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9/29/2022 – Sowed: Green Magic Broccoli – Air temps fell 10° in the past few days and soil is now in the high 80s to low 90s. Broccoli should germinate. The location was the south end of the row at 58 ft from the fence. Parisian Gherkin Cucumber – First time to try this short […]
Continue Reading9/5/2022 – Labor Day Ordered after getting email: To say thank you for your continued support for Hoss Tools, every order placed on Monday, 9/5 will receive a *FREE GIFT*! You will receive a 100 seed packet of Black Oil Sunflower Seeds! Product Price Quantity Subtotal Cheers Cabbage $3.99 2 $7.98 Parisian Gherkin Cucumber $3.99 1 $3.99 Max Pack […]
Continue ReadingSowed broccoli, 5 kinds of winter squash & onions in hilled rows in the south half, west side. In rows counted from the west, the status is now as follows. Westmost three rows – Hilled over fertilizer and nothing planted. 4th row – in the north end sowed 10 feet of Warrior Bunching onion seed. […]
Continue Reading9/2/2022 – Given the 10 feet of sorry tomato seedlings now in the center of a clean south-half garden the rows were laid out off the tomatoes. Using the recent row-building process, the rows were identified by driving the tractor across the plot. Then 15-0-15+Iron was spread between the tire tracks. Then the hills were […]
Continue Reading8/30 & 31/2011 – We have finally had two good drying days after 19+ inches of rain this August. Disked around that Okra row in the north half and the Red Burgundy row in the south half on the 30th. The morning of the 31st there were about 4 okra pods from the Red Burgundy […]
Continue Reading8/28/2022 – We have not needed to spray Cutrine Algaecide around the pond in the past two months although there have been some filamentous algae it did not grow worse. We have also had 14 inches of rain in July and 19+ inches so far in August. There are some bright green spots that are […]
Continue Reading8/27/2022 – Spread Greenpoint Pro 13-6-6 Time Release Fertilizer around the blueberry row on the west edge of the yard.
Continue Reading8/3/2022 – The tomatoes were done a few weeks ago and between the daily rains and one-year-old Libby, they were not pulled out until today. The crabgrass and other weeds are large but now sprayed with Gly at 3 oz/gallon with 1 oz/gallon of Preference non-ionic surfactant. Resprayed remaining crab grass in the former corn […]
Continue Reading7/29/2022 – Spread Slow Release granules on the beds as before. What we did before. On March 29, 2022, we spread Greenpoint PRO 13-6-6 / 58% Slow Release Premium Fertilizer with Agrocote on the beds. It includes magnesium 3%, sulfur 9%, boron 0.12%, zinc 0.06%, and, iron 5%. All plants have done as well as […]
Continue Reading7/28/2022 – Spread 13-13-13 around the three oaks and the four original blueberry bushes on the barnyard’s west side.
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