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Garden Diary 2011 This page was last updated on
12-31-2011.
Year’s Goals: 1) Spend 15 min to 1 hour a day in the garden,
usually first thing in the morning.
Set weekly goals to accomplish in that time. 2) Keep the garden looking good all the
time: weeded, pruned, fed, and flowering.
3) Grow some food all year, using succession planting and perennials
where possible. Expand the edibles grown and work toward being as
self-sufficient in food production as possible. 4) Rejuvenate the soil in containers instead of buying all new. 5) Fill empty spots throughout garden with
edibles and colorful plants, including flowers and foliage. 6) Set up a potting bench, pot storage
area, worm bins and compost bins on the Back North Side of the garden,
removing all the garden paraphernalia from the Patio except for containers
that are in use there at any given time. Looks like the goals this year are the same as last,
which tells me I am more sure of what I want after
20 years in this garden! And that's a
good thing. The direction is much
clearer and more purposeful, more useful, than when we started. Week of
July 11 - 17: B brought me a Yam plant from a cutting off the one at his
mother's place. I envy him a second
property to plant trees and other edibles on! We planted it in the
westernmost self-watering container in the center of the Week of
July 18 - 24: Malabar
Nuts in pots have all germinated. Ate a
few Barbados Cherries from the side of the
Mound and planted a dozen I found on the ground under it in four 4" pots, 2 per pot, on the Patio. Want to tuck
several of these around as well. M and one of his men came and took
out the plants I needed removed. Have
lost two weeks of nice solid rainy weather waiting for him to come, but the
rain is what held him up, so that's the way it goes. They
did a great job except some of the roots of
Elderberry, Firestick and Clerodendrum
coccinea were left in the ground, so there will
still be trouble from these down the road.
This is expected and we will all just have to keep on top of them.
Decided to leave the largest Elderberry in spite of the trouble it
causes since it is a useful and health-giving plant. Just need vigilance in keeping the suckers
it sends all over the property grubbed out.
It has spread to the neighbor's yard in back of us, so would be coming
up in mine anyway. May as well have it
in mine so I can use it. M's helper
accidentally ripped out the Guanabana I grew from
seed, but we looked for it in the pile I'd had them leave and I found
it. They planted it again and it looks
like it will be alright. I have
decided that the four blue Potager beds,
while aesthetically pleasing, no longer serve my purpose for growing
food. C's
garden has inspired me, and I know the unprotected little beds bake all
summer and don't produce well. So I explained to M that I want the blue
boards taken out and left on the back N side, and I want to combine the four
beds into two, making them freeform instead of squared off. Also, the skinny beds in front of the Patio
need to be reshaped to be deeper and freeform to hold Blackberry and
Raspberry bushes. After that, he can take out the grass there and make a path
of River Jacks and stepping stones. I showed him a diagram of the new back
garden plan and also emailed him one at his request. The goal is to have as
many fruit trees as can reasonably fit, which is quite a lot since they can
all be kept small and still produce. These will provide dappled shade for the
vegetables to grow under them, and for me to walk and work in. Once the trees
are producing, there should be vegetables, fruit, and nuts all year. Eventually, the entire back garden behind
the gates will have rock paths, with no grass left anywhere. If A wants to keep spraying grass, he shall
have as little as possible to spray and poison us with! Two days
later, I went to Excalibur with my friend M.
Spent a while getting input from Linda Wilson, and Bob Trask took me around picking out plants. Bought: Atemoya 'Gefner', Avocado
'Wilson's Seedless' and Loquat 'Cherry' ('Sherry'?) in 7-gallon pots, and
Carambola 'Bell', Fig 'Texas Everbearing', Jujube Indian-type (thornless),
Lychee 'Sweet Heart' and White Sapote 'Sue Bell' in
3-gallon pots.
That's everything major on my list for this year. M bought some red-fleshed Dragon Fruit and some ripe Canistels. We tried both, and they were totally amazing!
Definitely putting both of these on my list for next time! Planning a berry
run soon, either before or after the next two-week CA trip. Planted
the Loquat and Atemoya along the back between the
giant Mulberry and the Guanabana, and the Abelmoschus manihot from ECHO
between the Guanabana and the Jakfruit.
Emptied some of the self-watering containers on
the north side for soil to help make mounds for planting the fruit trees in.
Left the one with the eggplant and the one with Malabar Spinach. M said I can go ahead and plant fruit trees
in the Potager beds and his men will work around them while reshaping. So I
planted the White Sapote in the SW bed, removing
the teepee but leaving one pole that the Luffa from
Dr. S gave me is growing on. The Peach
went in the center of the NW bed (the teepee was removed), the Carambola in
the NE bed, and the Fig in the SE bed. Left teepees in the SE and NE beds for
now since we may still use them where they are for beans. The ones we took out may prove useful in
the TVA for things like Yams and Jicama, at least
until the trees get bigger. Spoke to M and I will mark the Potager and Patio
beds with bricks to show the new dimensions for him. He is going on vacation for a week and will
come after that to work on the reshaping and paths. I have explained to him that henceforth,
his men should leave the prunings on the ground
where they fall if they are not large.
Otherwise, bigger pieces need to go in the compost bins once they are
built, or laid in the backs of the TVA beds if they are really big. I will begin feeding the edible intensively
next month, mainly with worm castings and seaweed (which I can gather at the
beach), plus applying minerals and rock dust as needed in all the beds. So we
have made much progress toward our self-sustaining and self-sufficient edible
landscape, which we plan to eat from all year long. Moreover, my friend M
says I can raise rabbits and our other friend T can do a small aquaponics project on M's property as long as T and I
maintain them. Also, once Dad builds the compost bins and the N side is done,
we can put worm bins there (a good use for the blue boards from the Potager
beds) so we won't have to buy worm castings. I'm hoping by the end of the
year to have the structure of the garden finished and a feeding program in
place. All very exciting! Week of
July 18 - 24: Toured our friends the T's through the garden after learning
they also want to grow food here organically year-round for health. So I will
give them some plants and info. Made mounds of topsoil and composted cow
manure to the left and right of the giant Mulberry and planted root
vegetables in them: Malanga 'White' from Rorabeck's between the Guanabana
and Atemoya, Malanga
'Lila' from Rorabeck's between the Atemoya and Loquat, Malanga
'Edo' from the Oriental market between the Loquat and Mulberry, Yam White ņame from Rorabeck's on a
teepee behind the Mulberry, Malanga from Publix to
the north and a bit behind the Mulberry, and Malanga
'Coco' from the Oriental market just north of the Mulberry (this one may have
rotted). Mulched the newly planted fruit trees (except the Avocado and Lychee
- ran out of mulch) and the few little empty spots in the TVA. Still need to empty one last self-watering
container and use it to make a mound for the Japanese Sweet Potato labeled
'Purple Yam' at the Oriental market and mulch it and the Avocado and Lychee.
Reshaped the beds by the Patio - can't call them the Succulent Beds any
longer, though a few Kalanchoes will remain in the
south end of the southern one.
Otherwise, that one will hold Blackberries, and the northern one will
be for Raspberries and Blueberries.
Deepened and rounded the beds, setting the triple line of bricks in
place so now all that has to be done is pulling out the unwanted plants. Noticed at least one Blackberry plant in
the northern bed and a few in the southern, so I may just do this clearing
myself since M is on vacation this week, and anyway, he was concerned about
the difficulty of preserving the berry plants while ripping everything else
out. Also placed bricks to mark the
new dimensions of the Potager beds. Will try to lift the boards myself by
levering them up with the large shovel or the pitchfork, and if I succeed,
will do the reshaping of these myself as well. Don't have enough bricks to do a triple row
around these, but that's ok - at this point they will still have a double
row. May get more bricks eventually,
but it's more important to get at least a double row all around all the final
beds first, then take stock of what we have left. Can't forget that there
will be a few small beds on the Back North Side when we prepare that area,
and they will need brick outlines as well. One day, after all the planting
and paths are place, I would like to mosaic many of the stepping stones. Before that, I will scatter colored glass
and stones and broken pottery among the river jacks in the paths. Also, I can
stretch the bricks we have at a later date by making and placing quotes using
the poetry stones kit. This week, the plan is to work on the TVA beds: make
several mounds and plant root vegetables and tropical pumpkins in them, root
lots of cuttings of Katuk to plant along the back
fence and Okinawa Spinach to plant in the fronts and middles of the beds, and
mulch all empty ground. After that would
come work on the Potager beds, then the new Berry
Beds. I will plant Sweet Potatoes in
the Berry Beds to cover any empty ground until we actually get the berries,
probably next year, or at least late fall.
Have to call Excalibur to find out the best time to get them and what
they will have. Also need to take some of the rooted cuttings on the Patio to
friends: M, S's, T's and my acupuncturist, who gave me a Luffa
plant and a "Japanese Spinach" Sweet Potato a couple of months
ago. Also we need to get Dad to fix
the faucet by the Patio and split it so I can have a hose on the Patio as
well. Right now, I have to carry
buckets from the kitchen or that incredibly leaky faucet in order to water
anything there, which causes me to neglect things more than I otherwise would. In
fact, all the faucets and hoses need checking. At the moment, I am hand-watering the new
plants in the back garden every morning, and feel very guilty about the water
wasted by the faucet. I am sure that
fully half the water coming from it sprays out before it gets into the hose,
and the hose itself leaks like crazy, spraying water at either end of the
wand and drenching me completely just in doing that ten-minute chore. A thinks there is actually something wrong
with the faucet itself - O-rings do not help.
The wand needs replacing as well - O-rings not being enough there
either. Observations and plans: Still looking for some of the
edible perennials listed on ECHO's site, and hoping
to get them there. Need to call and
ask about the following, requesting them to take cuttings a couple of weeks
in advance and letting them know it is a two-and-a-half hour drive for us to
get there (maybe they will take pity on me): Alternanthera
sissoo (Sissoo Spinach or
Samba Lettuce), Arrowroot, Basket Vine and Spineless Prickly Pear Cactus.
Also still looking for Vetiver Grass and Water
Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica). As for the front garden, the bed Between the Front
Windows needs empty spaces filled again, since the Wrightias
and Alternantheras did not survive. This is probably due to a lack of
water. This bed is very dry to begin
with, and the Sweet Almond Verbena by the front door blocks the sprinkler
from hitting the bed the way it should.
So we need to move the sprinkler over a bit. We really should re-do the entire
irrigation system. It was designed for
all-over lawn and nothing else. How
short-sighted! But that's the usual way. Just like the house itself, which has very little insulation and no decent cross-breeze. Designed in the shamefully wasteful 1980s,
with no consideration to saving energy whatsoever. Bleh! It's what we have, so we work with it. I still want Wrightias,
but will put them somewhere else. It
would be nice to have a pretty pot with a Desert Rose in it on the way to the
front door, replacing or forming a backdrop for the strawberry pot of small Kalanchoes. It would be great to eventually put river
jacks and stepping stones in the front garden as well, east of the
sidewalk. Might be able to talk A into
it after the back is done and all looks nice there. There isn't really much
grass left in front now anyway, at least not on the north side. The bed with the Magnolia on the south side
could be expanded so there would be only a path left. Someday! We need to make a few sprinklers higher in front and
back. The Gaillardias in the SE corner
of the Most, though not all, of the things planted on the
Mound have also survived and filled in, so that there is only a little empty
space at the back. There is still some usable area in the middle, which can
hold a fruit bush or two (see below). Some unwanted Bridal Veil Clerodendrums have sprung up again in the shade and must
be taken out, and some Malabar Nuts have made small seedlings there and need
to be transplanted, but otherwise the Mound is in very good shape. The Beautyberry needs a hard pruning as it
has become large and unruly - must speak to M about that. I am hoping to put a few Camellia plants in
the shady part next season: one a striped ornamental, and another one or two
will be C. sinensis, the official Tea plant. This should work fine, as a red-flowered
ornamental one grows and blooms there already - it was planted many years ago
and has done just fine. The Mango has finished producing for the year - we
harvested the last one in the first week of July. Next year, we would like to
add just a few more fruit trees: Abiu and Canistel (which can be kept small and tucked perhaps on
the south side of the house and driveway west of the sidewalk), and Coconut
(which will cast little shade and can be planted in the swale on the south
side of the driveway). Shrubby plants:
Allspice, Bay Laurel and Cinnamon (which can be kept small and tucked into
the perimeter of the TVA), Hog Plum (on the Mound in sun), Kumquat 'Nagami' (which can go by the Lemon tree), Star Anise
(which can go between the Abiu and Canistel), Tea (on the Mound in shade) and Wax Jambu (on the Mound in sun). Climbers: Black Pepper Vine (growing up a
shady fruit tree in the TVA), red-fleshed Dragon Fruit (on the west post in
the After that, I may turn my attention to the little garden
Behind the Wall, thinning the Oyster Plants and Bromeliads, replacing them
with more colorful Bromeliads and adding some height in the back. Jacobean and Eucharist Lilies can be tucked
in to surprise us with flowers. Of
course, we still need to replace the diseased Hibiscus hedge along the front
wall with edible Eleagnus from Excalibur, or
failing that, Surinam Cherry. Both should provide berries even when clipped
regularly. Plant combinations under consideration for color
wherever needed are: Variegated Talinum with
Persian Shield and Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender', Crossandra 'Orange Marmalade' with Plectranthus
'Mona Lavender', and Rose Fountain Salvia. For the Back North Side, various Gingers will be good
in the shade, such as smooth- and velvet-leaved Costus
radiata and Globba winittii, along with a Stromanthe
tricolor, and maybe some Red Flame Ivy and Sedums for edging. Jacobean and Eucharist Lilies may provide
spots of color as well. East of the
fence, we could have a Tree Fern with native Inland Leatherleaf
Ferns underneath and possibly a Philodendron gloriosum
'Andre' and/or a giant Elephant Ear. The Candlestick Cassia by the garage window is too
large and unruly, but the Sulfur butterflies like these, so we can replace it
with a Popcorn Cassia, which would be smaller and prettier. Also, the white-flowered Plumeria is too plain and has no scent, so it should go
in favor of a fragrant, pink-flowered one.
This work would necessitate moving the large Bromeliads here, which we
have more of on the Mound and in the TVA, so maybe a different type of
Bromeliad would be good. Or perhaps the Wrightias
could go here instead. With the new
arrangement, we might just be able to see out the garage window again! The Patio is a mess right now, with loads of plastic
pots, tools and other garden paraphernalia and four self-watering containers
of Malabar Spinach, Stevia and velvet-leaved Costus radiata filling the
entire north half, plus the unused worm bin sitting by the family room
door. The south half is filled with
rooting cuttings and potted seedlings. This will all be moved out into the
Back North Side once it is finished, which will make A
ecstatic. We want to put a twin-size
four-poster iron bed frame at the north end, with an outdoor mattress and
pillows and perhaps some gauzy fabric draped around the top. We need a set of
covers in white, plus one in bright gypsy colors so we can change it up for a
party. A few strings of tiny LEDs would dress it up for evening, and a small metal
table with a mosaic top and matching chairs for
dining al fresco would be nice as well. There could be as many as six chairs,
four around the dining table and two tucked in other spots so they can be
drawn together anywhere for conversation.
A matching taller, skinnier table by the wall can hold overflow, and
two more tiny round ones could be used by people
sitting in the two chairs and on the bed. Once we have this seating, the
bench can go in its planned spot behind the I need to find a way to make sturdier, better-looking
self-watering containers. Have
considered covering them with hypertufa to make
them more attractive and protect them from the sun - in a way, this is
actually lining hypertufa containers with plastic
bins. If the outside of the bin is roughed up a bit, the hypertufa
would adhere better. No idea if it will be possible to get to this project
this year, but we shall see. Also, the weight necessitates a pump to get the
water out without damaging the container by dumping it - have to get one.
Meanwhile, I have trashed the first self-watering container I made because it
didn't drain well, and the others are getting brittle from constant sun
exposure (though in partial shade), but they work fine and should last
several months yet. Another project to get to sooner rather than later is
markers for the fruit trees and other perennial edibles. Some would be "planted" in the
ground, and others hung as "jewelry", letting visitors and lawn men
know what they are looking at. I can
paint a bunch of small purchased ceramic tiles (or make my own) and fire them
in my kiln, or work a deal with B at the shop to fire them there at a
discount. Glass tiles could also be
used this way and fired in my home oven. M wants a Persimmon tree and a Canistel
and several other perennial edibles in her garden, some of which I will be
supplying, and I will also be helping her put in a cool season garden this
year. It will be very exciting if T actually does her aquaponic
project - if it works, I may do one with pink Tilapia. If I feel I can fit the time in, I will try
some rabbits. Would need to work out a
schedule with whoever works for M, or her son S, to help when I go out of
town. Or I could just leave them with
B if he's willing. Mom may even do it
- they are cute and fuzzy after all. It would be great to start with two or
three young ones in a sheltered colony setup, a small shed-like deal in the
shade under some trees if M is agreeable to it. Either way, I don't want to keep them on
wire because it hurts their feet. And
worms might be good underneath... A long wooden hutch lined outside with hardware
cloth/wire and attached to the fence under the fruit trees or on the Back
North Side would be great for my own colony once A gets over his thing about
having pets outside. Another
way-future someday project! Not to
mention that we could have ducks roaming the garden in the day and going into
a small shaded, fortress-like poultry house at night, and a small kiddie pool for them to splash in that I could hose out
over the root vegetables every few days for fertilizer. That could be tucked
in almost anywhere, right? And what about a couple of top-bar bee hives in an
undisturbed sunny corner somewhere, or maybe on top
of the poultry house? A does love his
honey... Week of
July 25 - 31: Toured B and his wife through the garden to see the new fruit
trees. Took two sessions to pull all
unwanted plants out of the new Blackberry Bed (formerly the south Succulent
Bed). Left only some Kalanchoes on the far southern end and any Blackberry
plants I could find. Also pulled the
only Blackberry plant out of the north Succulent Bed and planted it in the
new Blackberry Bed. Several Aloe
plants were moved to the Week of
August 1 - 7: Mapped my friend M's back garden and
designed an edible landscape for the whole area, similar to ours. Will go with her next week to buy several
of the fruit trees she wants, and her son S will plant them according to the
new plan. Irrigation company came and
re-worked our entire sprinkler system!
They put on all new Rainbird heads, most of
them 12" pop-ups, and moved nearly all that were inside beds out into
the paths so they would not be blocked by plants. The couplings were all re-done with
"funny" pipe, which should prevent the pipes from breaking if
stressed by being driven over or pushed.
Everything is placed so there is complete and overlapping
coverage. We are very pleased with the
job they did. Gave the owner rooted
cuttings of Chaya, Katuk,
Okinawa Spinach, and Water Leaves, and seedlings of Malabar Chestnut and
Malabar Spinach. His helper has no
space to grow anything, but we gave him and the owner each a bag of Malabar
Chestnuts that had fallen that day.
Toured the owner through and had him try the plants and gave him a
paper with info on all of them. Now M
wants them to re-do her system as well, so I will meet the owner there next
week for a walk-through and estimate.
Malabar Chestnut tree has given over two quarts of nuts in the past
three weeks or so and there are still pods on the tree! Tropical storm came
through, but did not affect us much except for blowing some of those pods
down for me. Taking more cuttings of
Okinawa Spinach and Water Leaves to give away and to expand our stock. Planted two hills of Seminole Pumpkin among
the root vegetables at the north end of the TVA, and two of a locally-grown
yellow watermelon (saved these seeds several months ago from a CSA delivery)
between the Atemoya and Loquat trees. Planted two large Cassava roots, one near
the Grumichama and one just south of the Katuk at the north end of the TVA. Hope the wax won't keep them from
growing! Don't like the flavor of the
roots, but the leaves are good cooked.
If they don't grow, I can get some that will from C. Dad came home this week and I hope to get
him to do the Back North Side projects as soon as possible: compost bins,
potting table, and worm bin. Then M
can come with his crew and finish that area!
Can't wait! Week of
August 8 - 14: Inventoried seeds for the coming season, planning to use what
we have first. Ordered what we still
need and all should be here in a few days.
Meanwhile, started what I had: Yard-Long Beans, Broccoli, Eggplant,
Garden Berries (solanums), Gherkins, Kale, Melons,
Mustard, Nasturtiums, Okra, Pak Choi, Peppers,
Tomatillos, Tomatoes, and Watermelons – multiple varieties, all sown in
4” pots on the Patio, enough for me and for M to get started for the
season. There are nine trays, one with
15 pots, and the others with ten each.
Will have a month to get it all going, then will take babies to M's to
be cared for. If she can't manage it,
we'll only be out a little work, and if anything survives I'll be better off
for having done it. Some items are
being direct-seeded and will be established by the time we leave anyway. Just can't do anything in the newly
redesigned Potager beds because they haven't been completed yet. Will always grow Amaranth and gynoecious Cucumbers on Patio because of pests and
disease anyway. Planted Ginger root in
one of the self-watering containers on the Patio with the Velvet-Leaved Costus already there.
Must check to see what Turmeric roots are doing underground - both
plants are doing very well above, but don't know if the roots are getting
bigger. Bought a yellow yam –
the others we already have are white.
Apparently, there are also purples.
The “Japanese Yams” (Sweet Potatoes, really) from the
Oriental Market seem not to want to sprout, so I have put toothpicks in one
and set it over a jar of water to see what will happen. B says you grow Cassava from cuttings
rather than roots, and I think I do remember reading that,
so will just have to ask C for some after all. Week of
August 15 - 21: The “Japanese Yam” refuses to sprout – it
either got too dry before I bought it, or was treated with a sprout inhibitor
for market. Thinking of going back to
the Oriental Market for more and trying again, as the other two look less
promising than that one. Went out and
pruned everything in the TVA that needed it, as well as some in the Week of August 22 - 28: Planted seeds of Tomato 'Black Cherry' to replace the one
pot that had none come up. All the Malanga roots that were planted between the Guanabana and north of the Mulberry are up except for the
' Week of August 29 - September 4: Planted seeds of Garden Huckleberry (2 pots),
Nasturtium ‘Caribbean Cocktail’ (1 pot), Nasturtium ‘King
Theodore’ (1 pot), Nasturtium ‘Out Of Week of September 5 - 11: Bought 12 bags of mulch and 2 of leveling sand (for
sprinkler donuts) and finished mulching the Berry Beds. Dad has hurt his
back, so I don’t expect he’ll be able to do anything for us until
we get back from CA. Poor Daddy! He’s in a lot of pain. Not sure if the blue boards are worth using
or not – some are a bit soft where they rested on the ground all those
years, but all are pretty hard for at least half their height. Wrestling with whether to put them out for
bulk pickup or not. Since that happens
every week, there’s no real rush. Will wait until Dad comes to work on
the Back North Side and get his opinion, since he’s the one who would
be working with them. Probably
won’t do a worm bin with them – don’t generate enough
kitchen scraps to need more than the continuous flow one we already have.
Went to a session with Master Gardeners at the WPB Library on Clematis St.
Nice, but the MG program seems to center on a pared-down version of
industrial farming for the home gardener, with emphasis on chemical gardening
and almost no mention of organics. At
least, they seem to regard organic practices as grudgingly practical, yet
inferior, though the man did discourage pesticides. The most useful thing we
heard was about a place called Uncle Ben’s on Week of September 12 - 18: Delivered plants to H & I, along with
printouts. Gave each a Chaya, a Malabar Nut tree, Malabar Spinach seedling (H)
or seeds (I), a Katuk, and two Water Leaves (Ceylon
Spinach). Hoping to get two Abelmoschus cuttings to J before we leave as well. The extra Chaya
and two Katuks will go to M. Also want to give C the two Canistel seedlings.
Maybe he can visit before we leave – otherwise soon after we get
back. Will be busy then, doing
grow-bag gardens for H and R, and possibly T’s and I as well. Can’t wait! Gave T’s 3 packets of mixed seeds:
Mustards, Pak Chois, and Broccoli ‘Di Ciccio’, along with the monthly charts of
vegetables for planting. Week of October 3 - 9: Back from CA!
Seedlings did not do well, and most got tossed. Went to Excalibur and Rorabeck’s
with M. Also went to Home Depot and got some Tomatillo, Tomato and Pepper
plants, which I planted in self-watering containers set in front of the
Patio. Working on pruning and feeding
front garden. Gave M a Jackfruit from my tree. October 10-20: M the lawn man came with a crew and put rocks and
stepping stones in the area in front of the Patio. Still waiting for Dad to build compost bins
and potting table – after that M can finish the utility area on the
back north side. Can’t
wait! October 27 - 9: Gave C a Jackfruit, some Elderberries, and some November 26 – December 31: Dad and I built the potting table and compost
bins! Ok, he built them, but I
helped. They look great! So excited!
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