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11/20/2019 – As the freeze killed the periwinkle and the hibiscus’ leaves and blooms, we needed something growing in the bed along the Utility Room wall. We bought and planted four 4″ pots of cabbage at Blairs and three 6-packs of Bonnie Plants at Lowe’s. The Bonnie 6-paks were: Buttercrunch Bibb Lettuce Red Leaf Lettuce, […]
Continue Reading11/18/2019 – Replanted De Cicco and Wortham 29 Broccoli between the scattered seedlings in row 9. Row 10 is empty as neither broccoli came up. In Row 12, where the Corvair Spinach did not germinate, we planted Bloomsdale Long Standing spinach. Watered all sowing to hopefully help them to come up even though the soil […]
Continue Reading11/17/2019 – In the east row nearest the fence where the onions did not come up, Mary planted a Bonnie Plants’ six-pack of Bonnie Spinach and a six-pack of Red Romaine Leaf Lettuce bought at WalMart today. Per the tag: light requirements for both is “Part Shade 3-6 hours”; morning sun at planting hits them […]
Continue Reading11/17/2019 – Side dressed the Pak Choi and onion sets in the fourth row with 34-0-0. For the Pak Choi, dribbled it into a shallow grove drawn with the hoe. Then pulled some dirt over it. Dribbled a little into the onions. 11/19/2019 – Feed the onions sets with fish emulsion.
Continue Reading11/16/2019 – Bought a six-pack of Bonnie’s Green Magic Hybrid Broccoli at Hurley Farm & Feed. Planted them in the north end of Mary’s Garden where the basil had been. Per the tag: full Sun 6+ hours morning sun at planting hits them at ______ afternoon sun is gone by 3 PM. maturity 57 days […]
Continue Reading11/15/2019 – The first mustard planted on 10/10/19 (Florida Broadleaf) in rows 3 & 4 is 4-6″ tall. Although it was planted in a double row the rain spread the seed around and the top of the wide row has a good distribution of young plants. Threw 34-0-0 along the row and watered it in. […]
Continue Reading11/14/2019 – Sowed Space Spinach in the north half of Row 13 in the north half of the garden. Dropped the seeds with the PVC pipe/funnel and raked soil over them. Lightly tamped with the back of the rack times. [It did not come up.] Re-sowed most of the Emperor Spinach in row 11 planted […]
Continue Reading11/13/2019 – Disked and spread Elbon Rye in the three rows on the east and west side of the north half of the garden as the hard freeze last night killed the squash and tomatoes. Lightly disked the seed in as done in the south half. In the south half, the rye planted on the […]
Continue Reading11/7/2019 – On 10/24/2019 I began spraying the winter squash for fungus that was damaging leaves. I should have sprayed the initial small areas 3-4 days earlier before it spread. It spread very quickly. I should have begun spraying Mancozeb much sooner as a preventative.
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11/6/2019 – Sowed Elbon Rye in the south half of the garden as a cover crop. The roots are supposed to trap root-knot nematodes and break up the subgrade fairly deep. The grass will improve the organics in the soil. The area is 1/6th acre including the turn rows. So, to sow at 100 lbs/ac. […]
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