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4/29/2020 Recap: Mary grew very healthy Roma, Celebrity, and Tomatillos seedlings. We planted them in the garden in holes with 15-0-15 thrown in and mixed a bit with the soil. They looked great for almost a week then most died. Likely due to so much nitrogen so close to the young roots. Earlier, while Piper […]
Continue Reading4/27/2020 – 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 […]
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4/25/2020 – We added replaced tomatoes and peppers that did not survive with the following: Celebrity tomatoes bought in 2 6-packs Amelia Tomatoes bought in 1 6-pack. Tomatillos we grew from seed planted by Olivia Beefsteak tomatoes grown and given to us my Justin Lee Cayenne peppers we grew from seed planted by Piper Giant […]
Continue Reading4/5/2020 – 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 Reading3/13/2020 – Mary, Piper, and Olivia planted in 6-pack trays–one for each seed type: Tomatillos, Everona Large Green Peppers, Carolina Cayenne from last year’s pack Sweet Thai Basil. All three were bought from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange.
Continue Reading11/13/2019 – Disked and spread Elbon Rye in the three rows on the east and west side of the north half of the garden as the hard freeze last night killed the squash and tomatoes. Lightly disked the seed in as done in the south half. In the south half, the rye planted on the […]
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10/14/2019 – Given the rain two days ago and the prediction of cooler days ahead, we planted some of the south 30-ft of the rows in the north half of the large garden and seedlings. This is late planting but September and the first part of October was very hot and very dry. Some of […]
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