A farmer works in acres not hours.
4/16/2024 – Sowed the seeds listed below. The north half row above at 36ft was not pulled up over fertilizer other than the broadcast potash spread with the lime several months ago. The south half rows above did have 13-13-13 spread between the tracks then pulled up some weeks ago. Before the seeds were sown, […]
Continue Reading4/13/2024 – Planted bell peppers, cayenne peppers, and basil seedlings sowed 2/6/2024 in the greenhouse, into row 43 North which is next to the eastmost row of tomatoes.
Continue Reading4/8/2024 – Set stakes every other tomato and installed the first Florida Weave. Threw around each plant less than a 1/4 cup of 33-0-0. Mike Hart, a neighbor I had not met, stopped on his 4-wheeler to talk about gardening.
Continue Reading4/4/2024 – Sprayed the fence rows around the areas listed below with 2,4-D Amine plus Glyphosate for weeds. Also used, as usual, Preference non-ionic surfactant.
Continue Reading4/1/2024 – Sowed about 30 ft row 10-12 inches wide in the north end to the west coast row of the south half. That is the row next to the wide Sunflower row. This is about Row 65ft (measured from the east fence). The row had been hilled to about 6 inches high. Sprinkled the […]
Continue Reading3/27/2024 – Mary bought three Grape Tomato plants and the following seeds at G&D while we waited for the Carp fingerings. She plans to sow them in Grow Boxes
Continue Reading3/12/2024 – Transplanted the tomatoes started in the 1-inch small 6X6 trays into 2×2 deep pots. They were about 8″ tall but not yet pot-bound.
Continue Reading2/6/2024 – Sowed the seeds listed below in 6×6 trays for seedlings to transplant after frost. Put them on the HOSS hot mat to germinate. 2/27/2024 – Clipped off the sickly tomato seedlings, pulled 17 others, and planted them deep in deep 2×2 pots with potting soil. Watered them with rainwater. They pulled out without […]
Continue Reading1/4/2024 – Applied ten 40-lb. bags of Austinville Pelletized Dolomitic LawnLime: From their Product Analysis sheet – “This product requires 1844 lbs. to equal one ton of standard liming material (with CCE of 90%).” For our 0.2 acre garden (not including turn rows) with the soil report recommending one ton of standard lime per acre, […]
Continue Reading12/27/2023 – Ordered from Fedco Seeds here. Generally Cuke Slicing Cucumber Cucumis sativus(66 days) F-1 hybrid. A favorite of many, this gynoecious cuke holds its place in our catalog as the best choice for overcoming stress and diseases and for performing well in cold summers, with high yields of uniform straight dark-green white-spined 8–8½” slicers that […]
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