A farmer works in acres not hours.
2/1/2019 – Plowed the garden for the first time with the old Ford moldboard plow gotten in the swap for the old augers. Even though the ground had been disked at least 4 times, and sub soiled, there was still heavy sod in places and Fergie could not pull it through those spots at 6″ […]
Continue ReadingBloody Butcher Dent Corn, 42 g Cherokee White Eagle Dent Corn, 42 g Big Red Ripper (Mandy) Southern Pea (Cowpea), 28 g Jalapeño Hot Pepper, 0.3 g Ancho Poblano Hot Pepper, 0.3 g Beach Sunflower (Cucumber-Leaf) Sunflower, 1 g $16.20 Sub-Total:$4.50 Shipping Method (Shipping to US):-$0.81 Member Number :$19.89 Total:
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1/26/2019 – This was our first time to plant seeds to grow our own seedlings to plant outside after the last frost. We used a Burpees seed starting package of thin plastic trays and the expansion peat pellets plus egg crates with Miracle Grow’s Potting Soil for Starting Seeds.
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1/26/2019 – Mary planted the three varieties of onions that arrived yesterday from Dixondale Farms in their Short Day Sampler. The varieties were Texas 1015Y, Texas Early White, and Red Creole. There were too many for this location and so some will be planted in the back patio vegetable bed. Planted them 4″ apart per […]
Continue Reading1/21/2019 – Subsoiled (using Ted’s Howes subsoiler) the old barn site and adjacent areas where the red clay from the barn burial was at the surface and grass was not growing well. The subsoiler was going down about 12″ and I went both ways about every 18″. Used a satellite view from Google Earth to […]
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The 0.5 lbs. (five bulbs) of Lorz Italian garlic (an heirloom) arrived from Filaree Garlic Farm and were planted the next day, 1/17/2019, in Mary’s large yard garden. They were planted 6″ apart staggered in the wide row and 2″ deep. The dirt had been tilled at least 6″ deep and about a gallon (i.e. […]
Continue ReadingMary planted some of the seed bought at St. Elmo Feed and Seed, in her large and small gardens.
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This post will include the days between the first ripping up the hay string and sod through plowing. 1/10/2019 – After months of planning and changes in the plans we finally began work in a small part of Dad’s “Garden”. Before the fence is built, I used the Ford 5600 and Ted’s box blade, with […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 5, 2019 1 lb. G90 Corn seed for $14.00 1 lb. Pink Eye Purple Hull “Top Pick” seed for $4.00 1 lb. Kentucky Wonder Beans seed for $3.50 1/4 oz. package Buttercrunch Lettuce seed for $1.50. From Select Seed Division Lot 20B, Packed for 2018. Did not notice they are last year’s seeds.
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12/11/2018 – Mustard seeds have sprouted. As the dirt appeared to have crusted a little, and we spread 0-0-66, Mary scratched the dirt with the 4-tine hoe 3-4 days ago. She was worried the seeds might have been damaged.
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