Fed Mary’s Garden
4/22/2021 – 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
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Plowed Packed Rows
The 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 ReadingPut Wood Ash around Tomatoes for BER
4/13/2021 – 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 ReadingInstalled Tomato Stakes and Florida Weave
4/7/2021 – 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 ReadingRe-fertilizing after 4.87″ rain in 3 days
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 […]
Continue ReadingSeed & Supply Order from Harris Seeds
4/9/2021 – Free Shipping Offer Basil Prospera Premium F1 Organic Seed, 1,000 Seeds $7.25 Broccoli Green Magic F1 Seed, Treated, 1,000 Seeds $11.35 Dramm Fogg It Nozzle × 1 Each $11.25 Snapdragon Rocket Mix F1, Untreated, 500 Seeds $5.10 Dillen 4″ Round Pot, 3×12 Count = 36 ea $14.85 Discounts Free Shipping $-11.25Subtotal$49.80Shipping$11.25Taxes$2.09Total$51.89
Continue ReadingSowed in Trays: Lettuce, Dill, & Coriander
Mary 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 ReadingResowed Freeze-Damaged Seedlings & White Scallop Squash
4/7/2021 – 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 ReadingThinned Seedlings in the Garden
4/6/2012 – 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 ReadingSowed sprouted G-90 corn seeds in the gaps
4/5/2021 – 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 […]
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