Garden journal for June

MONDAY 6.20.2011

watered window boxes

dead headed flowers

weeded under window boxes

trimmed mint

watered containers

power washed sidewalk

watered garden beds

picked peas in back garden

picked strawberries, lettuce, spinach, and some leeks, rhubarb

weeded in the front yard and raked leaves

planted tomato in hanging container

planted cantaloupe

planted bell peppers

planted cucumbers

made rhubarb sauce, strawberry short cake, potato leek soup

TUESDAY 6.21.2011

went to Newberg had breaks on car fixed, worked on work catalogues

Eric moved some debris

had a garden salad for dinner

WEDNESDAY 6.22.2011

trimmed bottom of kiwi

trimmed heather

raked up debris in front and hauled by trash trailer

made the decision to sell trash trailer, branch grinder to get a dumping trailer

picked peas in front yard

watered plants along driveway fence

watered plants in bed by box windows

watered rose in container by front door and containers between box window

watered Isaac’s garden and moss area under doug fir

watered ferns and hostas

had potato leek soup for dinner

windows were measured today, will be ordered this week

THURSDAY 6.23.2011

picked peas

picked lettuce

water garden

clean green house

clean garden pots

move rocks

Friday 6.24.2011

worked on cleaning up rototiller, getting it ready to rototil

put sand box in place, landscape cloth, filled with sand

pruned kiwi, hauled debris to burm

mixed perlite, peat moss, and sand together

rototilled front by fence area 2 hours

pruned tree limbs by grapes, hauled branches to pump house

fill dump trailer

Saturday 6.25.2011

Go to dump and unload, go to dump and unload

go get compost and unload, go get compost and unload

mow lawn

cleaning garden shed

mix soil

plant bulbs in gallon containers

water

beer in small bowls for slugs

rototil by isaac tree

prune tree branches

Sunday 6.26.2011

picked peas

watched Charlotte

Monday 6.27.2011

spray paint sand box lid

spray paint containers

clean up container area

plant bulbs

mix soil

dump trash cans

picked strawberries

made 14 jars of jam

Tuesday 6.28.2011

newberg

picked berries and freeze

Wednesday 6.29.2011

pick garlic

pick peas

pick strawberries

made raspberry jam

made mixed berry jam

made strawberries, raspberry and basalmic vinegar

pruned roses

Thursday 6.30.2011

move branches into trailer

put apple maggot traps out

put humming bird food out

weeded behind office window

cleaned up artichokes

watered garden

clean up Charlottes outdoor furniture

Humming bird food

A friend shared this on Facebook and I thought it was worthy to try out.

Thanks for sharing it Kathi.

The recipe for hummingbird food: boil water, measure a 4 water to 1 sugar ratio. Allow to cool. Pour into clean hummingbird feeder for just pennies. Enjoy ♥ ♥ ♥

I found this template on line about garden journals

Rooster's Rendezvous Gardening Journal

Plot number/location:

Gardener's Name:

Date Garden Planted:

Type:

My Garden Profile

1. What's growing here now?

2. What's my exposure?

3. What's my soil like?

4. What's my moisture and drainage?

5. Soil test results:

Garden Map-insert sketch of garden map here.

Garden Photo-insert photos here

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Journal

For each week of the year record the following information
by appending a copy of this section on to the end of this article:

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Week of the year _ of 52
Month:
Date of this entry:

How's the weather?
How's the soil?
What's blooming?
What am I planting?
What am I harvesting?
How am I feeling?

What's going on with the:

1. Flower gardens?
2. Vegetables & fruits?
3. Herbs?
4. Trees & shrubs?
5. Lawn?
6. Wildlife in the garden?

Other notes

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Record this for each plant your growing in your garden:

Just copy and paste this section on to the end of the
article for each plant in your garden.

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Planting Records

Plant number:

Common name:

Botanical Name:

Cultivator or variety:

Type(annual, perennial,vegitable,flower,etc.):

Form

Seeds

Plants

Bare-Root

Container

Other

Source

Date purchased or received

Cost

Condition

Date planted

First germination

Transplanted

Location planted

Projected mature size: height spread

Blooming/Fruiting period

Color/Form/Foliage Notes

Yealds (Fruits/vegetables/herbs)

How did this plant perform?

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In summery each year fill out this

What worked

Flowers

Vegetables

Herbs

Shrubs

Trees

Fruiting plants

Wildlife

Other

What did not work?

Flowers

Vegitables

herbs

Shrubs

trees

Fruiting plants

Wildlife

Other

What would you do differently next year?

Flowers

Vegetables

Herbs

Shrubs

Trees

Fruiting plants

Wildlife

Other

General notes on the year