Gardens in Skokie: April 2015

Sunday, April 26, 2015

what is 2/3

Well, 2/3 of my total tomatoes planted into WOW... or as many as I have now. Tested temps of the soil in the WOW 55-60 F which is pretty good so am roots should be happy.
Planted potatoes today- sheesh did not have enough for whole bed... got few fingerlings- Russian banana, French and Rose Finn Apple.
Hmm, I might have to go buy some from Whole Foods or Trader Joe just to finish the bed.
This year am trying application of black landscape fabric with floating row cover on top of it. FRC should give couple more degrees of warmth to the soil.
New trick is also watering with warm water. Yes, it does mean I have to bring buckets with me in the car every time I go to the garden but so far it has been worth it.

Warm weather au?

Planted 40 tomatoes into WOW by now but am waiting for couple more days, temps are just no good.

Good news I transplanted all tomatoes out of seedling trays and have only 5 trays or pepper/eggplants...

bad news some of tomatoes are looking like they going to need to be potted up again...

started seeing some buds forming...

Warm weather where are you?????

Oh yeah and zukes and cukes have germinated. You going to love new cukes piccolo di parigi!

Saturday, April 25, 2015

First buds set

My seedlings have not been coddled this spring... It has been cold, hoophouse, enclosed unheated porch and all that. Out of close to 80 varieties started Red Ruffles from J and L gardens and Pearly Pink Orange from Tania have first flower sets.
Some others are looking like they about start setting buds but there two are sure winners.
Have not grown either one of them... looking forward, always fun to see which tomatoes are going to have early fruit set.
http://jandlgardens.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=313

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Pearly_Pink_Orange

Friday, April 24, 2015

More tomatoes

Added some more to total 41 and set up another 15 EZ wall protectors.
Hoping to plant rest of 20 tomorrow and get a start on potatoes planting. I have fleece cover to add to the top.
In the meantime garden near the house

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Planted

3 tomatoes are planted into Windowsill on south side of the house and covered with poly.
Started up my WOW on April 21 and planted 17 tomatoes there, added 11 today. This morning after promised 35 F found that we were at least 31 near the house and far lower at the garden as ice started forming on tops of WOW. Plants seems to be fine, got watered with warm water.
Not sure what temps is soil, might need to invest into thermometer.
Debating whether to plant out other 20 or so tomatoes. Update- did 11.
Lettuce seedlings were frozen too, got drink of warm fishy water as well.
Yesterday was very overcast day so no sun helped to warm soil or WOW.
Today is different day.
So blessed for ability to garden!

Yellow 6-

Zolotoy zapas planted

Orlov Yelllow planted

Pirkstine orange planted

Zolotoe Serdse det orange heart

Yellow clusters

Little Lucky no grow

Container , small or dwarf 22

Kiss the sky ind tall

Romeo ind tall

Wherokowhai dwarf bicolor

Boronia dwarf

Danko 2ft det

Pearly Pink Orange cherry small container, hanging

Beliy Naliv det / semi 2 ft

Burshtyn early, productive, ind

Dwarf Arctic Rose-dwarf

Kimberley- early, container, 3 ft, branching +

0-33 container, det, early Saraev +

Krainiy Sever, det 2 ft early +

Kibitz early

Mano-2 ft, compact, acidic

Sugar Plum Raspberry

Beliy Naliv-2 ft

Kazachka ind, mid dark

Black Plum mid, ind

Fioletovyi Krugliy ind

Marmeladnye Krasnye cont dwarf early

Apricosa early ind

Bubjekosoko ind red cherry

Chernomor - compact early

Sweet Olive

PASTE 5

Idaho hillibilly

Chilikskie

Sabelka

L'espagnol Lefebvres

Shedra Sliva Tarasenka

RED 10

Guido planted

Budenovka Red

Adamovo apple planted

Kukla's Portuguese Beefsteak tomato

Birjnesekutsky planted

Red Ruffles planted

Russian Soul planted

Tsesarevich

George Detsikas Red

Grosse Serge

PLUM 5

VB RUssia

Ukrainka

Large Plum Romania

Khirkiv

Volovie Ukho

HEARTS 16

Kelli's heart

Serbian oxheart planted

Mom's heart

Dagestanskiy

Donskoi

Russian 117- no grow

Gloria

Volovsko Srce

Worlford Wonder planted

Bychok planted

Mama Alla

Sen Say

Pink Flamingo planted

Fish Lake oxheart

Mrs Shlaubaugh's Famous strawberry

Litvuanian Crested Pink

BEEF 22

Klein Early planted

Amana Pink planted

Tsarskiy Podarok- sweet, maybe bicolor?

Our own pink

Shirley S planted

Caspian Pink planted

Yaponskiy krab planted

Noire Charbonneuse planted

Dana's Dusky Rose

Grosse Verte Rose planted

Russian Bogatyr

Indische Fleisch

Black Magic planted

Brandyboy

Chocolate early planted

Nicholas Doochov

Novikov Giant 10 planted

Pravda

Gregori Altai

Pink planted

Atlasniy Ranniy planted

Daniel Burson

Margaret Curtain planted

Sakharnyi Slon

Dester

Rebel Yell

Friday, April 17, 2015

More flowers home garden

Garden is such a joy!

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Spring full blast

In the meantime near the house, love my riot of colors, small bulbs, species tulips, daffodils are starting the show. Two weeks of landscape fabric and decent weather took care of the soil- it feels nice and warm. Community gardens still do not have water... duh... so have to drive to water my seeds- lettuce, spinach, beets, carrots, kale, broccoli, onions are all in.

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Off we go, welcome 2015

planted my first 3 tomatoes into basement windowsill on south side of the house. Winners were Krainiy Sever, 0-33 and Kimberley.
0-33 was bred by Saraev, who specialized on frost tolerant varieties. Krainiy Sever is also known under translated name Extreme North. Am sure many have grown Kimberley.
So am looking forward to VERY early tomatoes LOL

and here is entire list for this year