A New Year

Well. This whole season was a bust. I sort of got discouraged when NEITHER of my tomato plants produced any fruit. I think I got 2 tomatoes and the rats ate them. I got cucumbers and onions, herbs and strawberries but most of the other things just didn't produce much.

The weather was very strange. I think there was only a few days that it got very hot. And one of them was Sept 27th. It was a all time record. It was also the day that our chinchilla, Luna, died. She just got too hot. I didn't realize it was so hot because I was asleep after working all night and heat does not bother me at all. It made me sad. I'm so, so, sorry Luny :(

So anyway. I didn't even plant a cover crop this time. When spring rolls around I will fertilize and do a double dig. I have all my sterile plants composting in my new composter (I'll post that perhaps) and will turn that in as well.

See you in the spring...

The Double Dig

I have now done the double dig and put the plants in the ground. This video was done last weekend and shows the cover crop turned into the soil. I only amended with some fish bone meal for the phosphorous that I know my soil needs.

A moderate rain had washed the fava mush and the bone meal into the soil. I then did a double dig to the bed. I have moved the earth more to the sunny side of the garden and raked the large clods to the shady side. I will work on breaking them up as I weed and maintain the bed.

Since this video was done I have planted the tomatoes and the pepperoncini.

Garden Update Febuary 2010

This video was done before the previous one. YouTube had trouble uploading it. This is before the harvest of the Favas and also has the strawberries one week prior.

Harvesting the Cover Crop

Since the favas were planted almost 1 month too late the beans have not formed. I do not want to wait. The cover crop needs to be turned in now so that I can plant the summer crop next week. I am hoping it wont rain too much this weekend and I can start the double dig.

Today I cut down the favas and shredded them in preparation for turning them into the soil when I do the double dig.

Strawberries

The strawberry container is working very well. I have many strawberries already. Steven and I have eaten a few of the first ones. They are pretty good. Very sweet and good strawberry flavor.

January Update

Mostly same same. I have now stopped the bunny from getting into the favas. She would chomp them down and not eat them. They were being decimated. Still, nothing much to report except things are growing.

December Garden Update

Favas are growing well, as expected. The other cover crops I planted with them are looking a little weak. I'm not sure what the issue is with that, I'll wait and see. Mandarins should be ready soon. I have eaten one since the time I took this video and it was a little tart. Citrus only ripens on the tree so they will stay until they are sweet.