Govinda's Garden

Sunday, April 30, 2023 High: 66.9 Low: 48.2 Light rain in the morning, then partly cloudy Tasks Transplanted some Sweet William flowering plants from the west bank to the orchard. As I'm writing this post I just realized they are biennial plants, which I just learned means that they end their life cycle after two years. So this dividing and transplanting experiment might be moot. Put up some shade cloth on the west side of the greenhouse roof. I cut the original 23' x 16' sheet into a smaller piece that could fit over that section. It was difficult to reach the top center, but I was happy with what I did and am curious to see how it affects the daily high temps. Purchased two more pounds of white clover from Jesse Israel. Also witnessed them selling a blueberry plant for $85 and a hardy wiki for $75. Mixed around the compost bins using the pitchfork. Transplanted the raspberries that were on the south side of the greenhouse into 10G fabric containers. It'll be much easi

Saturday, April 29, 2023 High: 75.0 Low: 48.7 Mostly sunny Tasks Went to a plant sale in Weaverville that I found from signs on the street. They only had peppers and tomatoes, but I had a nice conversation with the woman there. She recommended connecting with ASAP if I wanted to sell produce or do anything farm/business related. Moved the fig cuttings back to the windowsill Pulled some weeds (Bermuda grass) Harvested all the spinach and cooked it (yum) Planted some bell peppers (unknown because of lazy labeling by yours truly), and determinate tomatoes (Roma and tiny tim) from the plant sale. Two of the tiny Tim's are in the East bed with the edamame, and the others are in the covered raised bed, where the spinach was. Chopped and dropped some comfrey around the pears. The comfrey patch is going nuts, so I gave it a little trim. Trimmed off some of the cold-damaged foliage on the potatoes. I left some as-is, so we'll see what happens. We are supposed to get some lows in the low

Friday, April 28, 2023 High: 73.5 Low: 51.9 Light showers Tasks Published a short video on lignification Ideas: The first ripe fruit of the season Incredible Celery Dwarf sunflower in the ground Sochan Cold damage on the potatoes, but new growth as well Was pulling weeds and accidentally pulled up a tree

Thursday, April 27, 2023 High: 55.5 Low: 48.3 Rainy Tasks Picked up a book: Plant Propagation, from the library Ideas: I haven't gotten any bites on the plants I put on Marketplace. I might just put them in the ground on the fence edge or on the west side and front banks.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 High: 53.4 Low: 38.8 Rainy Tasks Planted clover on the west side bald spots Pruned off some bad branches (one from Chojuro, one from a plum) Shuffled the figs Ideas: I need to understand the temperature of the two beds that have Agribon on them. They might be suitable places to hold figs when the temperature is < 50 degrees. I noticed the Alleghany Pawpaw had significantly less cold damage than any other variety, which aligns with what I read about. Grateful for the rain lately as it'll help the clover spread Pruned off a diseased branch from the Chojuro Asian pear and an aphid-infested branch of a plum tree. I put these branches in the garbage bin. Yay Yay My precious :((((((( Asparagus finally poking his head out Planted white clover on the bald spots on the west side Covered the seeds with some old grass clippings "June Prelude" raspberries coming in early

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 High: 62.6 Low: 28.5 Cloudy Tasks Watered the path, beds, peas, asparagus Put up two t-posts and some wire for the blackberries Weed whacked the front yard Ideas: ? Persimmon :( Freshly watered path Potatoes took a hit Trying to identify these guys on the plum tree Trellis Indoor figs didn't take any damage! It briefly got down to ~29 degrees around 6am Hardy Kiwi took a major hit Marseille took a hit :( My precious :((((( Handsome boy took a hit Good thing I've been bringing these figs inside at night Persimmon cold damage