Journal

February 14, 2010 - Planted Happy Wanderer Vine Lilac in a pot in Royal Palm.

February 13, 2010 - Planted gladiolus in Dark Knight

February 11, 2010 - Planted tranplants of pepper and tomatos.

January 23, 2010 - Planted dill in middle of Blanco. Planted turnips in Odelay.

January 18, 2010 - Planted swiss chard in north side of Mayan Princess. Planted globe radish in the north side of Odelay. Planted cilantro in between petunia and speriment in Blanco.

January 17, 2010 - Planted spinach in the west side of Odelay. Harvested loofah.

January 16, 2010 - Planted lettuce seeds in the south side of Odelay.

January 15, 2010 - Planted chamomile seeds in the large purple pot and the Blanco herb garden.

January 14, 2010 - Planted cilantro, dill and spinach in peat pots.

January 2, 2010 - Planted roses, several annual transplants, a Japanese boxleaf in the front yard.

December 27, 2009 - Planted many annual transplants in many rooms.

December 24, 2009 - Planted a heavenly bamboo bush in Dark Knight. Planted a container of dill in Odelay.

December 19, 2009 - Planted fennel, lettuce, radish, swiss chard, chives, spinach, california poppies, lobelia, penstemon, mexican hat, mesclun, larkspur, cucumber, lavender, marjoram, lupine and monarda and a blackberry bush in La Contemplacion.

December 12, 2009 - Still very cold. Most seeds aren't germinating. Large storm with 74 mph winds last week. Another less severe one expected for tomorrow. Swiss chard growing very slowly. The last warm season annuals gave up the ghost this week. Sowed seed of fennel, lettuce, radish, cilantro, swiss chard, carrots, california poppies and spinach in the Dark Knight Garden.

December 4, 2009 - Temps dropped into the mid thirties. Watered a little to late in the day which resulted in a front in the morning. Tomatoes seem to be all that suffered. Will try to remember next year to mulch in November instead of putting off.

November 28, 2009 - Trace rain today around 1:00 PM. Purchased some annual seeds, peat pots, frog rain gauge and a succulent. Set seed of coneflower and black eyed susan.

November 27, 2009 - Condensed watering to reflect veggie schedule.

November 24, 2009 - Began overhead watering again. Watering has become very tedius. I will monitor the well being of the plants especially containers.

November 21, 2009 - Fertilized container annuals and perennials. Planted annual seeds of Love Lies Bleeding, Nasturtium, Cosmos, Cone-flower, Penstemon, Black Eyed Susan, Four O'Clock and California Poppy in with the fertilizer. Madelena planted carrots in a pot. Planted the Rosemary tree for Lisa's birthday. Planted the above annuals in front if the Rosemary. Noticed lettuce in the Royal Palm Garden was growing well.