1st Cabbage; Picked with Piper & Olivia
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.
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Sowed G90 Corn & New Fertilizer Application
3/10/2020 – 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 ReadingDisked/Plowed Elbon Rye
3/8/2020 – 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 ReadingSoil temp in the Big Garden was 69 F & Pond Water was 62 F
3/4/2020 – 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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Harvested Winter Garden
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 ReadingMowed then disked the east and west sides of the garden
This 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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Sowed Seeds in Tray for Seedlings
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 ReadingOrdered Seeds From SESE
1/26/2020 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 […]
Continue ReadingOrdered Seeds from Johnny’s Seeds
1/26/2020 Garden Combination Inoculant$5.19 Size: 1 UnitDunja Organic (F1) Zucchini Squash Seed$4.75 Size: PacketGold Star F1) Yellow Summer Squash Seed$4.55 Size: PacketSweet Thai Basil Seed$4.55 Size: PacketLi Ren Choi (F1) Green Seed$4.55 Size: PacketGranadero Organic (F1) Tomato Seed$6.95 Size: Packet SUBTOTAL$30.54SHIPPING$10.00EST. SALES TAX$2.44ORDER TOTAL$42.98
Continue ReadingFed Onions, Spinach, Lettuce, Beets, and Swiss Card
1/22/2020 – Fed liquid fertilizer on: Both onion rows in the yard garden were fed Super Bloom for its high phosphorus per Dixondale. In the Big Garden fed Miracle Grow to: the Bloomsdale Long Standing spinach that is only 4″ tall Buttercrunch Lettuce last planting that is only 4″-6″ tall Swiss Chard that is 4″-6″ […]
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