Ordered Inoculant & Dianthus Seeds
4/1/2021- Ordered from Harris Seeds: Dianthus Seeds, Diana Crimson F1, Untreated, 250 Seeds $13.05
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Moved Onions, Sowed Snow Peas & Carrots in Mary’s Garden
2/21/2021 – Began the spring gardening with snow peas, onions, and carrots. Pulled up the bolting cilantro, Chinese lettuce that did not grow a head, and bok choy that has become rubbery. Tilled all the empty areas. Spread compost from our bin on the row along the fence and tilled it in. Moved the Warrior […]
Continue ReadingOrdered MS Silver Cowpea
2/7/2021 – Ordered from Sow True Seeds: Product image Description Quantity Price 4 Southern Pea Seeds – Mississippi Silver 4 $13.00 Description Price Subtotal $13.00 Shipping $3.50 Total USD $16.50
Continue ReadingSeed Ordered from SESE
1/28/2021 – Placed order with SESE for: Tromboncino Summer Squash, 2.5 g Oregon Giant Dwarf Snow Pea, ¼ lb Beach Sunflower (Cucumber-Leaf) Sunflower, 1 g Sugar Ann Dwarf Snap Pea, ½ lb Sub-Total: $17.45 USPS: $4.50 Total: $21.95
Continue ReadingMowed/Disked Creme Peas
7/23/2020 – The double row of Texas and Mississippi Creme Peas have very few good pods in the past week. There are many dried pods that occurred despite our picking them every day. Taking them out now will allow more time for decomposition before the fall sowing as well as more down time for bug […]
Continue ReadingMowed down the MS PEPH Peas in the SE corner and disked all
7/11/2020 – The MS PEPH peas in the 2-6 rows in the south half next to the field fence did ok and we got enough for the freezer and more than a few meals. There was a lot of dried peas, some that were getting dry and a few green ones. There was one final […]
Continue ReadingSowed MS and TX Creme Peas
5/15/2020 – In Row 10, south half, sowed a double row of Texas Creme Peas and in Row 11 sowed a double row of Mississippi Creme Peas. Sowed with the HOSS seeder with plate 5. Seed depth was about 3/4″. The individual rows are about 12″ apart. The soil was very dry so we watered […]
Continue ReadingSidedressed 2nd corn and cultivated
4/27/2020 – Cultivated the 2nd corn planting, that is 4 rows, in rows 7 to 11. Also cultivated the peas and the zipper pea row that did not come up to get it ready to plant MS Creme Peas tomorrow. The cultivating left a perfect slot next to the corn for the side-dressing of 33-0-0 […]
Continue ReadingPlanted PEPH Suspect Seed
4/4/2020 – In the north half’s 9th row, where the Silver Queen Corn did not germinate, we tilled the soil and planted two rows 12″ apart of the PEPH seeds bought in January that is suspected to be last year’s seed and old. Planted them with the brand new HOSS seeder using plate 5 and […]
Continue ReadingRe-sowed PEPH & KWB
4/4/2020 – The Pinkeye Purple Hull seed Mary, Piper, and Olivia sowed on 3/17/20 only had scattered germination. On 4/3, I re-hilled the rows to fluff them up and hopefully break up the sod lumps left from the Elbon Rye cover crop. The soil still looked lumpy so ran through it with the Troyblt cultivator. […]
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