A farmer works in acres not hours.
6/1/2019 – Intense thunderstorms and the gusting wind blew over the three rows of 18″ high Silver King Corn. 6/2/2019 – We decided to try and save them so I raked dirt up to the bent-over stalks and Mary packed it around them so they stood up. Wait and see if it works. This was […]
Continue ReadingSaw some in the first planting where the tassels and silks are well filled out. Sprayed the area on the south end of Rows 1-4 with Sevin.
Continue ReadingThrew about three hands full of 34-0-0 around each of the little peach trees and the pear tree in the wildflower plot. Also put the old hay as a mulch around them as well as the Satsuma–just west of the wildflowers–and holly tree (Christmas Tree).
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As of this morning: we have picked 6+ zucchini and 8+ yellow squash and there are many blooms; we have picked 2 large messes of green beans (KWB); we have picked 2-6″ cucumbers and there are many blooms; there are at least 2 sweet banana peppers; there is one little tomato and many blooms; the […]
Continue ReadingSide dressed the okra with 34-0-0 at the same rate as done for the corn–see those photos. The corn had some Corn Flea Beetles darting about and a little leaf damage like is the result of Stewart’s Wilt. Sprayed ALL the corn with Sevin. Installed three T-posts, the wire and garden string to hold up […]
Continue Reading5/29/2019 – Side dressed the cucumbers with 34-0-0. They have many blooms, one 6″ cuke we picked, and some other smaller cukes. Mary side dressed the peppers with Miracle Grow as it poured through the hay mulch. First picking of the Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans yielded enough for a meal for us with leftovers and […]
Continue Reading5/28/2019 – Mary pulled the last of the bulb onions and the multiplying onions that had been cut off. I tilled those areas with the TroyBilt cultivator. She planted two rows of Chard along the east edge. The next morning she planted on the north end the basil plants we had raised from seed. She […]
Continue Reading5/28/2019 – First time to apply Bonide Copper Fungicide to the Tomatoes, Peppers, & Squash at the 2 oz. per gallon dosage per the label. This was a preventative application. Repeat in 10 days.
Continue Reading5/27/2019 – Built a wire-on-T-Posts support structure for the indeterminate tomatoes in Row 18. The posts are 6-8 feet apart and the wire is some high-tensile wire Dad used with his electric fence. Used a green cotton garden twine to wrap the main vines. Tied a loop in the top and made a slip note […]
Continue Reading5/25/2019 – Susan Knippenberg had visited Africa and brought back some okra seed where the pod is stripped. She had planted it in her yard in Atlanta and brought Frank some pods to plant the seeds. He gave us one pod and today when Peggy asked if any had come up I replied no…as I […]
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