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11/23/2020 – Had originally sowed on October 25th but only a few germinated. Poor germination was likely as the soil had crusted hard from daily watering directly on the row. Resowed them today about 4 PM so they will be cool for the first 18 or so hours. Air temp the next morning was 35°.
Continue Reading11/20/2020 – Sowed: Salad Bowl Lettuce Started pre-soak at 5 AM in warm water Sowed in the south half of Row 11 three hours after watering the row. Raked out the damp soil and sprinkled on the damp seeds mixed with grits. Broomsdale Spinach Started pre-soak in the refrigerator Tuesday; i.e. three days ago. Rinsed […]
Continue Reading09/30/2020 – The first real cold front blew through yesterday and daytime temps for the next week are suppose to be in the 70s. Therefore, we sowed the following. Bolero Carrots – Soaked overnight Buttercrunch Lettuce – Pre-sprouted in the refrigerator beginning 9/27 Bloomsdale Spinach – Put into the refrigerator 9/26/2020 at 6:30 AM.
Continue Reading10/25/2020 – Sowed in the former Marigold row—the eastmost row in the north half. Air temp was 71°. Before sowing, cut a 3″+ deep V notch with the hoe and scattered in 1 quart of 8-8-8 with Borax/boron. Then dropped in 1 cup of bone meal in the 30′ where the beets will be sowed; […]
Continue Reading9/24/2020 – The flea beetles are also on the small plants. Sprayed everything except the peppers with Spinosad. She fed most with fish emulsion including the tomatoes.
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9/5/2020 – This morning we tilled her garden again and planted: Danvers 126 Carrots. Soaked a couple of hours. Cilantro seeds leftover from last year. Soaked overnight a couple of hours last evening then left open to dry off. Spinach plants, six by Bonnie bought at Hurley F&S. Brocolli plants, six by Bonnie bought at […]
Continue Reading8/29/2020 Danvers 126 Carrots, 3 g 1 $2.50 Perpetual Spinach (Leaf Beet Chard), 4 g 1 2.75 French Marigold, Frances’s Choice, 0.5 g 1 $2.75 Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast, The Timber Press Guide to 1 $19.95 French Marigold, Red Metamorph, 0.5 g 1 $2.75
Continue Reading3/13/2020 – Piper and Olivia helped Grandma sow Salad Bowl lettuce and Danvers Carrots in Row 5 (5th row from the east side) in the north half. The seeds had soaked in water for about 24 hours. Soil temp two days ago was 69 F. The bed was prepared with the same fertilizer, 15-0-15, used […]
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2/29/2020, Leap Day – To further prepare for the spring garden today we harvested the: remaining few spinach and lettuce leaves the remaining small broccoli heads the remaining Icicle radish the remaining Daikon Radish and the carrots. The surprise was the carrots. The leaf tops never got more than 6″ tall and were not filled […]
Continue Reading12/16/2019 – Sidedressed with 15-0-15 plus some borax: the 2nd 6″-8″ high mustard in the north end of rows 3 and 4; the 6″ high cabbage in rows 7 and 8; the 2″-3″ high scattered carrots in rows 11 and 12. Used the hoe to scrap a 1/2″-1″ deep groove just outside the drip line […]
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