A farmer works in acres not hours.
8/29/2020 – Sowed the west half of the 3′ x 8′ plots with Swiss Chard Northern Lights Mix and Li Ren Hybrid Pac Choi F1. Pressed 3′ long shallow furrows with the hoe handle and Mary dropped in the soaked seeds. The rows are 12″ apart for the chard and 18″ for the pac choi […]
Continue Reading8/29/2020 Danvers 126 Carrots, 3 g 1 $2.50 Perpetual Spinach (Leaf Beet Chard), 4 g 1 2.75 French Marigold, Frances’s Choice, 0.5 g 1 $2.75 Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast, The Timber Press Guide to 1 $19.95 French Marigold, Red Metamorph, 0.5 g 1 $2.75
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8/27/2020 – Sowed one row of Evergreen Bunching Onion seeds that had been soaked overnight. The row is on the south end and next to the grass. Note in the photo above the green shoots to her right next to the fence. Those are multiplying onions she planted last week.
Continue Reading8/26/2020 – Sprayed malathion on the pumpkins and the squash as there is some leaf damage and a lot of clustered small black eggs.
Continue Reading8/25/2020 – The cherry tomatoes planted along the fence in Mary’s Garden are higher than the fence and blooming, but not setting fruit. Sprayed them and the younger Better Boys with Epsom Salts at 1 Tbsp/gallon.
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8/25/2020 – The post covers the pre-soaking, pre-sprouting, and sowing. As pre-sprouting took more than a week, the spinach was not sowed in the garden until September 4. The plan and what was done was as follows. At 4:00 PM: Put the seeds cited below into 1/2 pint mason jars and added about 1/2″ water. […]
Continue Reading8/20/2020, cloudy afternoon – For the first time, sprayed all roses with sulfur for black spot on other fungal diseases. 8/21/2020, 8 AM – Drenched all roses to wash off the sulfur and prevent sunlight damage to leaves. Also to wash the sulfur into the soil to help prevent issues there.
Continue Reading8/16/2020 – The K-Y cabbage and Green Magic Brocolli planted a few weeks ago in the 3rd row from the east did not germinate. Maybe it was too hot or the seeder did not put out any–unlikely. Had some of both left but not enough to reseed the full 60′ row. So, used seed from […]
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8/14/2020 – The four different marigolds we planted from seeds have done well. Noticed the blooms turning to seed pods and looked up how to gather them. Very pleased with the ease of getting the seeds from the pods and how many are available from the plants. The seeds will be collected from: French Marigold, […]
Continue Reading8/14/2020 – The peppers are finally beginning to have fruit after the blooms. Side dressed them lightly and look forward to the rain this afternoon, hopefully, so it is washed in. Threw the nitrogen on top of the marigolds and zinnias very lightly. Maybe a 4-8 white pellets per square foot.
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