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9/16/2019 – The flea bettles are back on the winter squash as the Bug-No-More only last a few days…like the new Sevin and Neem oil. So, applied Capt. Jack’s dust with Spinosad by Bonide. It shook out in globs. The next day I watered the plants–has not rained in 3 weeks–and let the water wash […]
Continue Reading9/18/2019 – Sidedressed okra, bell peppers, banana peppers, and hot wax peppers with 34-0-0. Threw the white granules along the side of the rows in 12-18″ bans. Then watered it in as we have had no rain since August 26; i.e. 3 weeks ago.
Continue ReadingUsed the new Thermoworks thermometer stuck into the ground as usual: on a 45-degree angle to read about 2″ deep. The soil today has seen no rain in over 3 weeks and is very dry. Not even the weeds are growing.
Continue Reading9/14/2019 – Justice Williamson installed a 1″ Schedule 40 PVC water line from a rebuilt connection at the tank: to the south fence of the garden; then to the NE corner of the garden; then along the road fence to the SE corner of the yard at the power pole. The line was installed using […]
Continue Reading9/12/2019 – For the past 4 weeks since the winter squash came up, we have been spraying new Sevin and horticultural oil to try and kill them. They both worked about the same as in 1-2 days the bettles were back. There were fewer of them but they always reappeared. We have not seen them […]
Continue ReadingNo rain for the past 15 days and air temps have been from low 70s to mid 90s.
Continue ReadingAs the spring garden ends I realized there has been little acknowledgment of the great flowers we have enjoyed that were planted there. We sowed seed for fun and for companion planting/bug control (we hoped): nasturtiums; poppies; marigolds; zinnias; and Beach Sunflowers. The nasturtiums and poppies did not do well.
Continue Reading9/3/2019 – Ordered the following via Amazon. White Lisbon Bunching Onion Seeds – 2 gramsSold by: Hirt’s Gardens $1.79 Italian Red of Florence Bunching Onion Seeds – 1 gram Sold by: Hirt’s Gardens $1.89
Continue ReadingThe soil temperatures about 2″ down in the north half were: 99 ? in the NE quadrant 98 ? in the NW quadrant 93 ? in the SW quadrant 97 ? in the SE quadrant In the north end of the tomato row pull up yesterday, where nothing is planted, the temps were 92-94 ?
Continue Reading8/31/2019 – Used Frank’s hiller to pull up a row along the west edge of the garden. First time with a 6″x6″ drag to level out the wide hill that was only about 4″ high. It worked great–no rake work. Mary planted eight Celebrity seedlings we grew from seed in 2″ square pots on the […]
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