A farmer works in acres not hours.
6/29/2020 – Over the past week, we removed the Zucchini, squash, and cucumber vines as the production is almost nil and we have a lot preserved. This was done to reduce the bug and disease hosts next to the tomatoes and peas. Hauled them to the burn pile as do not want the bugs in […]
Continue Reading6/27/2020 – Mary sowed two onion seeds and one leek seed in each cell in one of the ten 72-cell seed trays we bought. There are 24 cells with onions and 12 cells with leeks sowed in Miracle Grow potting soil. The onions and leeks from HOSS were Warrior Bunching Onions and Matejko Leeks. The […]
Continue Reading6/27/2020 – The acidic pH in her garden has plagued us all spring. The lime added has paid off and the pH in the high 4s to mid-5s is up to 6.2 to 6.8. The two lettuce varieties, Tahama and Salad Bowl Lettuce, has grown ok in the heat but is tough and not flavorful. […]
Continue Reading6/25/2020 – Placed Order for on-sale seeds.
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06/23/2020 – Olivia got up early and went with Grandma to the garden to pick cucumbers.
Continue Reading6/23/2020, 4 pm – Sprayed Tomatoes with Daconil Fungicide and lightly sprayed peppers that are not bearing. 6/24/2020, 7 am – Sprayed them with Bifenthrin as a preventative for stink bugs although have seen only one or two and killed them.
Continue Reading6/17/2020 – Late afternoon, sprayed tomatoes with Spinosad. Only saw one stink bug. The green tomatoes do not have the many stink bug punctures like last year…so far. The next morning, before leaving for Houston, sprayed them with Dakonil fungicide for the continuing Late Blight. The Roma’s and Beef Stakes have it worse than any […]
Continue ReadingOrder details Product Total Warrior Bunching Onion $3.99 Matejko Leek $3.99 Pascola Zucchini $4.99 South Anna Butternut Squash – Packet (30 seeds) $4.99
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6/15/2020 – Grandma pulled up her onions as it is time to prepare the garden for the fall crops. They turned out very nice and with a good flavor. She put them into plastic netting bags and hung them in the utility room so the outer skin will dry for storage.
Continue Reading6/14/2020 – Sprayed the tomatoes with bifenthrin as part of weekly spraying to stop stink bugs. See a few every day and spray them when they are found. Today was an overall spray rather than just a targetted death blast.
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