Poor confused me. IT professional by day and gardener...uhm...the rest of the time. I can't figure out whether to keep a gardening journal in pen and paper or online. So, it has become a mishmash. Oh well...hobgoblins and all that.
I was quite determined to get ahead on my gardening this Spring. Last year I was so busy with work, that the garden was a disaster. So this year, I got busy.
Here's the list of everything I can think of to date, and the completion dates.
Task |
Priority |
Time |
Tentatively Scheduled |
Completed |
Build strawberry patch cages |
1.00 |
3 hours |
17-Apr |
17-Apr |
take mower and weed eaters to
small engine repair |
1.00 |
1 hour |
18-Apr |
18-Apr |
clean up branches by fence |
1.10 |
2 hours |
18-Apr |
18-Apr |
weed garlic bed and separate
garlic bulbs |
1.20 |
1 hour |
18-Apr |
19-Apr |
Pear tree area - clean up all
metal |
1.30 |
20 minutes |
18-Apr |
18-Apr |
mow by pear tree |
1.40 |
1 hours |
06-May |
06-May |
clean out compost area |
1.50 |
2 hours |
19-Apr |
21-Apr |
mow compost area |
1.60 |
1.5 hour |
06-May |
06-May |
chop down old grape vine |
1.60 |
2 hours |
19-Apr |
19-Apr |
move wheelbarrow |
1.70 |
10 minutes |
18-Apr |
18-Apr |
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plant Dahlias in butterfly
garden |
2.01 |
20 minutes |
17-Apr |
17-Apr |
plant clematis on front porch
pillar |
2.02 |
20 minutes |
17-Apr |
17-Apr |
add dirt to triangle strawberry
patch |
2.03 |
20 minutes |
20-Apr |
21-Apr |
weed bed by street and mulch |
2.04 |
1 hour |
20-Apr |
20-Apr |
weed front bed and mulch |
2.04 |
2 hours |
21-Apr |
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weed under front window and mulch |
2.05 |
3 hours |
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mow fence row |
2.05 |
30 minutes |
06-May |
06-May |
weed eat fence row |
2.06 |
30 minutes |
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plant herb boxes |
2.07 |
1 hour |
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weed herb bed |
2.08 |
30 minutes |
20-Apr |
20-Apr |
clean out bed next to bulbs |
2.09 |
1 hour |
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clean out next bed |
2.10 |
1 hour |
20-Apr |
20-Apr |
clean out first bed |
2.11 |
1 hour |
20-Apr |
20-Apr |
clean out next bed |
2.12 |
1 hour |
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Clean out Rachel's bed |
2.13 |
1 hour |
20-Apr |
20-Apr |
replace bamboo |
2.14 |
1 hour |
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clean fence area and put down mulch |
2.15 |
1.5 hours |
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weed bulbs |
2.16 |
15 minutes |
20-Apr |
20-Apr |
mulch tomatoes |
2.17 |
15 minutes |
06-May |
06-May |
weed back triangle |
2.18 |
30 minutes |
20-Apr |
20-Apr |
remove old JoePye bush |
2.19 |
1 hour |
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Mulch blackberries and prune (add bird
netting) |
2.20 |
1 hour |
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take down and throw out gutters |
3.00 |
15 minues |
20-Apr |
20-Apr |
put out chips |
3.00 |
15 minutes |
19-Apr |
19-Apr |
plant flower boxes |
3.00 |
2 hours |
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weed chives |
3.00 |
20 minutes |
20-Apr |
20-Apr |
plant blueberry bush |
3.00 |
20 minutes |
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cover cherry tree with bird screen |
3.00 |
30 minutes |
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set up irrigation |
3.00 |
4 hours |
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move euonymous bushes |
3.00 |
4 hours |
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move elderberry bush |
4.00 |
2 hours |
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clean out old flower bed |
4.00 |
6 hours |
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Clean out lavender row and
replant. |
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6 hours |
07-May |
07-May |
Buying a new push mower helped as the area out by the garden was overgrown and is to hilly for the riding mower.
Rhubarb is up and looks good. Sorrel is up. Echinacea is up. All but 1.5 of the beds in the back are weeded and prepped.