A farmer works in acres not hours.
3/13/2020 – Mary, Piper, and Olivia planted in 6-pack trays–one for each seed type: Tomatillos, Everona Large Green Peppers, Carolina Cayenne from last year’s pack Sweet Thai Basil. All three were bought from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange.
Continue Reading3/13/2020 – Piper and Olivia helped Grandma sow Salad Bowl lettuce and Danvers Carrots in Row 5 (5th row from the east side) in the north half. The seeds had soaked in water for about 24 hours. Soil temp two days ago was 69 F. The bed was prepared with the same fertilizer, 15-0-15, used […]
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3/11/2020 – We have pulled a couple of cabbage heads but today we picked 9 with the help of Piper and Olivia. There is still a lot that has not become firm like the ones we picked.
Continue Reading3/10/2020 – Disked the whole garden again this time with the drag. Drove back and forth along the west side to mark 6 rows with the tires. Fertilized, hilled them, and busted the hill to plant in the bottom of the trough. The concept at IFAS is to fertilize the plants, not the soil. Piper […]
Continue Reading3/8/2020 – In the early morning, disked the south half of the garden where the elbon rye has grown well. A surprising amount of sod and the soil clumped up a lot after disking it twice. It is perhaps a bit damp. In the afternoon, plowed the north and south half other than the center […]
Continue Reading3/4/2020 – Three readings were taken at 8:30 AM in the north end that has been disked but not plowed. All three were 69 F, 3″ down. The past three days have been in the high 60s to low 70s leading up to the rain today. The low last night was 69 F. Note the […]
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2/29/2020, Leap Day – To further prepare for the spring garden today we harvested the: remaining few spinach and lettuce leaves the remaining small broccoli heads the remaining Icicle radish the remaining Daikon Radish and the carrots. The surprise was the carrots. The leaf tops never got more than 6″ tall and were not filled […]
Continue ReadingThis was only in the north half. On the east side also took out the two rows of mustard and the row of beets. On the west side disked only the cereal Elbon Rye. The Elbon Rye is still growing in the south half and Ranger enjoys it. Before all the above we pulled up […]
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2/2/2020 – We wet enough Jiffy Seed Starting Mix to fill the 72 cells in a tray. The mix is composed of peat moss, coconut coir, and vermiculite. With them filled by what fell in we pushed down each one to remove some of the air and had cells that were 1/2 to 2/3’s full. […]
Continue Reading1/26/2020 Product Quantity Price Total French Marigold, Lemon Drop, 0.5 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Golden Bush Scallop Summer Squash, 3 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Charleston Belle Sweet Bell Pepper, 0.3 g 1 $2.95 $2.95 Zinnia, State Fair Mixed Colors, 1 g 1 $2.50 $2.50 French Marigold, Spanish Brocade, 0.5 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Danvers 126 […]
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