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4/26/2021 – Based on the early morning temperature predictions for the next 10 days being in the 60’s and the pepper seedlings in the greenhouse looking really ready, we spent the day in the big garden. The day was great and the late afternoon before the full moon was even better. What was accomplished was: […]
Continue Reading4/25/2021 – Sowed Marigolds, Zinnias, Cornflower, & Primrose in the north half, westmost wide row, of the big garden. Immediately before, I disked the 6′ wide swath to break up the rain-packed soil, and because there were scattered weeds coming up. This swath was not plowed with the new moldboard plow to see if the […]
Continue Reading4/22/2021 – Mary fed the following plants (not the seeds sowed a few day ago) Miracle Grow and Fish Emulsion. Super Sweet Tomatoes Sugar Peas Buttercrunch Lettuce Parris Island Lettuce
Continue ReadingThe two extended heavy rains in the past two weeks made the soft dirt in the garden feel like walking on concrete. Today the soil was dry enough to get on it with Fergie and the plows not create a lot of wet dirt clods that would dry hard. Moved the inner plows to __ […]
Continue Reading4/13/2021 – Used the 4-tine hoe to loosen the crusted soil around the tomatoes and then spread pecan wood ash from the fireplace. Then used the hoe to scratch the ash into the loosened soil. The ash is supposed to be high in calcium as well as contain other micro-nutrients. The calcium should help reduce […]
Continue Reading4/7/2021 – Drove in the 1×2″x5′ stakes I cut from treated Yellawood 1×4″x10’s ripped and sharp end cut in the shop. The stakes are 6′ apart; i.e. three plants are between each stake. 4/12/2021 – Installed first wrapping of the Florida Weave.
Continue Reading4/12/2021 – 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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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 […]
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