Japanese stiltgrass

https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/japanese-stiltgrass
control like crabgrass and by pulling

March 27

Transplanted savoy cabbage, red cabbage and broccoli this morning.  Lisa has lettuce and radishes in beds 1 and 2.

Temps have been well below normal for March.  Got 3 inches of snow earlier Sun night? which watered her plantings.

March 18

Lisa got sweet peas and peas planted yesterday.  I got the onion sets in bed 1 Saturday.

I've raised bed 3 and tweaked North quarterplot.  Soil in quarterplot is in good shape, bed 1 not so good, though I hauled 4 barrowloads from the bin last week.  Bed 2 is good shape, except Lisa has radicchio at the one end and the iris at the other.

Lisa has geraniums started and sowed begonia seeds last week.

March 5

The leaves in bed 1 didn't work, so moved them to the path and covered in wood chips. 

Quarter plot north is good shape, except for fixing sides of bed.  Need to add wood to bed 3.  Bed 2 is good shape.

Bed 1 has leaves, but dug today (dug last fall)--should be in okay shape in a week or so. 

(Snow storm expected tomorrow--weather has been a little on the cool side>)

Nov 27

Have dug bed 1 and covered with leaves and netting.  Dug quarter plot north and added a load from the bins.  Added loads from bin to bed 4 and quarter plot south as well.

The greens are doing well, as are the leeks.  Something I need to remember, but don't. 

Dahlias are in, one box of less thriving, including Juanita plus a set of unmarked tubers on top. 

For future, the mustards are doing well, the clover is coming along.

Notes for 2013

Peppers:
plant with more distance between them, and if the same varieties as 2012, stake taller

Basil

Don'tput under tomato netting

Tomatoes

Maybe no netting.  Need more support on cages or use twine more

Squash

Use floating row cover

Nov. 4

Sandy came through a week ago and seems to have ended the dahlias.  Have dug two sets of glads, the new ones in 2012 in one bag with duct tape and the set I planted first.  I think the first planting which was deep didn't develop the small corms the new ones did.

All tomatoes vines disposed of.  Plan to put the leaves under the netting for the winter.  Greens doing very well, including the spinach planted in Sept?   Still some peppers.

Around home the caladiums are down.  No frost yet.  Tried to mark the various perennials.  Need to rake and plan.