A farmer works in acres not hours.
9/12/2019 – 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 […]
Continue Reading8/31/2019, 4 PM – In the north half: in the north half of the north half – 92-94 in the south half of the north half – 86-88 in the row of 10 Celebrity tomatoes planted 30 minutes ago in a hill drawn 1 hour ago; 86-88
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8/28/2019 – Mowed down the sunflowers that had become very ragged and did not have many blooms. There will be a lot of seed in this area for next year and we gathered a lot to spread in other places. 8/29/2019 – Disked the litter then plowed the portion of the garden not plowed last […]
Continue Reading8/29/2019 – Mary wet a paper towel cut into a square the size of a 1-quart ziplock bag and poured in Salad Bowl Lettuce seeds. Seemed like there was not enough water so wet a second trimmed sheet and put it under the first one with the seeds. Then, the bag into the outside refrigerator. […]
Continue ReadingDuring the last week, the days have been cloudy with some sun and a lot of rain. Soil in the big garden today about 12:30 PM ranges from 91-93?. Soil temps in Mary’s yard garden were checked in the afternoon as the sun does not reach the space until about 11:30 AM and is behind […]
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