June 13

I am late getting this blog up and running. Last years Mega garden can be viewed at this link http://themegagarden2009.blogspot.com/


I will bring you up to date in one post and will try to keep this current from now on, but don't hold your breath.
All rows are 75' long unless otherwise noted.

April 24 Planted 21 rows of Pontiac red potatoes

April 26

Planted 9 rows of Yukon Gold potatoes


May 8

Panted 2 double rows of Little Marvel peas, 2 double rows of Sugar Snap Peas.


May 15

Planted 1 double row of beets, 1 double row of Danvers carrots, 1 double row of Scarlet Nantes carrots. Potatoes starting to emerge


May 21

Planted 2 double rows of blue lake bush beans (4 ea 75' rows total) 7 rows of Ambrosia corn (75' rows). 12 Roma, 11 DX, and 2 Goliath tomato plants. Peas are starting to emerge

May 23

Light frost, 32°. tomatoes toast and potatoes nipped.

May 24

5” of wet heavy snow
May 26

Frost

May 28

Replanted tomatoes, two Roma, 12 DX, 11 Goliath

May 29

Beets are up, Yukon Gold potatoes up.

June 3

Corn and beans are up.
Planted 6 hills of yellow zucchini
6 hills Black Beauty zucchini
3 hills Jackpot bush zucchini
2 hills yellow straight neck squash

12 green Bell peppers
2 red bell peppers
8 Anaheim chili peppers
6 Banana peppers
6 Jalapeno peppers

June 4

planted 4 hills Spacemaster cucumber
8 hills Marketmore 76 cucumber
7 hills Poinsett 76 cucumber

8 hills Hales Jumbo cantaloupe
7 hills Crimson Sweet watermelon

June 11

Hilled up the Pontiac potatoes
planted 8 hills Summertime Sweet Honeydew melon
6 hills Bush Sugar Baby watermelon
1 hill Crimson Sweet watermelon

4 Spaghetti Squash
5 Walthem Butternut squash
5 Acorn Table Queen squash
4 Hubbard Blue squash
4 Pink Banana squash
8 Jack O Lantern pumpkin
3 Big Moon pumpkin
3 Small Sugar New England pumpkin