Sowed lettuce (salad bowl) in a 3'x6' bed that was prepared with 2 gal of rabbit manure.
Sowed Onion (White Libson Green Scallions) in 1-1/2'x3' bed with 1/2 gal rabbit manure.
Stickfigure Gardening with Leonardo de Stickfigure
The Stickfigure Family
Saturday, February 22, 1986
Tuesday, February 18, 1986
Vegetable Varieties for This Spring
Finished mulching the garden. Saw the 1st frog of the spring. And the birds have become busy again.
Here are the varieties for this spring.
1. Peas - Alaska, early, Ferry Morse Seed
2. Tomato - Red Cherry, Ferry/Morse
3. Turnip - Purple Top White Globe, Ferry/Morse
4. Chinese Cabbage - Michihli, Sabetha Seed
5. Turnip - Seven Top, Sabetha Seed
6. Lettuce - Salad Bowel, Ferry/Morse
7. Onion - White Libson Green Scallions, Green Valley Seeds
8. Pepper - Early Calif Wonder, Green Valley Seeds
9. Tomato - Marglobe, Green Valley Seeds
10.Sunflower - Giant Grey Stripe, Northrup King Seeds
I potted up the tomatoes and peppers for starts and placed them in the south window.
Here are the varieties for this spring.
1. Peas - Alaska, early, Ferry Morse Seed
2. Tomato - Red Cherry, Ferry/Morse
3. Turnip - Purple Top White Globe, Ferry/Morse
4. Chinese Cabbage - Michihli, Sabetha Seed
5. Turnip - Seven Top, Sabetha Seed
6. Lettuce - Salad Bowel, Ferry/Morse
7. Onion - White Libson Green Scallions, Green Valley Seeds
8. Pepper - Early Calif Wonder, Green Valley Seeds
9. Tomato - Marglobe, Green Valley Seeds
10.Sunflower - Giant Grey Stripe, Northrup King Seeds
I potted up the tomatoes and peppers for starts and placed them in the south window.
Saturday, February 15, 1986
Garden Sprays
The Stickfigure Family
Saturday, February 15, 1986
Speed Trap
He drew a slender parachute
To climb upon a wind
Then drifted to my garden
Inviting himself in
His spot is near a thoroughfare
Where moth and fly commute
And there he waits for bandits
To crash into his net.
An acrobat on a filament
Invisible to prey
To have a living garden
You must keep the sprays away.
MG Morris
Saturday, February 15, 1986
Speed Trap
He drew a slender parachute
To climb upon a wind
Then drifted to my garden
Inviting himself in
His spot is near a thoroughfare
Where moth and fly commute
And there he waits for bandits
To crash into his net.
An acrobat on a filament
Invisible to prey
To have a living garden
You must keep the sprays away.
MG Morris
Emergence Sea
I trimmed the roses today. We have one old fashioned rose that blooms once a year in the spring that I think has been here since the place was homesteaded in the late 1800s or early 1900s.
On the east side of the hill there are the remains (only the foundation and trash pile) of the original homestead. Occasionally I scour the trash heap to find bottles and other odds and ends. The place is rumored to be a Hooverville during the depression and so there is evidence of "camp sites" all along the overgrown road at the bottom of the hill. I even came across the bones of a hootchery (whiskey still). The other rumor is that people would occasionally use the place as a free dump.....(which sounds more plausible to me). Of course both may be true.
The inhabitants of the homestead had a garden and some flowers, I'm sure, but the only remnants of that is two clumps of "flags" that have wandered away from the original sight. Both clumps are located just outside the tree lines; one near the house and the other at the top of the hill.
In the garden swarms of flies, gnats, and spiders have come out to play. You know they are aiming for my garden. But what would a garden be without insects and spiders.
On our place which was located on the north side of hill facing the Arkansas River where there is plenty of gypsum for conditioning clay soils typical of Oklahoma. I had to adjust for the change in climate from having a garden in the city to one in the country. One advantage of being on the north side of a hill is that the cold air drains off the hill and onto the area below delaying the first frost in the fall by about a week and a half. If I put plants under a cloche I could extend the season by another month here in Oklahoma. The fall will usually last up until the 1st of December. After that I could keep the plants under a cold frame but the plants wouldn't grow much because of lack of sunlight.
On the east side of the hill there are the remains (only the foundation and trash pile) of the original homestead. Occasionally I scour the trash heap to find bottles and other odds and ends. The place is rumored to be a Hooverville during the depression and so there is evidence of "camp sites" all along the overgrown road at the bottom of the hill. I even came across the bones of a hootchery (whiskey still). The other rumor is that people would occasionally use the place as a free dump.....(which sounds more plausible to me). Of course both may be true.
The inhabitants of the homestead had a garden and some flowers, I'm sure, but the only remnants of that is two clumps of "flags" that have wandered away from the original sight. Both clumps are located just outside the tree lines; one near the house and the other at the top of the hill.
In the garden swarms of flies, gnats, and spiders have come out to play. You know they are aiming for my garden. But what would a garden be without insects and spiders.
On our place which was located on the north side of hill facing the Arkansas River where there is plenty of gypsum for conditioning clay soils typical of Oklahoma. I had to adjust for the change in climate from having a garden in the city to one in the country. One advantage of being on the north side of a hill is that the cold air drains off the hill and onto the area below delaying the first frost in the fall by about a week and a half. If I put plants under a cloche I could extend the season by another month here in Oklahoma. The fall will usually last up until the 1st of December. After that I could keep the plants under a cold frame but the plants wouldn't grow much because of lack of sunlight.
Friday, February 14, 1986
It's Spring in Berryhill
A Robin showed up after a week long snow. The first signs of spring have appeared. Dandilions have appeared on the south side of the stone foundation of the old garage. It has been a very light winter with temps in the 50s for several weeks. Two fairly cold "spells" graced us early and late in the season. Our rabbits have fully matured and I plan on breeding them as soon as possible.
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