A farmer works in acres not hours.
11/13/2020 – On this Friday the 13th, sowed in the north half of Row 11 (in the north half of the garden) Buttercrunch Lettuce seeds that have been soaking in kitchen window for 48 hours and a few sprouted. The raised row pulled up a couple of weeks ago had been tilled with the Troybuilt […]
Continue Reading11/11/2020 – Sowed Waltham 29 Broccoli seed that had been soaking 19 hours. Drained and mixed them with about a ¼ cup of dry grits. Put the mixture into the green-plastic small seed sower.Raked out the top of the south half of Row 10 in the south half. Drew a ½” groove with the rake […]
Continue Reading11/9/2020 – The greens and Bak Choi have bug eaten holes more prevalent and so sprayed them all with Spinosad. The cabbage also had a few holes so sprayed them lightly overall and heavier on the plants with the holes.
Continue ReadingAs the dirt in the pond area, as dealt with when planting the magnolias, is compacted and hard, we sowed Annual Ryegrass around the magnolias & oleanders to get the benefit of the deep roots to help break up the soil. Mary has treated the oleanders and magnolias for ants too many times. Mixed Extinguish […]
Continue Reading11/8/2020 – Jeff and Maggie last spring sent us this cabbage with other Asian seeds but it was too hot to sow then. Sowed them randomly in a 12″ wide by 10′ long band in the center of Row 7 (south half) in a large gap where the Cheers Cabbage did not germinate. The packet […]
Continue Reading11/08/2020 – As the weather is cooler and no days in the mid to high 80°, maybe we can get a crop of spinach. Sowed Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach seeds bought 11/5/2020 at St. Elmo F&S. 11/5/2020, 3 PM, three days before this post, put ¼ oz of seeds into our well water to soak […]
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11/8/2020 – This is the second year for the two Meyer Lemons and both have borne a good crop. The west one is really loaded. Winter of 2020-21 we had three extended freezes into the low to mid 20°. The Meyer lemon that bore profusely last season tried to come back but did not and […]
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11/6/2020 – Widened the daylily & camillia bed in the front yard along the 4-board orchard fence to 4.5 ft. Relocated two daylilies to even out spacing and moved __ daylilies from the nursery to the new space in front of the current daylilies.
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11/5/2020 – We removed the Tia Basil and a ragged sweet basil from her garden. She left one sweet basil. In that space she planted 4 close rows of Buttercrunch Lettuce that did well last spring.
Continue Reading11/5/2020 – Bought 500 fathead minnows (to the 500 that were added in February this year) and 100 Shellcrackers from Alabama Fish & Pond truck at St. Elmo F&S. The guy said there were probably 600-700 minnows in their bag. Told him that our Coppernose Bluegills we got from him last February are 5″-6″ long. […]
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