November 2017

This is what is going on in my garden November 2017!

Harvesting:

  • Carrots
  • Cayenne peppers
  • Thai peppers
  • Parsley (looks fabulous)
  • Basil
  • Lemons
  • Saffron – could  not believe this!  Got saffron 2-weeks after planting my bulbs, they just sprouted in the garden immediately:

Planted:

  • Saffron Crocus – 250 bulbs
  • Milkweed (plants and seeds)
  • Bitter Gourd (transferred to garden planter)
  • Winter Melon
  • Chayote Squash

What am I doing?:

  • Still direct composting – turning dirt and recomposting (see post on direct composting)
  • Getting rid of a lot of grubs in raised beds  (I don’t know exactly what type of beetle this will become.  I have seen 2 different types of black beetles in the yard)

  • My husband made me a raised bed for my saffron bulbs and I planted 250!
  • Trimmed back my Basil – finally!
  • Enclosed my Bitter Gourd seedlings in plastic

  • Started to dig a trench in side yard for my tulips – planted 50 bulbs so far

  • My husband made me a dirt sifter, because I keep complaining of all the rocks in our dirt
  • Ordered ‘Marijuana quality’ dirt (see below list)
  • Started giving away some of the banana plants as they love growing and expanding their territory
  • Watering everything in the garden once a week (fuchsias 3 times a week)

Musings:

  • Fig tree is yellowing
  • Butterfly bushes – trimmed the front patch quite a bit as they were infested with a bug that was killing it – starting to think that I may pull these seeded ones and buy another plant next year from the nursery to replace them.
  • I found mold on my hydrangeas

Here are some pictures of the garden this month:

  

Ordered the following soil enhancers from www.groworganic.com :

  • (1) Gaia Green Glacial Rock Dust
  • (1) Diamond K Solution Grade Gypsum
  • (4) Cascade Minerals Remineralizing Soil Boost
  • (1) Azomite Micronized
  • (1) Alfalfa Meal
  • (1) Par 4 Kelp Meal
  • (1) Ecomax Neem Seed Meal 6-1-2 Powder
  • (4) Worm Castings
  • (4) Just Coir
  • (4) Uni-Gro Pumice
  • (4) Langbeinite 0-0-22 Fertilizer
  • (1) Soybean Meal 7-1-2
  • (1) Activate 80 Coarse Grade Humate
  • (1) Marblewhite 325 – Solution Grade Mined Limestone
  • (1) Iron Sulfate 20

Also ordered one compost tumbler, to help us incorporate all the above in approximately 900 square feet of planting area.

Yes, that is 23 boxes of the above, each one are 40-50 pounds in weight.