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4/12/2021 – The heavy rains at the end of last week surely washed out some of the fertilizer—especially the nitrogen and potassium—we have placed in the past month or two. The roses, daylilies, grass, i.e. everything else is/was setting buds and on the way to being the best yard we ever achieved. To preserve that […]
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4/10/2021 – Rain ahead of a cold front began at 3:25 AM and by 6:55 AM 3″ had fallen. By 10 AM the total was 3.37″ and had stopped—other than an occasional sprinkle. In the first 20 minutes the temperature dropped 11° and we had 24 MPH winds. Given the rain over the past two […]
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Continue ReadingMary sowed the following in trays in the greenhouse. The seeds arrived today from Harris Seeds. Dill Fernleaf – 12 each Lettuce Truchas MTO Organic – 18 each Lettuce Dragoon MTO Organic – 12 each Coriander Leisure 12 each
Continue Reading4/7/2021 – We sowed White Scalloped Squash in the south end of the row east of the tomatoes. About 20′ at about 24 in. apart. We resowed some of the frost damaged areas that do not look like they will make it in the rows as follows. Pascola Zucchini – None made it likely due […]
Continue Reading4/6/2021 – Every year since we planted them, the aspidistras around the two old pecans along the driveway, have had most of their leaves with dead ends, as much as half-dead, and have looked unsightly. Research into why found that it is due to too much direct sun and/or fungus. Given the pecan’s lose their […]
Continue Reading4/6/2012 – The seedlings listed below show some frost damage but seem to be coming through it. Today the weaker ones were thinned to achieve the following. Thin Delta Squash on the south end of the 2nd row to 1 every 18-24″ Thin Golden Bush Scallop Summer Squash 18-30″ apart Thin Tromboncino Squash to every […]
Continue Reading4/5/2021 – As there are many 2-4′ gaps in the corn rows, we loosened the soil with the 4-tine hoe and planted seeds that have very small white roots. They were soaked for about 20 hours then drained and have been germinating in a quart jar for 3 days. Clearly, my custom plate for the […]
Continue Reading4/4/2021 – Fed Miracle Grow at 1 tbsp per gallon to: the baby spinach in both gardens and, the white and yellow onion sets in the big garden. They are 2-4″ high.
Continue Reading4/3/2021 – Low predicted to be 40° & Dew Point was to be 31°. The low was actually 34° and the ned point was also 34°. Therefore, When we should not have a frost we did—2 weeks after the 90% last frost date. Thankfully, the heater was going in the greenhouse and the low there […]
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