A farmer works in acres not hours.
Mary planted Bonnie Big Boy Hybrid Tomatoes in the gaps in the tomato row; i.e row 14. She also planted Marigold, Zinnias, and Nasturtiums in various location. In her yard veggie garden, she weeded and I used the spade to turn over the central area. Then raked it level, chopped it with the 4-tine hoe […]
Continue Reading4/25/2019 – Bought these seeds at Grand Bay Feed and Seed to finish planting the vegetable garden. Texas Cream Peas – 1/2 lb. – “Highly nutritious. Fertilize at 1/2 rate used for other vegetables; too much nitrogen limits production. Good summer cover crop. Cowpea curculio is a common pest. Maintain consistent soil moisture.” From here. […]
Continue ReadingTo replace some of our tomato seedlings that are not surviving and the jalapenos that did not come up we bought Bonnie’s plants at Lowe’s. Tomatoes – Jalapenos – Sweet Banana Peppers –
Continue ReadingThe Basis and the Plan Soil test says to fertilize the grass with 6 lbs. per 1,000 SF of 15-0-15. ACES says here for a low maintenance lawn apply 1/2 lb. nitrogen per 1,000 SF three times per year. So to get 0.5 lb nitrogen with 15-0-15 would equate to: Amount of Fertilizer = (0.5 […]
Continue Reading4/21/2019, as sundown approached on Easter Sunday – Added another hose to the ones already connected at the east end of the house and Mary watered the new seed locations. That also loosen the soil over the seeds–packed by the hard rain Thursday–and I “harvested” old hay from around the bale in the pond field […]
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4/19/2019 – The storm that roared through last night tried hard to get us as lightning struck the power pole at the street shattering the top of the pole and leaving the top lying on top of the shattered stub. Ironically the wires supplying the house were left intact so we did not lose power. […]
Continue Reading4/17/2019 – Mary is calling the feeding dilution blend of fish emulsion, iron chelate, and Miracle Grow–this time it was with Super Bloom–Tom’s Concoction. The blend was 1 Tbs of each per gallon of water as we made the bulk blend put on the roses, daylilies, and other plants last week. This concoction came from […]
Continue Reading4/16/2019 – I disked again the area in the center of the garden where nothing was planted as the weeds were getting started. Leveled it nicely with the “gate drag” pulled separately from the disk and it worked a lot better. Then, went over the original hills that had not been planted with the hiller […]
Continue Reading4/14/2019 – From about 2:20 to 3:20 AM a line of thunderstorms blew through with up to 32 MPH gusts and dropping 2.16″ of rain within an hour. We needed rain, especially in the garden.
Continue ReadingFirst Early AM work in the Large Garden Mary & I worked in the large veggie garden while the sun was coming up behind the trees in the neighbor’s yard. We fertilized the tomatoes and bell pepper seedlings with fish emulsion, planted cucumber; watered pepper seeds and tomatoes. I used the 4-tine hoe to break […]
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