Removed 3rd Corn and Disked All Empty Rows
6/30/2.2. – Mowed 3rd corn and disked all corn rows, the cucumber row and the squash row.
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Grandma and Olivia in the Garden
06/23/2020 – Olivia got up early and went with Grandma to the garden to pick cucumbers.
Continue ReadingSprayed Squash, Cucumbers & Cantaloupes with Bifentrin
5/23/2020 – This was the first morning we saw flying bugs and beetles among the leaves and in the flowers of the zucchini and a few in the scalloped and yellow squash. Sprayed inside the bushes completely and on top of the leaves with the Fertilome Bifenthrin. Had a little solution in the sprayer and […]
Continue ReadingPicked first cucumbers
4/17/2020 – We picked four 6″ to 8″ cucumbers today.
Continue ReadingSidedressed 1st Corn 2nd time, Cantaloupes and Cucumbers
5/8/2020 – The 1st corn, G-90, is tasselling and silking so side dressed it with 33-0-0 with a handful of lime in about 2 gallons of fertilizer. Spread about 4 gallons on both sides of the five 60′ rows. Then rake it in. The cantaloupes and cucumbers are vining so side dressed them with the […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Copper Fungicide on: Squash, Cucumbers, Cantaloupes, and Tomatoes
5/5/2020 – When watering and weeding this morning we found black spots on the 1st PEPH peas (Alternaria leaf blight) and white/tan spots and decayed areas on the yellow squash and a few on the Zucchini. Sprayed 1.5 gallons on them with the last of the Bonide and a little Southern Ag Copper based fungicide […]
Continue ReadingThinned Cucumbers & Cantaloupes
4/22/2020 – Thinned the cucumbers to 18-24″ apart. Thinned cantaloupes that are in hills 4′ apart to 2-3 plants.
Continue ReadingAlready Spraying for Flea Bettles
4/5/2020 – Mary found flea beetles on the baby squash. Sprayed the tops and underside of the leaves with malathion that was left from a past spraying. Ten minutes later walked through moving the leaves with the wand and nothing moved. Also lightly sprayed the tops of the tomatoes, tomatillos, cucumbers, and cantaloupes.
Continue ReadingSowed Corn, Beans, Peas, Cucumbers, Squash, and Cantaloupes
3/24/2020 – We sowed: Silver Queen corn in the rows 7 to 11 in the north half with the Chapin Seeder and large bean plate???? with every other seed pocket taped over; Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans in the 6th row of the south half with the Chapin Seeder and large bean plate; Zipper Peas, from […]
Continue ReadingFirst Fall Garden Planting
8/18/2019 – By 8 AM, while the east side was still in the shade, Mary and I had pulled up individual hills in the first two wide rows. The number of seeds and depth were per the plans here. The vegetables planted and spacing are as follows.
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