turned red . . . finally! 9/25/09 - Picked the first 3 red peppers for dehydrating. A few more are now turning. 10/25/09 - Picked another 11 bright red peppers for the dehydrator. Still plenty of green peppers on the plants! 12/07/09 - First hard frost killed the plants. Picked the last pint, and pout into plastic bad to red-up! Romaine Lettuce, Green Forest Pelleted from 2008, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 2/27/09 - started 8 peat-pods, 4 seeds each to check germination %, on window sill for lower temp. until germinated. 3/03/09 - a few of the seeds have germinated 3/06/09 - Most have germinates, except in one peat pod 3/08/09 - Germination in 2 pots so far. 3/11/09 - Germination in all pots 3/14/09 - Taking a chance! Seedlings are getting long & “leggy” because of insufficient light, so I moved them out to the cold frame with a bottom heating cable. 3/17/09 - Direct seeded 2 - 4’ rows 3/25/09 - Pre-started seeding not doing well; direct seeded have not germinated yet. No rain for weeks and soil is very dry. Put sprinkler on for 75 min. 4/03/09 - Direct seeded have germinated 4/17/09 - Direct seeded doing well 4/25/09 - Direct seeded & set-out seedlings doing well. Seedlings way ahead of direct seeded. 5/09/09 - Good growth. Side dressed with blood meal. 5/18/09 - Need to start thinning/picking soon to allow full heads to develop. 5/23/09 - Picked a nice bunch of baby romaine! 5/29/09 - Picked another batch yesterday! 6/05/09 - Really sizing & heading up now and plenty of greens from thinnings! No insect damage! 7/13/09 - Still a good supply growing. 7/26/09 - Picked the last 1 1/2 gal. of edible leaves from overgrown stalks and pulled them out Broccoli Raab (Spigariello Liscia), Johnny’s Selected Seeds 3/06/09 - started 8 peat pods, several seeds each, under heated dome 3/08/09 - Germination already 3/11/09 - Multiple germination in all pots 3/14/09 - Taking a chance! Seedlings are getting long & “leggy” because of insufficient light, so I moved them out to the cold frame with a bottom heating cable. 3/17/09 - Direct seeded 2 - 3’ rows 3/25/09 - Direct seeded have not germinated yet. No rain for weeks and soil is very dry. Put sprinkler on for 75 min. 4/03/09 - Direct seeded have germinated 4/17/09 - Direct seeded doing well & set out seedlings started indoors 4/25 - Direct seeded & set-out seedlings doing well. Seedlings way ahead of direct seeded. 5/09/09 - Good growth. Side dressed with blood meal. Direct seeded caught up with seedlings 5/29/09 - Picked first batch today 5/30/09 - Picked another batch to give away. 6/05/09 - Still growing strong. 6/06/09 - Picked & cooked a large batch for a BBQ tomorrow. 6/19/09 - Picked the last and pulled the spent plants. Reseeded with green beans. Iceberg Lettuce, Crispino , Johnny’s Selected Seeds 3/06/09 - started 8 peat pods, several seeds each on window sill 3/08/09 - Germination already 3/11/09 - Germination in all pots. 3/14/09 - Taking a chance! Seedlings are getting long & “leggy” because of insufficient light, so I moved them out to the cold frame with a bottom heating cable. 3/17/09 - Direct seeded 2 - 4’ rows 3/25/09 - Direct seeded have not germinated yet. No rain for weeks and soil is very dry. Put sprinkler on for 75 min. 4/03/09 - Direct seeded have germinated 4/17/09 - Direct seeded doing well 5/09/09 - Good growth. Side dressed with blood meal. Direct seeded caught up with seedlings 5/18/09 - Thinned a few & transplanted thinnings about 1 week ago. Doing OK. Need to start thinning & picking soon to allow full heads to develope. 5/29/09 - Picked another batch yesterday 6/06/09 - Heading up and growing rapidly. Great weather for this crop - cool & wet spring. Have been harvesting a lot of leaves from the thinnings! 6/7/09 - Heads in one bed have a lot of flea beetle holes, while others in a bed not 5’ away have none. 6/29/09 - Picked what I could from main planting and pulled the plants. Did not head well and I had some rot from all the wet weather. Replanted with carrots & golden beets Peas, Premium, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 3/12/09 - Sowed 1/2 lb. thickly along an 18’ foundation bed with 4’ lattice trellis, about 1” deep 3/25/09 - Direct seeded have not germinated yet. No rain for weeks and soil is very dry. Put sprinkler on for 75 min. 3/28/09 - Peas finally germinating and poking through the soil, thanks to some rain the last few days! 4/17/09 - Doing great! About 4” to 5” tall & well filled row.! 4/25 - Still doing great. Grew taller. 5/09/09 - Now about 18”-20” tall and in flower. side dressed with blood meal. 5/18/09 - Plants have pods about 1 1/4” long already. Plants about 24” tall. Seems to be a short variety. 5/29/09 - Picked a couple dz..pods today & peas still a bit too small. Need another week. 6/05/09 - Picked the bulk of the peas and have shelled only about 1 qt. so far from an 18’ row. I am disappointed in the variety that I choose this year because of it’s yield! It had execellent germination and vigor, produced healthy vines and no sign of disease, however, the yield was very underwhelmin I usually plant “Green Arrow” that have 4" pods with 10 or more peas per pod or Maestro with 4 1/2" pods and also 10 or more peas per pod. The variety I choose this year, Premium, because it was early, claimed to have 2 1/2 - 3" pods with 7-8 peas per pod. Most pods were about 2" or less with 5 peas to a pod. Many were much smaller with 2-4 peas per pod. 6/06/09 - Picked the last. Only a few undeveloped left on the vines. Vines are in good shape with no sign of disease. Fed with fish emulsion and hoping for a second, smaller set. 7/13/09 - Pulled the vines last week. Second set was almost none existent. Eggplant, Nadia F1, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 3/13/09 - Started 6 cells under seeded dome, several seed per. 3/17/09 - Germination in all pots 3/27/09 - Moved to cold frame & seeded 3 more cells 4/17/09 - Doing well! 4/25/09 - Set out 6 under mini-greenhouses. 5/09/09 - Little growth - too cold 6/05/09 - Strong growth and will soon need support! 6/29/09 - About 18” tall and a few fruit setting. I provides support about 2 weeks ago 7/13/09 - Good growth. 7/26/09 - A few 2” fruit set and there is wilt damage to at least 2 of the plants. 8/06/09 - Several fruit set and are growing well. 8/19/09 - First fruit almost ready to pick. Several other smaller ones that should develope well. 9/22/09 - Have only picked 2 so far this year, but have several just sizing up and should be ready soon 9/29/09 - Two or 3 more are big enough to pick. 10/20/09 - Picked 5 small eggplant to end the season. Just enough for a nice parm. dish! Sugar Snap Peas, Harts Seeds 3/14/09 - I know I ordered Super Sugar Snaps, but either they didn’t ship them or I misplaced them, so I picked up a couple of packets of regular Sugar Snaps at a local nursery and planted them today along an 8’ trellis in one of my raised beds. 3/25/09 - Direct seeded have not germinated yet. No rain for weeks and soil is very dry. Put sprinkler on for 75 min. 4/17/09 - Germinated about 4 days ago. 4/25/09 - poor germination. Need to get more seed & reseed. 4/29/09 - Reseeded with seed from Burpee 5/09/09 - Reedeeded has good germination. Side dressed with blood meal. 6/05/09 - Good growth with some fines 5’, but not flowering yet! 6/09/09 - Now getting plenty of flowers! 6/29/09 - Picked about 3 pints this week. Vines approaching 10’ and plenty of pods setting. 7/13/09 - Steady pick for the last 2-weeks! 7/26/09 - Yield has slowed down a lot and a few of the vines are starting to die off. 8/02/09 - Pulled the vines. About 90% dead. Getting ready to replant with Super Sugar Snaps for Fall Tomato, Early Goliath Hyb., Totally Tomatoes 3/17/09 - Started 8 Jiffy Pots, 6 seeds each, under heated dome 3/21/09 - Germination in most pots 3/25/09 - Most 3” tall. Moved to heated cold frame 4/17/09 - Set out today under “mini-greenhouses” - see article on (Planting 1-Month Early) 4/25 - Doing great! 5/02/09 - Three have out grown the mini-greenhouses so i uncovered them 6/07/09 - Almost 2’ tall and need support already, in spite of cool weather. 6/09/09 - Getting flowers! 7/13/09 - Fruit set but a long way from ripening! 7/26/09 - One ripening, poor fruit set and some wilt damage! 8/06/09 - Plants in terrible shape. 9/20/09 - Pulled the vines. Very poor year because of the conditions! Tomato, Jetsonic Hybrid, Totally Tomatoes 3/17/09 - Started 4 Jiffy Pots, 1 seed each (sample), under heated dome 3/21/09 - Germination in most potsl 3/25/09 - Most 3” tall. Moved to heated cold frame 4/17/09 - Set out today under “mini-greenhouses” - see article on (Planting 1-Month Early) 4/25 - Doing great! 6/07/09 - Almost 2’ tall and need support already, in spite of cool weather. 6/09/09 - Getting flowers! 7/08/09 - Obe plant showing sever wilt! Sprayed with Serenade and showing some improvement. 7/13/09 - Fruit set but a long way from ripening! 7/26/09 - Best fruit set & size even with wilt damage! 8/06/09 - Holding up the best to the disease with some large tomatoes on the vine. 8/17/09 - Picked a few, and the vines showed the least damage to wilt & late blight! 9/20/09 - Pulled the vines. Very poor year because of the conditions! Tomato, Viva Italia Hybrid, Totally Tomatoes (Paste) 3/17/09 - Started 6 Jiffy Pots, 4 seeds each, under heated dome 3/21/09 - Germination in most pots 3/25/09 - Most 3” tall. Moved to heated cold frame 4/17/09 - Set out today under “mini-greenhouses” - see article on (Planting 1-Month Early) 4/25 - Doing great! 5/09/09 - All uncovered, good growth, very light side dressing with blood meal! 6/07/09 - Almost 2’ tall and need support already, in spite of cool weather. 6/09/09 - Getting flowers! 7/13/09 - Fruit set but a long way from ripening! 7/26/09 - Poor fruit set and some wilt damage! 8/06/09 - Plants in terrible shape. 9/20/09 - Pulled the vines. Very poor year because of the conditions! Tomato, Sweet Million Hybrid, Totally Tomatoes (Cherry) 3/17/09 - Started 2 Jiffy Pots, 8 seeds each, under heated dome 3/21/09 - Germination in most potsl 3/25/09 - Most 3” tall. Moved to heated cold frame 4/17/09 - Set out today under “mini-greenhouses” - see article on (Planting 1-Month Early) 4/25 - Doing great! 5/09/09 - All uncovered, good growth, very light side dressing with blood meal! 6/07/09 - Almost 2’ tall and need support already, in spite of cool weather. 6/09/09 - Getting flowers! 7/13/09 - Fruit set but a long way from ripening! 7/26/09 - A couple ripening, fair fruit set and some wilt damage! 8/06/09 - Plants in terrible shape. 9/20/09 - Pulled the vines. Very poor year because of the conditions! Spinach, Spargo F1, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 3/17/09 - Direct seeded 3- 4’ rows 3/25/09 - Direct seeded have not germinated yet. No rain for weeks and soil is very dry. Put sprinkler on for 75 min. 4/03/09 - Direct seeded have germinated 4/17/09 - Direct seeded doing well! 4/25 - Direct seeded & set-out seedlings doing well. Seedlings way ahead of direct seeded. 5/09/09 - Good growth. Side dressed with blood meal. Direct seeded caught up with seedlings 6/05/09 - Have been harvesting a lot of large leaves. We have had perfect weather for spinach with cool temps. No leaf milers, and just a few flea beetles to contend with. Excellent ongoing yield. 6/06/09 - Picked another large batch. 6/28/09 - Picked the last - enough for a nice dinner - and pulled the spent plants. Reseeded with Napoli Carrots & Golden Beets Carrots, Vitana F1, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 3/17/09 - Direct seeded 3- 3’ rows 3/25/09 - Direct seeded have not germinated yet. No rain for weeks and soil is very dry. Put sprinkler on for 75 min. 4/03/09 - Direct seeded have germinated 4/17/09 - Direct seeded doing well! 4/25 - Doing great! Slow growth! 5/09/09 - Good growth. Transplanted thinnings to see the result! 5/23/09 - Seeded another 3 - 3’ rows. 6/05/09 - New seeded germinated! Old planting doing very well. 7/13/09 - All doing well. No sign of insects or disease! 7/26/09 - Doing very well! 8/17/09 - Still doing nicely! 9/22/09 - Have pulled and eated a couple of small bunched. Good taste, but many of the roots are small and stunted from to much rain. 9/28/09 - Picked and ate another batch! 10/15/09 - Pull the rest & turned over the soil! Carrots, Napoli F1, Pelleted, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 6/29/09 - Planted 4 - 4’ rows to replace spinach & lettuce. 7/13/09 - Slow a and sparse germination so far. 7/26/09 - Growing but still sparse. 8/17/09 - Still growing but slowly 9/22/09 - Just sizing up now. 10/25/09 - Doing well and edible size! 12/07/09 - Picked most of this batch for Thanksgiving. Very good thickness, nut only 6” or so long. Still a few left to pick! Garlic, Large Bulbs From Supermarket 325/09 - Planted 25 large clovesl 4/17/09 - No growth yet! 4/25/09 - A few coming through now. 4/29/09 - More coming through now! 5/09/09 - Good top growth, mulched with chopped leaves. 5/15/09 - Filled in with about 6 more clove pieces. 5/23/09 - New clove pieces poking through. 6/5/09 - Replanted bulbs all germinated and all are doing well! 7/26/09 - One bed died off. Dug up a hand full on 1” bulbs. The horrible wed soil conditions ruined the crop. 9/22/09 - Total waste because of the conditions. Replanted for next years crop. Beets, Touchstone Gold, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 4/17/09 - Direct seeded 3 - 3’ rows 4/25 - Little germination yet. 4/29/09 - - Good germination 5/09/09 - Good growth 6/5/09 - Showing good growth & no pest problems! 6/29/09 - Planted 2 - 4’ rows to replace spinach & lettuce. 7/13/09 - Older planting still doing well and new seeding is well germinated. 7/26/09 - Both plantings doing well! 9/22/09 - Pulled and ate the first batch. Some have good size, but lacked sweetness because of excessive rain this year. 10/15/09 - Pulled the rest and turned over the soil! Cantaloupe, Maverick, F1, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 4/25/09 - Started 4 - cells under heated dome 4/29/09 - Germination in all but 2 cells, reseeded the two cells. 5/04/09 - Germination in reseeded cells 5/9/09 - All doing well, reseeded 2 addt cells. 5/15/09 - New cells just germinating. 5/18/09 - Set-out older seedlings under mini-greenhouses! 6/5/09 - Original plants set out doing well, inspite of some rabbit damage. Lost 1 plant completely. Second batch of seedlings set-out last week and doing well also. 6/29/09 - Most vines appear to be dying from wilt, the result of all the wet weather. Two may survive. 7/13/09 - Removed all but i vine that is still alive, but not showing much growth or vigor. 7/26/09 - The lone remaining vine not showing any growth. The crop was a total bust because of wilt! 8/17/09 - The sole surviving plant has now taken off with the hot, sunny and drier weather, but not likely enough season to produce fruit 9/22/09 - Pulled it. No crop at all. French Charentis Melon, Edonis, F1, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 4/25/09 - Started 4 - cells under heated dome 4/29/09 - Germination in 3 of the 4 cells, reseeded the one cell 5/04/09 - Germination in reseeded cell 5/09/09 - Doing well in all cells, reseeded 2 addt. cells 5/15/09 - New cells fully germinated with good growth. 5/18/09 - Set-out older seedlings under mini-greenhouses! 6/5/09 - Doing well and starting to show good growth in spite of cool weather! 6/29/09 - Vines appear healthy but with minimal growth because of cool, wet weather 7/13/09 - Doing well, climbing & flowering. 7/26/09 - Doing well and setting fruit. Seems immune to wilt! 8/17/09 - So far, 1 good sized melon growing that should ripen, and there is a chance for a few more. 9/22/09 - Pulled them. No crop at all. Zucchini, Tigress, F1, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 4/25/09 - Started 8 - cells under heated dome 4/29/09 - Great germination and growth in all cell 5/2/09 - HUGE, set out under mini-greenhouses 5/09/09 - Doing very well! 6/18/09 - Exceptional growth. I expect flowers as soon as we get some warm days! 6/29/09 - Should be able to pick my first zukes later this week. 7/07/09 - Picked 5 zukes!! New fruit growing but disappointing yield so far! 7/13/09 - New fruit growing but disappointing yield so far! 7/26/09 - Sparse harvest because of the bad conditions. Many local gardeners reporting the same with different varieties. 8/06/09 - Plants in terrible shape. 8/17/09 - Completely dead having produced only a few Zukes! Big failure! Cucumber, Sweet Burpless Hybrid, Burpee 4/29/09 - Started 8 cells under heated dome 5/04/09 - Germination in all cells 5/09/09 - Doing well in all cells, seeded 4 addt cells. 5/15/09 - New cells fully germinated with good growth. 5/18/09 - Set out 6/5/09 - Set out addt. seedlings and all are doing very well and showing good growth. 6/29/09 - Setting fruit and vines are over 4’ tall. 7/13/09 - Picked the frirt 3 cukes today. Real beauty’s! 7/26/09 - Bumper Crop! Heaviest yielding cuke I ever grew, even with sever wilt. 8/06/09 - Plants in terrible shape. 8/17/09 - Surviving vines regenerating and producing more cukes. Lost a lot of them to yellowing on the vine. 9/22/09 - Pulled the dead vines. Poor year with a lot of disease. Green Beans, Bush, Fresh Pick Bush, Johnnys Selected seeds 4/30/09 - Direct seeded (3) - 4’ rows 5/09/09 - We have germination 5/18/09 - Doing well with good growth 6/05/09 - I expect flowering soon. Good growth! 7/08/09 - Picked the first batch. Enough for a few meals! 7/13/09 - Steady pick, but yield is much lower than Jade last year! 7/26/09 - Terrible yield. Tempted to remove them. 8/02/09 - Pulled them all. Big waste of garden space. Green Beans, Jade Bush, Johnnys Selected seeds 6/19/09 - Direct seeded (2) - 3’ rows to replace the Brocolli Raab. 6/29/09 - Good germination & growth. 7/13/09 - Doing well! 7/26/09 - Starting to flower! 8/02/09 - Good flowering 8/04/09 - We have beans that have set. 8/06/08 - Should have first picking in a few days. 8/17/09 - Picked a couple of time but not a heavy crop. 9/22/09 - Still picking small amts. Plants starting to show age. 9/27/09 - Picked the last of any meaningful harvest. Vines drying up. Green Beans, Xera Bush, Johnnys Selected seeds 7/08/09 - Planted (2) 4 1/2’ rows to replace Crispino lettuce. 7/13/09 - Good germination! 7/26/09 - Good growth! 8/17/09 - In good flower and will start bearing soon! 9/22/09 - Picked a good bunch and should get another picking or two. 9/27/09 - Picked the last of any meaningful harvest. Vines drying up. Green Beans, Pole, Fortex, Johnny’e Selected seeds 5/09/09 - Direct seeded 2 - 4” rows along tall frame 5/19/09 - We have germination 5/23/09 - Good growth but something is chewing of a few of them. Likely a rabbit. 6/5/09 - Doing great and climbing. 6/29/09 - Vines reached top of 7” support and are now traveling out over wires. 7/13/09 - Picked a large batch today, some measuring up to 10”. Plenty still on the vines! 7/26/09 - Amazing variety!! Huge yield of beans mostly 10” or longer. Very prolific! 8/02/09 - Yield slowing down but vines still very vigorous! 8/17/09 - Still a slow pick and a number of the beans are hollow, but the vines are in great shape and should start bearing well when the weather cools. 9/22/09 - They have been producing steadily, but are now starting to dry up. Good yield overall! 9/27/09 - Picked the last of any meaningful harvest. Vines drying up. Saved some seed! 9/29/09 - Found another bunch of seeds. Green Beans, Jumbo - Italian Bush, Johnnys Selected seeds 4/30/09 - Direct seeded (2) - 3’ rows 5/09/09 - No germination yet! 5/12/09 - We have germination. 6/05/09 - I expect flowering soon. Good growth! 6/29/09 - Good flowering. 7/08/09 - Picked the first batch. Enough for a few meals! 7/13/09 - Steady pick, but yield is much lower than Roma II from Burpee last year! 7/26/09 - Big disappointment with poor yield. Back to Roma II next year! 8/02/09 - Pulled the vines. Total waste of garden space. Replaced with 7-Green F1 Spinach for Fall Sweet Potatoes, Boarugard, Johnny’e Selected seeds 5/15/09 - Planted 12 slips 6/5/09 - Slow growth, but all but one survived. 6/29/09 - Starting to spread. Need some hot weather! 7/13/09 - Vines spreading. 7/26/09 - Vines look healthy but I have a strong concern about tuber growth with the wet soil conditions. 8/17/09 - Very heavy vines and look healthy! 9/22/09 - Vines still doing well, but I am waiting as long as possible to pull them, hoping for better size. 9/29/09 - Pulled the vines & dug. Only 1 edible sweet potatoes. Just not enough heat and sun! Will not be planting them again next year! Potatoes, German Butterball & Red Norland, Ronniger Potato farm 5/15/09 - Planted 1 lb. of each in a 10’ raised bed with two hills, Red Norland were cuts and German Butterball were whole seed potatoes - small. 6/5/09 - All sprouted & showing good growth! 6/06/09 - Hilled up today! 6/29/09 - Vines 2’ or more and doing well! 7/13/09 - Vines doing well and flowering 7/26/09 - Some of the vines look scraggly. Dug around by one vine and could not find any tubers. I have a strong concern about tuber growth with the wet soil conditions. 8/06/09 - Dug up a 3’ section where the vines were killed off by too much rain and got a few lbs of new red’s! 8/17/08 - Remaining vines scraggly but alive, and seed balls formed on top!- 9/22/09 - Dug them all about a week ago and only got a few dozen fingerling sized spuds. The rain ruined the yield. Italian Parsley 5/2/09 - Bought seedlings & set out 5/09/09 - Doing well 6/05/09 - Picked some yesterday. Very good growth! 6/29/09 - Picked more this weekend. Very healthy and great growth. 7/13/09 - Picked & dryed the first large batch this week. 8/17/09 - Dried a second bunch. Still doing well! 9/22/09 - Still growing but not very much 10/25/09 - Still growing strong, with a large bunch going into the dehydrator tomorrow! 12/07/09 - Still some out there, but havn’t picked lately. Basil 5/15/09 - Bought some seedlings & set out. 6/05/09 - Doing well with some growth. picked a few leaves yesterday! 6/29/09 - Starting to show good growth. 7/13/09 - Ready to pick the first batch for drying. 8/17/09 - Dried a second bunch. Still doing well! 9/22/09 - Still growing but not very much 10/25/09 - Plants pretty well dead! FALL CROP: Romaine Lettuce, Green Forest Pelleted from 2008, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 7/26/09 - Had some seed left so I seeded a 4’ row, 1/2” deep and covered with a 2 x 6 until germination 8/2/09 - Good germination & doing well! 8/06/09 - Good growth. 8/17/08 - Slow growth because of the heat! 9/29/09 - Picked enough for a nice salad today! 10/25/09 - Still some out there to pick! 12/07/09 - Still some out there. FALL CROP: Peas, Maestro, Burpee’s 7/26/09 - Seeded 16’ row & trellis with large 185g packet very heavily, about 1 1/2” deep & covered with 1 x 6 boards, after amending the soil with coffee grinds, organic lawn fert. & watering. 8/06/09 - A few germinating. 8/14/09 - Only about 4 seeds germinated. I dug up where I planted and the seed is all gone. Likely it just rotted away with all the moisture. Complete failure! FALL CROP: Peas, Super Sugar Snap, Burpee’s 8/03/09 - Seeded along an 8’ Trellis, to replace Spring planted Sugar Snaps 8/14/09 - I dug up where I planted and the seed is all gone. Likely it just rotted away with all the moisture. Complete failure! 8/14/09 - Reseeded - because I had the seed and I am a glutton for punishment!! :-) 9/29/09 - NOTHING! Total waste! FALL CROP: Broccoli, Marathon F1, Johnnys 7/26/09 - Seeded 9 cells with 4 seeds each, under dome in shade 8/2/09 - Good germination on all cells! Started 9 more cells with 3 seeds each. 8/06/09 - Set out first 9 tiny seedlings! 8/14/09 - Seedlings I set out all doing well and growing. Set out 9 more! 8/17/09 - All doing well & growing 9/22/09 - Doing well in main bed, but seedlings along pea trellis all died. I should get a crop. 10/25/09 - Probally not enough time to get a crop. next year plant 1-month earlier!!\| 12/07/09 - Finally got first tiny heads, but not much chance to get a crop. next year plant 1-month earlier. FALL CROP: Cabbage, Early Green F1, Johnnys 7/26/09 - Seeded 9 cells with 4 seeds each, under dome in shade 8/2/09 - Good germination on all cells! Started 9 more cells with 3 seeds each. 8/06/09 - Set out first 9 tiny seedlings! 8/14/09 - Seedlings I set out all doing well and growing. Set out 9 more! 8/17/09 - All doing well & growing 9/22/09 - Still growing well, and hopefully will have time to head up. 9/29/09 - Should have enough time to get a crop. 10/25/09 - Probally not enough time to get a crop. next year plant 1-month earlier!! 12/07/09 - Starting to head up, but not much chance to get a crop. next year plant 1-month earlier. FALL CROP: Spinach, Spargo F1, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 7/26/09 - Reseeded a 4’row in between the latest carrot seeding, 1/2” deep 8/02/09 - Good germination ! 8/06/09 - Good growth! 9/22/09 - Sparse but growing well. Next year wait and space better. 10/25/09 - Small amount ready to pick! 11/15/07 - Picked and done for the year FALL CROP: Spinach, 7-Green F1 Smooth Leaf, Johnny’s 8/02/09 - Seeded 2- 3’ rows among the Napoli Carrots and 2 - 3’ Rows to replace the “Jumbo Italian Beans”! 8/06/09 - We have germination! 8/17/09 - Reseeded to fill in, and seeded a row next to the dying tomatoes! 9/22/09 - Only a few plants still growing. 9/29/09 - Should get a meal or two 10/25/09 - Small amount ready to pick! 12/07/09 - Picked about 3-4 weeks ago, and there is some regrowth, but unlikely to pick any more. FALL CROP: Zucchini, Tigress, F1, Johnny’s Selected Seeds 8/20/09 - Replanted in the slim hope of enough season left for a late Fall crop! 9/22/09 - Growing well, but I doubt there is enough season left to get a crop. 10/25/09 - No crop. ~ Flowers ~ Cosmos, National Home Gardening Club Sample Pack 3/13/09 - Started 6 cells under seeded dome, several seed per. 3/15/09 - Good germination already in 5 of the 6 cells 4/17/09 - Ready to set out! 4/25 - Set out seedlings doing great! 7/13/09 - Large and flowering!