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A Gardener's Journal - 2001

1 October 2000
I spent the better part of a day rototilling the garden. I have a Troy-bilt Pony rear-tine tiller that I picked up used a couple of years ago. Someday I'll find a hiller attachment for it.
4 January 2001
Well, the ground is frozen and I wasn't able to find the time to till in the contents of my compost bin that has been slowly decomposing for about the past two years. I'll have to get that done early this year as I doubled the size of the garden. I also have to replace and extend the fencing.

The seed catalogs have started showing up in my mailbox -- that's a good sign that I'll soon be outdoors playing in the dirt. Of course, now I need to think about what to grow this year. I've been toying with the idea of trying to grow sweet corn but I'm not sure I have the room for it. For now, I guess I'll keep reading A Northeast Gardener's Year by Lee Reich.

15 January 2001
I'm starting to think of what I want to grow this year. So far the list is impressive considering the size of my garden. I just might have to accidentally let the rototiller wander a bit in the spring.

Gardening

Ah, gardening! What better therapy for a busy life than taking the time to grow fresh food for your family? These pages will be a chronicle of my garden, and I hope you find it interesting.

Year 2000

Well, the new millenium was a bust for gardening. I had to treat the lawn for grubs and didn't want to grow vegetables in the newly-treated soil so we didn't plant a garden this year. I didn't really have time to get out there and do all the weeding and thinning anyway. Our three blueberry bushes failed to yield any fruit worth picking, too. In 1999, when we had that hot, dry summer we had a decent crop. This year was cooler and more wet, so I don't really know what went wrong. I'll have to read about growing blueberries in Massachusetts and see if I can't get a better harvest next year.

Next year will be different. Lisa and I are excited about having fresh vegetables so I've already started preparing the garden plot.

Year 2001

Well, 2001 was no kinder. The blueberries were bitter, and most of the plants in the garden failed to produce. Our early harvests of snap peas and snow peas was good, and I did get a small crop of red bliss potatoes that were tasty. Half of my seeds never made it into the ground, and what I did plant did poorly.

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