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4/25/2020 – We added replaced tomatoes and peppers that did not survive with the following: Celebrity tomatoes bought in 2 6-packs Amelia Tomatoes bought in 1 6-pack. Tomatillos we grew from seed planted by Olivia Beefsteak tomatoes grown and given to us my Justin Lee Cayenne peppers we grew from seed planted by Piper Giant […]
Continue Reading4/25/2020 – Thinned the okra to 12″ apart and transplanted some into the gaps. Thinned yellow squash to about 18″ apart.
Continue Reading4/22/2020 – Thinned the cucumbers to 18-24″ apart. Thinned cantaloupes that are in hills 4′ apart to 2-3 plants.
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4/21/2020 – As the pH is better–after the fiasco with to much cottonseed meal–Mary sowed: Salad Bowl lettuce Burpees’ Bloomsdale Long Spinach Tehama Lettuce Champion Radish Snow Peas – Ho Lan Dow Oregon Giant Dwarf Snow Pea
Continue Reading4/15/2020 – We have a lot of seeds left from last year and an empty row 15 in the North Half just east of the tomatoes. Sowed the north half of that row (about 30 feet) as a double row of Daikons using the HOSS seeder with plate 3 set to 3/4″ deep. This is […]
Continue Reading4/15/2020 – Sowed sunflowers, marigolds, and zinnia varities listed below. Followed the advice at Old Farmer’s Almanac here for the zinnias and here for the marigolds. 1 Beach Sunflower (Cucumber-Leaf) Sunflower – S-half, eastmost row SESE 2 French Marigold, Lemon Drop – N-half, eastmost row, next to Naughty Marietta SESE 3 French Marigold, Naughty Marietta […]
Continue Reading4/14/2020 – As Hurley Farm & Feed had given me by mistake a 1/4 lb of Jackson Wonder Lima bean seed, we decided to sow them in the empty row (Row 6) where the girls helped us plant carrots and lettuce that did not come up. I raked the soil out and planted a double […]
Continue Reading4/9/2020 – Used the new HOSS seeder to sow the four westmost rows in the south half with Silver Queen Corn. Had soaked the rows this morning otherwise the seed would have been in dust.
Continue Reading4/5/2020 – With the KEL meter checked the pH of the original yard garden (not the area added today up to the rail fence) and was surprised to find it from 3.5 to 5.5. The area tilled to the fence today was 6.2 to 6.8. That must be why nothing Mary, Piper, and Olivia planted […]
Continue Reading4/5/2020 – Mary sowed the Asian Goat Horn Hot Peppers and Italian Pepperoncini’s in the small plastic tray.
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