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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. […]
Continue ReadingOn January 29 we planted Mortgage Lifter Improved (MLI) seeds inside and they came up. In February we moved them to a larger pot. In March they spent most of the month outside to harden as it was a warm month. In April we planted them in the garden. The first week of May came […]
Continue ReadingWe added beds with Frank’s hiller and planted one row of cantaloupes in the northwest corner, a row of sunflowers in Row 14 north end along with nasturtiums, and marigolds in several places.
Continue Reading4/29/2019 – Side dressed the first plot of corn (G-90) with 34-0-0 at one pint per 100′ row as recommended by ACES. As recommended by Ted, we also side dressed with lime. Rather than two applications, I mixed the lime with the nitrogen. See Background below. ACES said to side dress with one pint per […]
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