Little Bear Patch Garden

3/30/26 2 cauliflowers & 1 purple cabbage planted (Julia's)
2/26 Old strawberries cleaned out
4/30/25 Sweet pea seeds planted along the fence
4/23/25 More strawberries planted
4/24/24 Marigolds after some serious weeding
4/25/23 Marigolds
4/19/23 Strawberries
Blueberries, Geraniums

4/24/24 Marigolds after some serious weeding
4/25/23 Marigolds
4/19/23 Strawberries
Perennials: Blueberries, Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos), Fennel,  Balloon  Flower or Chinese Bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

3/19/26 Peas & marigolds planted
3/18/26 Harvested the surviving carrots
9/17,18/25 Planted radishes 4 rows
9/7/25 Still more carrots, birds eating?
8/25 More carrot seeds planted - a couple of tries in August
8/13/2025 All carrots harvested
4/4/25 Long Imperator & Nantes Half Long planted
7/24/2024 Planted carrot seeds "Danver Long" (the best germination rate of all the carrot seeds planted in 2024)
4/24/24 Pulled favas & planted radishes
11/15/23 Fava beans
7/20/23 Carrots – done by mid November
4/26/23 Radishes harvested
2/1/23 Peas (not very good crop), carrots, radishes
Perennials: Artichoke 

10/8/25 Planted garlic
9/18/25 Planted radishes 1 row
9/7/25 Still more carrots, birds eating?
8/17/25 Nantes Half Long Carrots planted
7/23/25 Finished harvesting all the carrots
4/4/25 Long Imperator planted
7/30/24 Planted carrots "Black Nebula" & "Cosmic Purple" Didn't do much
4/2024 Radishes
11/23/23 Assorted winter flower starts planted: Pansies, viola, sweet alyssum – all moved 4/2024
2/8/23 Purple sprouting broccoli & bulbing onion starts – not much happened with them
Perennials: Hebe, Blueberry, Mint, Strawberries

3/18/26 Cut down favas
10/22/25 Fava beans planted
10/15/25 Little Pumpkins harvested
10/8/25 Planted garlic
7/16/25 Planted 2 Little Jack pumpkins after taking out parsley
Creeping Zinnia transplanted early 2025
8/15/24 Planted Rainbow & Scarlet Nantes carrots didn't do much, parsley? came up
7/25/24 Planted carrots "Atomic Red"
4/18/24 moved winter flower starts to L, planted radishes
11/2023 Assorted winter flower starts planted: Pansies, viola, sweet alyssum
Oregano – most pulled out 11/23, Perennials: Comfrey (have made comfrey tea fertilizer), Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis), Gladiola, Lemmon's marigold (Tagetes lemmonii), Sage-leaf Rock Rose (Cistus salviifolius), Phlox & a dahlia appeared Fall 2024 

3/30/26 More carrot seeds planted
3/10/26 Julia planted nantes carrots
10/22/25 Harvested potatoes (volunteers from past plantings)
6/18/25 Harvested the garlic
4/23/25 Walla Walla & White Sweet Spanish onions planted amongst the garlic
11/7/24 Garlic from Julia planted
11/6/24 All radishes harvested & a couple of volunteer potato plants
9/18/2024 Planted some radish seeds since not many of the carrots sprouted
8/12/2024 Chablis Yellow Carrots
7/23/2024 Planted carrot seeds "Orange Imparator"
4/2024 Favas pulled, radishes planted
11/15/23 Fava beans
7/20/23 Carrots – done by mid November
3/22/23 Radishes
2/1/23 Peas, Carrots, Radishes
Perennials: Lavender, Red Thrift, Water Cana 

4/24/24 Marigolds planted
4/26/23 Radishes harvested
2/1/23 Peas, Carrots, Radishes
Perennials: Germander (teucrium) strawberries 

10/22/25 Last deep weeding
10/15/25 Little Pumpkins harvested
10/8/25 Runner beans harvested
9/17/25 Harvested fresh beans
Summer 2025 planted cosmos, zinnias, marigolds, 1 snapdragon, 1 sunflower
7/16/25  Planted 1 Little Jack pumpkin
6/18/25 Harvested all the radishes, planted streamline runner beans, yellow & green bush beans
4/30/25 Radishes planted
4/23/25 More Calla Lily removal, soil amended, Early Yellow Globe onions planted south side, Walla Walla & White Sweet Spanish onions planted on the north side
11/6 & 11/7/24 Every plant taken out of the bed, deep weeded & covered with straw for winter
10/9/24 Started harvesting bean pods
2024 Spring/summer; zinnias & marigolds planted around the beans
5/9/24 Streamline Runner Beans planted after another weeding
4/3/24 Because of a constant Calla Lily infestation all the soil was dug up & some of the ornamental plants were transplanted into other beds
11/23 Assorted annual winter flower starts planted – Pansies, viola, sweet alyssum
10/25/23 Garlic (north) & red onions (south) – taken out & moved to an "offsite location"
5/24/23 Streamline Runner Beans – Harvested 10/18/23
10/19/22 Favas
Perennials: Salvia 'Dancing Dolls'– now gone,
Assorted African Daisies– transplanted, Gaura or Beeblossom or Wandflower, Oenothera lindheimeri (syn. Gaura lindheimeri) – now gone

10/15/25 Little Pumpkins harvested
7/16/25  Planted 2 Little Jack pumpkins
12/4/24 Harvested the bird's nest gourds & acorn squash
7/7/24 Squash & bird's nest gourds planted
4/24/2024 Marigolds
11/2023 Assorted winter flower starts planted: Pansies, viola, sweet alyssum
5/17/23 Pumpkins & Bird's Nest gourds – Harvested 11/1/23
10/19/22 Favas
Perennials: Gaura or Beeblossom or Wandflower, Oenothera lindheimeri (syn. Gaura lindheimeri), Agapanthus...
Annual: Love in a Mist

3/30/26 More carrot seeds planted
3/26 Some carrots planted after old strawberries cleaned out in February
4/16/25 Strawberries for 'empty spots'
4/24/24 Marigolds
4/25/23 Marigolds
4/19/23 Strawberries
11/2023 Favas
2/8/23 Purple sprouting broccoli & bulbing onion starts – not much happened with them
10/19/22 Favas
Perennials: Alstromeria: Peruvian lilies

4/16/25 Strawberries for 'empty spots'
4/24/24 Marigolds
4/25/23 Marigolds
4/19/23 Strawberries
2/8/23 Purple sprouting broccoli & bulbing onion starts
11/2023 Favas
10/19/22 Favas
Perennials: Geraniums

3/18/26 Cut down favas
10/22/25 Daffodil bulbs taken out & fava beans planted
10/15/25 Little Pumpkins harvested
7/16/25  Planted 2 Little Jack pumpkins in the middle
9/18/24 Daffodils, North side
9/18/24 More peas
8/15/24 Peas-Oregon Sugar Pods
4/24/24 Marigolds
4/4/24 Transplants of perennials from Bed H
11/23 Assorted winter flower starts planted: Pansies, viola, sweet alyssum
Spring 2023 Asters, annuals
Late spring 2023 Pumpkin – didn't do much
5/31/23 Zinnia starts & maybe a few marigolds?
10/5/22 Dahlias – haven't returned
10/5/22 Daffodils
Perennials: Douglas Aster south side, Lemon Verbena, Purpletop Vervain (Verbena bonariensis) attracts swallowtails, Small plum?, Euphorbias 2, Mexican Bush Sage, California Poppies, Yarrow, Day Lillies

3/19/26 Peas & zinnias planted
3/18/26 Carrots harvested
10/23/25 Daffodil bulbs taken from Bed L & planted north side
10/15/25 Little Pumpkins harvested
9/18/25 Radish seeds planted
8/3/25 More carrot seeds planted
7/16/25 Planted 2 Little Jack pumpkins north side
7/16/25 Scarlet Nantes Coreless carrots planted center of bed
6/18/25 Harvested the garlic
11/6 & 7/24 Center of bed beans taken out, weeded, & garlic from Julia planted
9/19/24 Daffodils
4/24/24 Marigolds
11/8/23 peas & broccoli starts
8/5/23 Yellow (best) & green bush beans, marigold seeds & starts, additional beans planted later
2023 Fall: Angelica
5/16 & 17/23 Native Plants: Ceonothus, Goldenrod, Monarda North end
Pacific Nine Bark, Choke Cherry, Coast Buckwheat south end
10/5/22 Daffodils
Perennials: Salvia, Blanket Flower, Bottle Brush, Yarrow, Iris, Pencil Milkweed, Russian Sage,
Taken out 2023: Princess Flower, Canas, Pride of Maderia

5/16/23 Native Perennials: Ocean Spray, Scarlet Monkey Flower, Hyssop, Monarda
Perennials here already: Red Flowering Currant–Ribes sanguinium, Salvia mexicana, Bacopa

Fall 2025 Bed weeded
3/27/23 Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) roots from Holly
11/1/23 Shade wild flower mix Stillwater Natives Nursery: Clarkia, Five Spot, Tidy Tips, Chinese Houses...

5/16/23 assorted native perennials: Scarlet Monkey Flower, Hyssop
There already: Crocus, California Poppies, Banksia sp., Silver Dollar Eucalyptus, Scabiosas, Lion’s Ear, Leucantha, Tufted Hair Grass, African Daisy

Santolina from E transplanted early 2025
5/16/23 Native Perennials: Pearly Everlasting, Goldenrod (may have died), Ceanothus, Blanket Flower, Coast Buckwheat
Perennials there already: Pineapple Guava, Salvia, Varigated Ceanothus, Tufted Hair Grass, Coyote Bush, African Iris

4/24/24 Marigolds
5/17/23 Strawberries
2/1/23 Peas, Radishes
Perennial: Lion's Tail

4/24/24 Marigolds
5/17/23 Strawberries
4/25/23 Marigolds
2/8/23 Tom’s Strawberries
10/5/22 Strawberries
2021Fall Garlic