In a small canyon in the Southern Cascades
On December 15th I spent a couple of hours in the garden pruning down the asparagus, adding some nutrient mix, and topping it with straw mulch. Also added straw mulch to the garlic bed and the last surviving. artichoke.
The asparagus beds are a mix of varieties. The upper bed was planted a view years before the lower bed and has a variety that produces some very large spears.
It’s Sunday now, August 28th, I think it was Wednesday that I bought some starts and seeds at the Chico Food Coop to start the fall garden. I planted in the raised bed (bed 19 ). It has the “nicest” soil. Good tilth. I planted broccoli, Brussel. Sprouts, bok choi, asian greens as starts. As seeds I planted Tokyo Market Turnips, Scarlet Ohno Revival Turnip, Lutz Green Leaf Beets. I set up micro sprinklers and covered with a shade tunnel.
It didn’t snow, much but enough to outline the garden beds. It would have killed any unprotected vegetables starts. The week before the ground was dry enough and warm enough to work up a bed for planting potatoes.
We leave a layer of needles to keep the soil covered.
The various filter(s) in the water system need to be cleaned regularly. About once a week in the summer when more water is being used. If the filters are not cleaned they will clog up and slow the water to the irrigation way down, or clog it up completely.
So I have completed a garden shed that will keep garden tools and stuff handy! There are a lot fewer rattlesnakes the past few years. Drought? Also in the last few years, I have seen several king snakes!!! Connection? We have pulled back from automatically killing rattlesnakes. They are not really looking for trouble, and they do help hold down the gopher population. In this post, I have a photo of a king snake that is hanging around the house and garden. Last year I found one in the shop and picked it up and let it go outside. Also this year there was one stretched out across the road to the creek. Juan and I were on a “check up on the creek” trip and herded the beautiful looking fellow off the road.
This day I added a filter to the main water line to the sprinklers. I forgot to take photos so I will try to add another post when I have a photo of the filter to share.
I planted starts that I purchased in the morning at the Farms Market from the GRUB booth.
Beautiful Mother’s Day!
Just quick bullet list of activity for Canyon log.
