Category: Straw bale bed #7

  • Gardening Diary – April 1, 2021

    Gardening Diary – April 1, 2021

    Covered Straw Bale Bed #7 Picture taken 1 April 2021. Since the forecast low for tonight is 26o F, checked the literature to see if we needed to cover our Oregon Sugar Pod II Peas [Pisum sativum var. saccharatum] and/or Icicle Short Top Radishes. From Oregon State University Extension Service [1]:…

  • Gardening Diary – March 26, 2021

    Gardening Diary – March 26, 2021

    Hydrangea bed. Picture taken on 26 March 2021. Weeded most of the Hydrangea bed and the part of the right walkway adjacent to the bed. Most of the weeds were Dead Nettle, Violets and Onions. Aphrodite Sweetshrub [Calycanthus L. ‘Aphrodite’] Picture taken on 26 March 2021. Planted an Aphrodite Sweetshrub [Calycanthus L.…

  • Gardening Diary – March 24, 2021

    Gardening Diary – March 24, 2021

    Oregon Sugar Pod II Peas [Pisum sativum var. saccharatum] Picture taken on 24 March 2021. Watered straw bale beds #7-8. Carol Mackie Daphne [Daphne x burkwoodii ‘Carol Mackie’] Picture taken on 24 March 2021. Put 4 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini-nuggets on the Flowering Cherry bed which we planted the…

  • Gardening Diary – March 11, 2021

    Gardening Diary – March 11, 2021

    Back part of Straw Bale Bed #8. Picture taken March 11, 2021. Front part of Straw Bale Bed #8. Picture taken March 11, 2021. Placed a 1 ft3 bag of Vigoro All-Purpose Garden Soil on each back, front of Straw Bale Bed #8 and the front of Straw Bale Bed #7.…

  • Gardening Diary – February 23, 2021

    Gardening Diary – February 23, 2021

    Left side of the tier bed. Picture taken on 23 February 2021. Removed half of the green plastic fence from the left side of the tier bed. The fence consisted of 2 pieces and I removed 1 of them. Straw bale bed #7 Picture taken on 23 February 2021. Wrapped…

  • Gardening Diary – February 19, 2021

    Gardening Diary – February 19, 2021

    Fertilized straw bale beds #1-4, #7-8. Used almost the whole gallon of the Alaska Fish Fertilizer. Sharon said that she would use only a half a gallon. Therefore, she suggested that I skip the 2nd day of fertilizing tomorrow.

  • Gardening Diary – February 10, 2021

    Gardening Diary – February 10, 2021

    Straw bale beds #1-4 Picture taken on February 10, 2021. From a second palette, took 6 or 7 wheat straw bales to finish installing the straw bales in the raised beds #3-4. Straw bale bed #7 Picture taken on February 10, 2021. 1 or 2 of the straw bales had…

  • Gardening Diary – February 9, 2021

    Gardening Diary – February 9, 2021

    Shipment from Home Depot Picture taken on February 9, 2021. Yesterday, ordered 24 wheat straw bales, 6 pine straw bales, 10 1 ft3 bags of garden soil and 75 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini-nuggets mulch, They were brought to the house this morning and were contained on 4 palettes. Straw…

  • Gardening Diary – February 5, 2021

    Gardening Diary – February 5, 2021

    Stepping stones in the Lenten Rose bed. Picture taken on February 6, 2021. From the car, took 6 of the stepping stones which we had purchased last month from Lowe’s and placed them in the Lenten Rose bed. Raised beds #7-8. Picture taken on February 6, 2021. To prepare the…

  • Gardening Diary – January 26, 2021

    Gardening Diary – January 26, 2021

    Raised bed #6 Picture taken on January 26, 2021. Moved all the pots that were in raised bed #7 over to the raised bed #6. For several years, we had these pots on shelves at the back of the house in the “herb bed”. These shelves began to deteriorate even…