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11/10/2021 – Spread 5 lbs Ryegrass on washes at the Springs at: North side of old oaks washing out area on south side of springs west of Old Oaks washing area on north side, west end where large cleared area has hay bales
Continue Reading11/7/2021 – That morning was the first frost for this fall. Air temp was 35° and the dew point was 34°. The heavy dew only froze on the roof and grass not under the trees. 11/8/2021 – Almost an exact repeat of the morning before although the frost was not as dense. The tomatoes, basil, […]
Continue Reading10/30/2021 – Planted the 3 types of onions, Red Creole, Plethora, and Savannah Sweet from Hoss. They arrived just before Thanksgiving and we put them into small pots with dirt around the bundles. Waited to plant with Piper and Olivia but there was not time or the right weather. Planted them in Mary’s Garden.
Continue Reading10/29/2021 – A good cold front blew through the day before yesterday dropping 2.41 inches of rain and dropping temperatures by about 10°. Of course, soil temps have also dropped and are now in a good range for carrots and spinach. The hilled rows have had heavy rains and so I used the 4-tined hoe […]
Continue ReadingDate Time Big Garden °F Mary’s Garden°F AmbientAir °F Greenhouse Remarks 8/1/21 3 pm 102 98 95 Partly Cloudy 8/5/21 3 pm 96-98 in sun90 in shaded area 98 8393@1:30pm Disked this AM. Partly Cloudy 8/6/21 3:30 pm 82 @squash wet drip88 in the dry 8692@3pm Partly cloudy AM. Cloudy >3PMDay of 1st sowing for […]
Continue Reading10/26/2021 – Found a partially used 40-lb bag of Pendulum 2G in the grain bin in a heavy black trash bag. Used the cyclone seeder set at 2 to spread it in the area of the orchard and yard where we set up the volleyball net and where the Burweed is always bad. Using Google […]
Continue Reading10/26/2021 – The last spraying of WFZ worked well except for the missed spots. This spraying covered those locations. Note in that post the error found when working up the numbers below. That application was some less than the minimum per the label but it worked well to kill the Florida Betony and Spider Wort […]
Continue Reading10/23/2021 – Sowed Detroit Dark Red Beet seed from Hurley F&F in the row 58 ft. from the fence on the west side of the north half. This is the first sowing this year. Hopefully, we will produce our first-ever beets. The pre-planting steps taken below were extracted from several beet planting processes as recorded […]
Continue Reading10/20/2021 – Sowed Savanah Mustard, Natsuguru onions, and the few Cheers cabbage seeds remaining in the packet. The mustard was sowed in the gaps where it had not come up in the row near 47′ from the fence. This is the first attempt this year to grow green onions from seed in the big garden. […]
Continue Reading10/7/2021 – The soil has finally gotten dry enough to work and so pulled up rows with the hiller that had been pulled up weeks ago. They had been packed down and weeds were beginning to pop up. Sowed: Savanah Mustard Green Magic Broccoli Bok Choy Planted 1 lb. multiplying onions; i.e. about 15 feet […]
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