Sunday, May 1, 2011

Garden notebook

Yesterday:

Lots of wind coming from the east
Hardening off everything
Planted Swiss chard
Cut seed potatoes for planting
Set up trash can potato planters

Today:

Chillier outside but still sunny
Hardening off continues
Planted moonflowers and morning glories along fence
Sheet mulched* along fence
Spread excess hay in backyard

*Sheet Mulch
(from bottom)

Tiny bit of bone meal
Thin layer composted cow manure
Wet old cardboard
~3 inches of dried leaves/leaf mold scrounged from alley
Thin layer "compost bin topper" (see next post)
~4 inches straw
LOTS of water

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