2010 Vegetable Garden Calendar - The Bayou Gardener

The Garden Calendar is a great way to keep up with planting dates, rainfall, harvest or just about any other information you'd like to record.  There are some fine calendar programs out there but the most versatile is the one you make yourself.  My calendar was made with Microsoft Word using a simple table.

November 2009

Planted
Onion Seed
for transplants this spring

S-R1

Planted
Lettuce - (7)
Cauliflower - (6)
Broccoli - (6)

S-R1

Rain .25"

Started
Broccoli - (2)
Cauliflower - (2)
Cabbage - (2)
Kohlrabi - (2)

Planted:
Broccoli - (2)
Cauliflower - (2)
Carrots - (6 row ft)

N-Last Row

C = Mustard Green

Harvested
Broccoli - (2 heads)

G = Broccoli

Harvested
Collards - (2 M)

G = Collards

Harvested
Mustard Green (10 M)
Carrots - (1 M)

Harvested
4 gals. unshelled pecans.

G = Carrots
G = Broccoli

Started
Head Lettuce Cal - (4)
Leaf Lettuce RR - (4)

G = Broccoli

Rain 1.6"

Shelled 4 lbs. of Pecans

G = Pecans

Harvested
Tomatoes - (3 lbs.)

G = Tomatoes

Harvested
Mirlitions - (8)

G = Mirlitons

Harvested
Broccoli - (3 Heads)
Collards - (20 M)

G = Broccoli

< Rain

G = Broccoli

Started = in pots  Planted=planted in garden  Harvested from garden  M = Meals  G=eaten fresh from the garden  F=eaten from the freezer  C=eaten from a canned vegetable

Varieties:    Broccoli (Major F1) (Packman Hybrid F1)  Cauliflower (SnowCrown F1)  Cabbage (Golden Acre)  Kohlrabi (Early Purple Vienna)  Carrots (Tender Sweet) (Danvers) (Little Fingers)  Onions (Candy)  Potatoes (Red La Soda)  Collards (Georgia)  Lettuce (Calmar) (Green Tower) (Paris White Cos) (Red Leaf)  Tomatoes (Coustralee)   Eggplant (Black Beauty)  Peppers (Hungarian Wax) (CA Wonder) (Cayenne) (Mild Jalapeno) (Sweet Banana)

December 2009

Rain >  1.6"

Canned
Pepper Jelly - (9 pts)

F = Purple Hull Peas

Harvested
Cabbage
Lettuce
Cauliflower

G = Lettuce
G = Cauliflower

Snow  1/2"

G = Cabbage

Harvested
Mirliton - (9)

F = Broccoli
F = Cauliflower

Rain   1"

F = Purple Hull Peas
C = Wax Peppers

Rain 1.1"

Rain  1.2"

Started
Cabbage - (10)

< Rain

C = Carrots

Rain >  4"

< Rain

Harvested
Cauliflower - (7)
Broccoli - (2)
Cabbage - (6)
Kohlrabi - (2)
Lettuce - (1)
1st Potatoes - (2 lbs.)

G = Irish Potatoes

Potatoes that were planted
Sept. 28, 2009

Rain >  1.5"

G = Cabbage

Merry Christmas

G = Potatoes
G = Lettuce

<Rain

G = Lettuce

Rain>  1.1"

G = Kohlrabi

Started = in pots  Planted=planted in garden  Harvested from garden  M = Meals  G=eaten fresh from the garden  F=eaten from the freezer  C=eaten from a canned vegetable

Varieties:    Broccoli (Major F1) (Packman Hybrid F1)  Cauliflower (SnowCrown F1)  Cabbage (Golden Acre)  Kohlrabi (Early Purple Vienna)  Carrots (Tender Sweet) (Danvers) (Little Fingers)  Onions (Candy)  Potatoes (Red La Soda)  Collards (Georgia)  Lettuce (Calmar) (Green Tower) (Paris White Cos) (Red Leaf)  Tomatoes (Coustralee)   Eggplant (Black Beauty)  Peppers (Hungarian Wax) (CA Wonder) (Cayenne) (Mild Jalapeno) (Sweet Banana)

January 2010

Happy New Year

F = Purple Hull
G = Cabbage

Harvested
Carrots - (2 lbs.)

Fertilized Onions

G = Carrots

Harvested
Potatoes - (5 lbs.)

Rain  .5"

G = Potatoes

Started  (Heat Mat)
Bell Pepper CA - 12
Tomato Coustralee 6
Cabbage - 8
Lettuce GT - 4

F = Purple Hull Peas

Planted

Potatoes - 4 Pots
with 2 per container

G = Potatoes

Started
Wax Peppers - 4
Eggplant - 4
Lettuce - 8

Harvested
Potatoes - (8 lbs.)
Lettuce - (1)

G = Lettuce
G = Potatoes

Started
Broccoli - 4
Cauluflower - 4
Cayenne Peppers - 4
Banana Peppers - 4
Jalapeno Peppers - 4

Harvested
Carrots - (7 lbs.)

G = Carrots

JF

Plant Irish Potatoes

Too Wet For Me

G = Potatoes

Rain 1.3"

Started
Tomatoes CP - 4
Pepperoncini - 4

Planted
Sugar Snap Peas
in container. - 4

C = Pickled Beets

Rain .3"

Started
Kohlrabi - 4
Tomatoes Creole - 3

F = Broccoli

Started
Bell Pepper - 12
Wax Pepper - 8

F = Broccoli

Started
Broccoli - 4
Cauliflower - 4
Pepperoncini - 8
Cucuzza - 2  Seed Test

C = Mustard Green

Ran Emergency Generator

C = Wax Peppers
C = Purple Hull Peas

Started
Bell Pepper - 16
Banana Pepper - 4
Cabbage - 4

C = Purple Hull Peas

Planted
Irish Potatoes - 120'

Harvested
Irish Potatoes - 5 lbs.

Rain  2"

C = Pickled Beets
C = Wax Peppers

Started = in pots  Planted=planted in garden  Harvested from garden  M = Meals  G=eaten fresh from the garden  F=eaten from the freezer  C=eaten from a canned vegetable

Varieties:    Broccoli (Major F1) (Packman Hybrid F1)  Cauliflower (SnowCrown F1)  Cabbage (Copenhagen Market)  Kohlrabi (Early Purple Vienna)  Carrots (Tender Sweet) (Danvers) (Little Fingers)  Onions (Candy)  Potatoes (Red La Soda)  Collards (Georgia)  Lettuce (Calmar) (Green Tower) (Paris White Cos) (Red Leaf)  Tomatoes (Coustralee) (Cherokee Purple) (Creole)   Eggplant (Black Beauty)  Peppers (Hungarian Wax) (CA Wonder) (Cayenne) (Mild Jalapeno) (Sweet Banana) (Pepperoncini)

February 2010

<Rain

C = Purple Hull Peas

Received New
Covington
Planter

G = Potatoes

At the fishing lodge

Great saltwater fishing vacation with some friends

Rain>  3.75

G = Broccoli

Started

Bell Pepper  -  62
Wax Pepper  -  16
Pepperoncini  -  16

G = Cauliflower

Started

Cayenne  -  8
Jalapeno  -  8

Snow, Sleet & Rain  1"

Rain

C = Purple Hull Peas

Transplant Onions
Too Wet !!!

Plant Sugar Snap Peas in containers.

G = Carrots
G = Potatoes

Rain .5"

G = Carrots
G = Potatoes

Plant

Sweet Corn
Too Wet !!!

Rain  .2"

G = Potatoes

<Rain

C = Snap Beans
G = Potatoes

Rain> .9"

Started = in pots  Planted=planted in garden  Harvested from garden  M = Meals  G=eaten fresh from the garden  F=eaten from the freezer  C=eaten from a canned vegetable

Varieties:    Broccoli (Major F1) (Packman Hybrid F1)  Cauliflower (SnowCrown F1)  Cabbage (Copenhagen Market)  Kohlrabi (Early Purple Vienna)  Carrots (Tender Sweet) (Danvers) (Little Fingers)  Onions (Candy)  Potatoes (Red La Soda)  Collards (Georgia)  Lettuce (Calmar) (Green Tower) (Paris White Cos) (Red Leaf)  Tomatoes (Coustralee) (Cherokee Purple) (Creole)   Eggplant (Black Beauty)  Peppers (Hungarian Wax) (CA Wonder) (Cayenne) (Mild Jalapeno) (Sweet Banana) Corn  (Funks G-90 - sweet) (Yellow Dent -Field)  Okra  (Cow Horn)  Watermelon  (Charleston Grey)  Cantaloupe  (Hale's Best Jumbo)  Squash  (Cucuzza)  (Yellow straight neck)  (Buttercup)  Peas  (Top Pick Purple Hull)  Beans (Blue Lake Pole) (Florida Speckled Butter Beans Pole)  (King of the Garden Lima Pole)

March 2010

Rain  2.1"

C = Snap Beans
G = Potatoes

Started
Tomatoes  - 16

F = Okra

Tomatoes coming up planted on 3/3/2010

Rain .4"

Rain .2"

Average
Last Frost Date ???
Zone 8

Harvested

Carrots - 5 gal bucket

Tilled part of the garden today.

First deep tillage.

Planted

Field Corn 1600 ft.
Sweet Corn  500 ft.
Irish Potatoes  125'

Planted corn using the Covington Planter.  Nice piece of equipment.

C = Purple Hull

Rain .2"

Harvested

Irish Potatoes  30 lbs.
Carrots  80 lbs.

G = Carrots

Rain .8"

Planted

Cucuzza Squash - 2

First corn popping up 11 days after planting.

Average First Frost Date = November 15th.

Started = in pots  Planted=planted in garden  Harvested from garden  M = Meals  G=eaten fresh from the garden  F=eaten from the freezer  C=eaten from a canned vegetable

Varieties:    Broccoli (Major F1) (Packman Hybrid F1)  Cauliflower (SnowCrown F1)  Cabbage (Copenhagen Market)  Kohlrabi (Early Purple Vienna)  Carrots (Tender Sweet) (Danvers) (Little Fingers)  Onions (Candy)  Potatoes (Red La Soda)  Collards (Georgia)  Lettuce (Calmar) (Green Tower) (Paris White Cos) (Red Leaf)  Tomatoes (Coustralee) (Cherokee Purple) (Creole)   Eggplant (Black Beauty)  Peppers (Hungarian Wax) (CA Wonder) (Cayenne) (Mild Jalapeno) (Sweet Banana) Corn  (Funks G-90 - sweet) (Yellow Dent -Field)  Okra  (Cow Horn)  Watermelon  (Charleston Grey)  Cantaloupe  (Hale's Best Jumbo)  Squash  (Cucuzza)  (Yellow straight neck)  (Buttercup)  Peas  (Top Pick Purple Hull)  Beans (Blue Lake Pole) (Florida Speckled Butter Beans Pole)  (King of the Garden Lima Pole)

April 2010

Planted

Snap Beans - 100'
Speckled Beans 100'
Lima Beans - 100'

Watermelon  8 hills CG
Cantaloupe  10 hills
Buttercup Squash  3

Snap Beans and Speckled Butter Beans planted with the Covington

G = Potatoes

Replanted

Purple Hull Peas  500 ft.

Replanted using the Covington Planter

C = Purple Hull

Rain  .1"

Started

Peppers  16
Eggplant  12
Coustralee  6

C = Wax Peppers

Easter Sunday

Potatoes planted 3/19 are coming up.

C = Purple Hull
G = Potatoes

Planted

Tomatoes 2-2-1
Yellow Squash  2 hills
Cucumber Burpless  1 hill

Planted

Rattle Snake Watermelon  4 hills

Wild Watermelon  6 hills

The old house is gone.

Pics soon!

Starting to see some Purple Hull coming up that were planted on the 1st.

C = Snap Beans
G = Potatoes

Planted

Speckled Beans  another 100'

Replanted

Okra  500 ft.

First row of crop netting up for pole beans.

3 to go!

Wild Watermelon planted on the 6th coming up.

G = Potatoes

Front End Loader delivered today.

Planted

Cucuzza Squash  4
Bell Pepper  24
Eggplant  4
Wax Peppers  6
Cayenne  3
Jalapeno  3
Banana Pepper  1
Cucumbers Pickling 4
Mustard Green  40'
Dill  10'

First batch of Compost Tea applied

First of the Okra planted on the 11th is coming up.

C = Carrots

The first of the Speckled Butter Beans planted on the 11th is coming up.

C = Purple Hull

Dill planted on the 17th coming up.

C = Purple Hull

Planted

Tomatoes  3
Squash 1
Cucumber 2
Cantaloupe 4
Radish  4 ft.

G = Cabbage
G = Potatoes
C = Carrots

G = Potatoes
C = Carrots
C = Purple Hull

Started

Tomatoes Coustralee 6

Started = in pots  Planted=planted in garden  Harvested from garden  M = Meals  G=eaten fresh from the garden  F=eaten from the freezer  C=eaten from a canned vegetable

Varieties:    Broccoli (Major F1) (Packman Hybrid F1)  Cauliflower (SnowCrown F1)  Cabbage (Copenhagen Market)  Kohlrabi (Early Purple Vienna)  Carrots (Tender Sweet) (Danvers) (Little Fingers)  Onions (Candy)  Potatoes (Red La Soda)  Collards (Georgia)  Lettuce (Calmar) (Green Tower) (Paris White Cos) (Red Leaf)  Tomatoes (Coustralee) (Cherokee Purple) (Creole)   Eggplant (Black Beauty)  Peppers (Hungarian Wax) (CA Wonder) (Cayenne) (Mild Jalapeno) (Sweet Banana) Corn  (Funks G-90 - sweet) (Yellow Dent -Field)  Okra  (Cow Horn)  Watermelon  (Charleston Grey) (Rattle Snake )  (Wild)  Cantaloupe  (Hale's Best Jumbo)  Squash  (Cucuzza)  (Yellow straight neck)  (Buttercup)  Peas  (Top Pick Purple Hull)  Beans (Blue Lake Pole) (Florida Speckled Butter Beans Pole)  (King of the Garden Lima Pole)  Radish (German Giant)

May 2010

Rain  .2"

Planted

Purple Hull  500 ft.

Total 1000 ft.

Planted

Okra 400 ft.

Total 900 ft.

Planted

Okra  100 ft.

Total 1000 ft.

< Rain 

G = Potatoes
C = Purple Hull

Rain 1.5" >

G = Potatoes

Rain  .5"

Rain  .6"     

C = Carrots
G = Potatoes

Planted

Squash  2 hills
Cucumber 1 hill

Harvested

1st Squash

G = Squash
C = Carrots
G = Potatoes

Rain  .2"

BBQ

Started = in pots  Planted=planted in garden  Harvested from garden  M = Meals  G=eaten fresh from the garden  F=eaten from the freezer  C=eaten from a canned vegetable

Varieties:    Broccoli (Major F1) (Packman Hybrid F1)  Cauliflower (SnowCrown F1)  Cabbage (Copenhagen Market)  Kohlrabi (Early Purple Vienna)  Carrots (Tender Sweet) (Danvers) (Little Fingers)  Onions (Candy)  Potatoes (Red La Soda)  Collards (Georgia)  Lettuce (Calmar) (Green Tower) (Paris White Cos) (Red Leaf)  Tomatoes (Coustralee) (Cherokee Purple) (Creole)   Eggplant (Black Beauty)  Peppers (Hungarian Wax) (CA Wonder) (Cayenne) (Mild Jalapeno) (Sweet Banana) Corn  (Funks G-90 - sweet) (Yellow Dent -Field)  Okra  (Cow Horn)  Watermelon  (Charleston Grey) (Rattle Snake )  (Wild)  Cantaloupe  (Hale's Best Jumbo)  Squash  (Cucuzza)  (Yellow straight neck)  (Buttercup)  Peas  (Top Pick Purple Hull)  Beans (Blue Lake Pole) (Florida Speckled Butter Beans Pole)  (King of the Garden Lima Pole)  Radish (German Giant)

June 2010

Harvested
First Tomato
Cherokee Purple

G = Cucumber
G = Tomato

Rain  3.5"

Harvested
Sweet Corn planted 3/19

G = Sweet Corn

Harvested
Irish Potatoes planted 3/19

G = Sweet Corn
G = Potatoes

Harvested
First of the Snap Beans and Okra

G = Tomato
G = Cucumber

Purple Hull Peas harvested to date:

48 lbs. of shelled peas.

G = Snap Beasn
G = Potatoes
G = Okra

Purple Hull Peas harvested to date:

63 lbs. of shelled peas.

G = Tomatoes
G = Cucumber

Purple Hull Peas harvested to date:

101 lbs. of shelled peas.

G = Tomatoes
G = Cucumber

Harvested
First Cantaloupe

Rain 1.2"

G = Cantaloupe

Harvested first of the Purple Hull Peas planted 5/6

G = Potatoes

Purple Hull Peas harvested to date:

115 lbs. of shelled peas.

G = Cantaloupe

July 2010

Rain  .5"

G = Tomato
G = Cucumber
G = Cantaloupe

G = Tomatoes
G = Cucumber

Rain  1.75"

G = Tomatoes
C = Purple Hull

Okra

First 400 ft. starting to really produce now.

Purple Hull Peas harvested to date:

140 lbs. of shelled peas.

G = Cantaloupe

New JD Mower

G = Cantaloupe

Tilled Purple Hull Peas in.  End of Harvest.

G = Tomatoes
G = Wax Peppers

Harvested

First Watermelon 2

Planted

Fall Tomatoes  2

G = Watermelon

Rain

G = Watermelon

Rain  .5"

Time to start the first of the:

Broccoli
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Lettuce

G = Cantaloupe
G = Tomato

Started

Broccoli  6
Cauliflower  6
Cabbage  6
Lettuce  6

G = Tomato
G = Cucumber

Cabbage started on the 19th is coming up.

G = Okra
G = Tomato
G = Wax Peppers
G = Bell Peppers

Broccoli and Cauliflower started on the 19th is coming up.

G = Cantaloupe

Rain  1.4"

G = Tomatoes

Canning Purple Hull Peas today.

18 Quarts

August 2010

Okra processed to date:  200 lbs.

G = Okra

C = Purple Hull

Rain  .3"

Tilled the weed patch/garden today.

G = Watermelon

Started

Broccoli 
Cauliflower 
Cabbage
Lettuce

Time to Plant:

Pole Beans
Bush Beans
Beets
Swiss Chard
Kohlrabi
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Turnip

Big Rain 14"

F = Purple Hull Peas
F = Onions
F = Bell Peppers
F = Wax Peppers

Rain  .7"

September 2010

Time to plant:

Fall Potatoes
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Lettuce
Carrots
Collards
Mustard Green
Spinach
Radishes

October 2010

Time to plant

Onion Seed
Garlic

November 2010

First Frost Date
Zone 8

December 2010