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5/16/2019 – After weeding the in the corn and peas, the tomatoes had dried from the dew. Sprayed them for the first time with Mancozeb fungicide. Using the Troybilt cultivator for the first time in the garden I tilled along the east weedy edge of the tomatoes in the last row next to the sand […]
Continue Reading5/15/2019 – Cultivated the Garden with Ted’s cultivator with the center blades removed. The oldest corn was too tall and the Kentucky Bush Peas were too wide and tall so did not cultivate them. Also did not cultivate rows 13, 14, and 15 where the new lima beans have not come up. Removed the middle […]
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5/14/22019 – Today, like the last couple of days, began at 7:30 but lasted until 11 AM. I mixed about 4 parts 34-0-0 with one part lime. Scored a shallow V trench with the hoe 6″-8″ from the 2nd and 3rd planting of corn; i.e. all the remaining corn not yet side dressed. Mary dropped […]
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5/13/2019 – Mary and I worked in the garden from 7:30 to 10:00 am and accomplished the following: We thinned the 2nd and 3rd planting of peas. I pulled the corn from the row of peas and transplanted some of it in the second row of corn alongside some I transplanted a few days ago. […]
Continue Reading5/10/2019 – The yellow squash blooms opened on the large one two days ago. Sprayed all squash with Sevin to head off squash bugs if they are starting.
Continue ReadingThere were long pieces of the rows of G-90 corn that did not come up or more likely were missed by the planter in the first rows I ever planted. There were also a few gaps in the Silver King Corn. I loosened the soil and planted new seeds about 12″ apart. One of the […]
Continue ReadingAbout 5/9/2019, a severe thunderstorm with southerly gusts over 20 MPH blew over some of the bulb onions. I emailed Dixondale with photos for advice on what to do. Customer Service responded promptly saying that Bruce–The Onionman–looked at my photos and said he: “thinks they will stand back up, it may take a couple of […]
Continue Reading5/5/2019 – Installed the four 6″ sweeps, bought yesterday at Toomy’s for a little over $50, on Ted’s cultivator. Plowed the first planting of G-90 corn and pink-eye-purple-hull peas, okra and squash. The cultivator worked well once it was level and set to go as deep as it would go.
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Continue ReadingIn the garden, we planted six sweet peppers (row 6 south end) and six more tomatoes (row 15 north end). Mulched heavy with old hay from the bale feeding areas. All tomatoes and peppers now have the hay mulch. In the herb bed, we planted a Husky Cherry Tomato and a Black Cherry Tomato plant. […]
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