Yearly Garden Additions

This is for the gardens, which received about 560 pounds of organics (not including mulch), or about 280 per thousand square feet.

Date	N	P	K	Iron	Organics	Other Notes
3/18/2010	2.25	0.90	0.00	1.80	45.0	Milorganite
3/28/2010	1.80	0.72	0.00	1.44	36.0	Milorganite
4/7/2010	3.40	2.88	0.40	1.44	36.0	Milorganite, Starter
4/11/2010	1.75	0.25	0.50	0.00	25.0	Soybean Meal
5/6/2010	2.50	1.42	0.70	1.44	36.0	10-10-10, Milorganite
6/3/2010	2.95	1.77	1.02	0.00	25.0	10-10-10, Starter, Soy
7/1/2010	2.25	0.93	0.63	0.00	25.0	Starter, Soybean Meal
8/1/2010	1.05	0.90	0.13	0.44	11.0	Starter, Milorganite
9/1/2010	1.75	0.25	0.50	0.00	25.0	Soybean Meal
10/2/2010	0.90	0.36	0.00	0.72	18.0	Milorganite
Total per K ft:	20.60	10.36	3.88	7.28	282.0	564 active organic total

Yearly Lawn Additions

As of today, the year is done. The Winterizer went down this afternoon!

Here's the chart of all additions on the lawn throughout the entire gardening season. It sums to about 2,880 pounds total material, or about 450 pounds per thousand square feet. I'll publish the gardens separately.

Date	N	P	K	Iron	Organics	Other Notes
3/7/2010	0.64	0.26	0.00	0.51	12.8	Milorganite
4/1/2010	0.77	0.31	0.00	0.75	15.4	Milorganite, FeSO4
4/11/2010	0.35	0.14	0.09	0.00	21.4	Cracked Corn
4/25/2010	1.16	0.17	0.33	0.00	16.7	Soybean Meal
5/7/2010	0.60	0.81	0.15	3.57	0.00	Starter Fertilizer, FeSO4
5/21/2010	1.01	0.28	0.14	0.41	17.4	Soybean Meal, Milorganite
6/15/2010	1.01	0.28	0.14	0.41	17.4	Soybean Meal, Milorganite
7/8/2010	1.01	0.28	0.14	0.41	17.4	Soybean Meal, Milorganite
7/20/2010	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.57	0.00	FeSO4
8/1/2010	1.11	0.39	0.06	0.73	21.0	Milorganite, Soybean Meal
8/15/2010	1.26	0.24	0.29	0.21	19.4	Soybean Meal, Milorganite
8/29/2010	1.77	0.44	0.29	0.62	29.7	Milorganite, Soybean Meal
9/12/2010	1.00	0.14	0.29	0.00	14.3	Soybean Meal
9/19/2010	1.16	0.00	0.16	0.00	0.00	Vigoro 29-0-4
9/26/2010	1.00	0.14	0.29	0.00	14.3	Soybean Meal
10/3/2010	0.96	0.39	0.00	0.77	19.3	Milorganite
10/11/2010	0.83	0.00	0.11	0.00	0.00	Vigoro 29-0-4
10/17/2010	0.90	0.36	0.00	0.72	18.0	Milorganite
11/15/2010	1.55	0.68	0.29	0.00	194.2	Leaves
11/28/2010	1.50	0.00	0.21	0.21	0.00	Vigoro Super Green
Total per K ft:	19.59	5.31	2.98	12.89	448.7	2879 active organic total

More Leaves

I've finished the leaves through most of the lawn, leaving only about a hundred square feet so I have a place to mulch the garden waste for composting. It's likely I'll get a few more bags. Some will be composted, plus I'll add some to the problem areas in the lawn to help retain water next year.

The total so far is 1,050 pounds in 91.5 bags. I skipped the swale, so that's a grand total of 175 pounds per thousand, or about 1.4 pounds nitrogen, 0.61 pounds phosphorus, and 0.26 pounds potassium. Plus small amounts of every other element.

The organic total for the lawn so far this year is 429.5 pounds per thousand, or 2,814 pounds over the entire lawn. I'm probably done with the organics, but won't post the charts for the year until winterization is complete, probably in a week or two or three, depending on our weather.

Leaf Score!

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Today's leaf score was 27.5 bags, mowed small and packed down solidly. Figure that's close to 350 pounds of leaves--estimating low, which I always do. That should be sufficient to cover about 2,000 square feet of lawn.

I'm shooting for around 150 pounds per thousand square feet total this year, or about a thousand pounds of leaves. Some areas will receive around 300 pounds per thousand, most notably those where I had drought damage this summer. Those retain water less well than other areas at the moment.

So why am I mulching that many leaves? Click here to see why!