Garden Plans > 2013: Hoot n' Holler Garden

About this Garden Plan

My Hoot n' Holler garden in 2013.

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: Methow Valley, Washington
Garden Size: 69' 11" x 37' 11"
Garden Type: Home garden
Garden Layout: Potager / Country garden
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Poor soil

Plan Notes

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Basil
 Genovese
211"11" x 11" 
Basil 58"8" x 8"6/12 Transplanted starts to garden
Beans (Pole)
 Scarlet Emperor
69"5" x 1' 1" 
Beet 203"3" x 3"6/7 Seeded
Broccoli
 Packman
31' 5"1' 5" x 1' 5"Transplanted 5/25.
Broccoli
 Blue Wind
41' 5"1' 5" x 1' 5"Transplanted 5/25.
Broccoli
 Belstar
31' 5"1' 5" x 1' 5"Transplanted 5/25.
Cabbage (Summer Red) 41' 5"1' 5" x 1' 5" 
Calendula 811"9" x 1' 11" 
Carrot 403"3" x 3"6/7 Seeded
Chives 17"5" x 9" 
Cosmos 511"11" x 11"Transplanted my starts on 5/26. Picotee and Sonata.
Cucumber 11' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"6/30 or 7/1 transplanted out. Healthy and started to grow with no transplant shock surprisinglyconsidering its high 90s - 102 for several days.
Eggplant 51' 5"1' 5" x 1' 5"6/10 Planted out healthy starts. Started growing fast. 7/5 Growing fast and beautifully. Starting to flower.
Flower
 Blue Salvia
511"11" x 11" 
Flower 1011"11" x 11" 
Garlic
 Korean Red
703"3" x 3"On 4/29 fertilized w/ fish emulsion. Very tips of leaves starting to yellow in just the past week. Otherwise very healthy and growing well; about 10 to 12 inches tall. Fertilized a few times. Started flowering about 6/20. Picked off. 7/5 Bottom lvs have been yellowing since flower buds. Harvest?
Kale 311"11" x 11"6/7 Planted starts. 7/5 Big healty plants. Can eat from for a while now.
Lavender 11' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11" 
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Flor...
57"7" x 11"6/7 Seeded 7/5 Nice healthy young plants. Ready for second thinning which can eat some small leaves. This applies to all lettuce in this bed.
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Jericho Organic
59"7" x 11" 
Lettuce (Leaf) 37"7" x 7"About 5 lettuce seedlings overwintered from last falls seeding.
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Sunset Organic
57"7" x 7" 
Marigold 137"7" x 7" 
Melon
 Sarah's Choice
12' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"6/12 Transplanted to garden. Very healthy roots just filling out pot.
Melon
 Minnesota Midget
22' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"6/12 Transplanted to garden. Very healthy roots just filled out pot. 7/5 Plants finally starting to grow. Doing extremely poorly. Some sort of wilt or something got to all of them right after transplanting out. Must be in garden soil? they all kinda wilted, thought they were going to die. It rained alot right after transplanting. DIdn't seem like they dried out, more wilty soft leaves, not crispy dry leaves, but I'm not sure what happened.
Melon
 Earligold
12' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"6/12 Transplanted to garden Earliglow. Very healthy roots just filling out pot.
Nasturtium 411"11" x 11" 
Onion
 Copra
663"3" x 3"6/7 Planted starts. 7/5 Growing much faster and bigger than the red onions that were planted a month earlier. What is different about soil?
Onion (Red)
 Red Bull
384"4" x 4"5/1 May Day! Planted onions. There's 25 plus 7 because there's a few of last year's fall lettuce growing well, so tucked in some onions among empty spaces in lettuce row. 7/5 Growing much slower and smaller than yellow onions planted a month later. Soil?
Oregano 17"5" x 9" 
Other (Perennial)
 Rugosa Rose
13' 11"3' 11" x 1' 7" 
Other (Perennial)
 Hydrangea
12' 11"2' 11" x 1' 7" 
Peas 83"3" x 7" 
Pepper 131' 4"1' 4" x 1' 4"6/10 Planted out healthy starts. Started growing fast. 7/5 Doing great. Healthy, green, growing, flowering. Northstar is the first to get little green fruits.
Potatoes (Maincrop) 2111"11" x 11"5/1 May Day! Planted potatoes. Planted 7 Yukon Gold, 7 German Butterball, and 6 Russets. So 20 plants. Started coming up 5/11. About 7/1, alittle earlier, German Butterball started to flower. Picking flowers off. All varieties are large and healthy looking except 1 GB plant has been yellow very early on and much smaller than others.
Pumpkin
 Winter Luxury
13' 11"3' 11" x 3' 11"6/5 Planted starts. Starts were started just about a week & a half ago inside. Healthy, roots just beginning to fill out pot. About 5 seeds in 1 4-inch pot.
Rhubarb 12' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11" 
Rosemary 17"7" x 7" 
Sage
 Pineapple
111"11" x 1' 3" 
Sage 11' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11" 
Scarlet Sage
 Red Salvia
411"11" x 11" 
Scarlet Sage 211"11" x 11" 
Spinach
 Tyee
75"5" x 5"6/7 Seeded 7/5 Beautiful young plants. Can start picking medium size lvs. and do a second thinning. First thinning done late about a week ago. This applies to all in this bed.
Squash (Winter)
 Delicata Organic
13' 11"3' 11" x 3' 11"6/12 Planted start out. Very healthy start with roots just starting to fill out pot. 7/5 Growing beautifully. Planted same day as melons doing awful, but this guy is doing great.
Strawberry
 Seascape
311"11" x 11" 
Strawberry
 Junebearing
2711"11" x 11" 
Sunflower 2111"11" x 11" 
Thyme 311"11" x 1' 3" 
Tomato (Small)
 Sun Gold
41' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"6/6 Planted Sun Gold, Juliet, Purple Cherokee, & Speckled Roman.
Tomato (Small)
 Heinz 2653 Organic
31' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"6/5 Planted Heinz, Norwegian Imur Beta, New Girl.
Tomato (Small) 81' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"6/6 Planted German Johnson, Moskvich, Japanese Trifile, Milano, Speckled Roman, Momotaro, Cosmonaut, Norwegian Imur Prior Beta.
Tree (Large) 113' 1"13' 1" x 13' 1" 
Tree (Small) 18' 2"8' 2" x 8' 2" 
Zinnia 149"9" x 9"All flowers in this row planted 6/5.
Zucchini 13' 11"3' 11" x 3' 11" 

Planting Times

Plant List key
 PlantJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Basil
 Genovese
Basil
Beans (Pole)
 Scarlet Emperor
Beet
Broccoli
 Packman
Broccoli
 Blue Wind
Broccoli
 Belstar
Cabbage (Summer Red)
Calendula
Carrot
Chives
Cosmos
Cucumber
Eggplant
Flower
 Blue Salvia
Flower
Garlic
 Korean Red
Kale
Lavender
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Flor...
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Jericho Organic
Lettuce (Leaf)
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Sunset Organic
Marigold
Melon
 Sarah's Choice
Melon
 Minnesota Midget
Melon
 Earligold
Nasturtium
Onion
 Copra
Onion (Red)
 Red Bull
Oregano
Other (Perennial)
 Rugosa Rose
Other (Perennial)
 Hydrangea
Peas
Pepper
Potatoes (Maincrop)
Pumpkin
 Winter Luxury
Rhubarb
Rosemary
Sage
 Pineapple
Sage
Scarlet Sage
 Red Salvia
Scarlet Sage
Spinach
 Tyee
Squash (Winter)
 Delicata Organic
Strawberry
 Seascape
Strawberry
 Junebearing
Sunflower
Thyme
Tomato (Small)
 Sun Gold
Tomato (Small)
 Heinz 2653 Organic
Tomato (Small)
Tree (Large)
Tree (Small)
Zinnia
Zucchini



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