Garden Plans > 2015: athena garden

About this Garden Plan

2nd year garden - no change in size from last year

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: Athena, OR (Gerking Flat)
Garden Size: 84' 11" x 52' 11"
Garden Type: Home garden
Garden Layout: Traditional layout - rows etc
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Good soil

Plan Notes

Continued with the orange construction barrier for wind control. This method reduced wind issue last year to roughly 50%. Constructed two 41" x 96" visqueen pvc tents as experiment for early starts. These worked so well that we will construct two more for next spring. These were engineered to be stackable when not in use. 8-15-15 Update: Been very busy with off property work projects, helping friend update their house, preparing it for sale. Staying ahead of garden weeds and tasks, but only barely. ( smile ) Somewhat disappointed with how the garden in doing this year. Warm dry and windy weather this year along with not being present as much as last year is more than likely the reason. It is doubtfull we will be able to can the quantity of tomatos this year as we were hoping to increase tomato crop. Oh well, I guess it is all part of growing up. ( smile )

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Beans (Bush Snap)
 Tenderpick Bush
249"5" x 1' 1"Seeds planted 5-21-15 As of 9/19/15 10# harvested.
Beans (Bush Snap)
 Bush Blue Lake
249"5" x 1' 1"Seeds planted 5-21-15 8-15-15 Harvested 2-3# so far. All bush beans doing ok, but warm dry windy conditions hampered plants. As of 9/19/15 10# harvested.
Beet
 Detroit Dark Red
1685"3" x 7"Seeds planted 5-20-15 8-15-15 20# harvested so far. Pickled all. Nice crop this year. As 8/22/15 60# harvested.
Broccoli
 Waltham 29
21' 5"1' 5" x 1' 5"Seeds planted 5-20-15 8-15-15 Broccoli did not do well at all this year. Two plants remain, but just leaving them to see what they do. Not expecting any harvest. No harvest.
Carrot
 Scarlet Nantes
3203"3" x 5"Seeds planted 5-21-15 8-15-15 Carrots coming along ok, but half planting did not take, so carrot crop will be small unless more are planted soon. As of 12/27/15 15# harvested & more to be harvested.
Corn
 Double Sweet (Hybrid)
711"11" x 11" 
Corn 211' 1"11" x 1' 5"8-15-15 Corn crop short in height this year compared to last year. Warm dry windy weather likely the cause. Only about 15# harvested.
Cucumber
 Boston Pickling
11' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"8-15-15 Something took out all but one plant this year. The remaining plant struggling. Less than 5# harvested
Onion
 Walla Walla Sweet
205"3" x 7"Onion Sets purchased from Andy's Market. Set in garden 4/7/15 8-15-15 Onions about due to be harvested. Not many, but look good. About 5# harvested.
Pumpkin 22' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"8-15-15 Pumpkin taking over gardens spots. ( smile ) About 60# harvested.
Radish 683"3" x 7"Radish seeds planted as row markers 5-20-15. All radishes are French Breakfest. 8-15-15 Radishes NOT good this year for some reason. Not like last year. Dry weather, no doubt. Less than 5# harvested.
Raspberry 92' 3"1' 11" x 2' 11"Carry over from 2014. About 3# harvested.
Rhubarb
 Victoria
72' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"Planted 20 starter sets for first stage under visqueen tent. 8-15-15 All 20 starts are surviving very well. Temptation to pick some. ( smile ) No harvest this year, but huge plants. They obviously love where they are planted.
Squash (Summer)
 Table Queen Acorn
91' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"In ground 6-3-15 8-15-15 Acorn squash taking over their section of garden. Doing very well. As 9/21/15 40# harvested.
Strawberry 161' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"Carry over from 2014. Warm dry windy weather and birds taking a toll. Less than 2# harvested.
Tomato (Large) 111' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"Four HomeDepot sets in garden 5-15-15. 8-15-15 Tomato plants doing ok, but warm dry weather taking a toll. Leaves shriveled to large degree. As of 11/02/15 293# harvested. Late warm wx extended harvest.
Tomato (Small) 121' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"As of 11/02/15 27# harvested.
Zucchini 81' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"Seeds in ground 6-3-15. 8-15-15 60# harvested so far. Pickeled, frozen, fried and give away. ( smile ) As of 9/21/15 176# harvested.

Planting Times

Plant List key
 PlantJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Beans (Bush Snap)
 Tenderpick Bush
Beans (Bush Snap)
 Bush Blue Lake
Beet
 Detroit Dark Red
Broccoli
 Waltham 29
Carrot
 Scarlet Nantes
Corn
 Double Sweet (Hybrid)
Corn
Cucumber
 Boston Pickling
Onion
 Walla Walla Sweet
Pumpkin
Radish
Raspberry
Rhubarb
 Victoria
Squash (Summer)
 Table Queen Acorn
Strawberry
Tomato (Large)
Tomato (Small)
Zucchini



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