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9/15/2021 – Ordered from HOSS Tools: Red Creole, Plethora, and Savannah Sweet are all short-day onion varieties. Each bundle contains 50 plants. Red Creole Onion is an heirloom, open-pollinated variety that produces bright red, flat onions. This is a short-day onion that performs well in southern climates. Red Creole has a great onion flavor and […]
Continue Reading9/14, 15, & 16/2021 – TD Nicholas, previously Hurricane Nicholas when it made landfall southwest of Houston, traveled south of Houston as a TS then across Louisiana and Mississippi reaching us as a TD. On 9/14/21 we got only 0.21″ and then beginning at 5 AM, 9/15/2021, it drizzled or rained all day. The heaviest […]
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9/13/2021 – The Red Bud Tree sapling we brought from Houston, from Mary’s grandparent’s homestead in Magnolia Texas, has done very well in the raised bed in the northeast corner of the front yard. It had spent the first three years here in the herb bed at the westside patio where it struggled. But, it […]
Continue Reading9/13/2021 – Sprayed the Butternut and Spaghetti Squash with Spinosad for flea beetles hoping the little plants will survive to be big enough to tolerate them…as some websites say.
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9/13/2021 – We planted Mary’s pepper seedlings and sowed squash, radishes, and cabbage seed as follows. The pepper seedings planted were: Pepper Cayenne Long Slim – Scattered in gaps where other peppers burned out. Early Jalapeno Organic in the south end of the summer pepper row where the Jalero peppers expired. Everman F1 Jalapenos – […]
Continue Reading9/12/2021 – The fall corn, like the spring corn on the west side of the garden, has yellow streaks in the leaves. Based on info in the links below that is due to magnesium and sulfur deficiencies. Epson salts could be the cure and so all leaves were sprayed to drip with a 2 Tbsp/gallon […]
Continue Reading9/11/2021 – Sowed 24 feet of Zucchini in the westmost row where Clemson Spineless Okra was pulled out 2 days ago. Sowed 3 seeds about 15 inches apart. Sowed 21 feet of Brocolli in the row just west of the fall Celebrity tomatoes. Sowed two seeds about 18 inches apart, ¼ inch deep. The seeds […]
Continue ReadingDate Time Big Garden °F Mary’s Garden°F AmbientAir °F Greenhouse Remarks 8/1/21 3 pm 102 98 95 Partly Cloudy 8/5/21 3 pm 96-98 in sun90 in shaded area 98 8393@1:30pm Disked this AM. Partly Cloudy 8/6/21 3:30 pm 82 @squash wet drip88 in the dry 8692@3pm Partly cloudy AM. Cloudy >3PMDay of 1st sowing for […]
Continue Reading9/10/2021 – Resowed Oregon Giant Snow Peas from SESE in the large long gaps along the rail fence in Mary’s Garden. A mole ate most of the first sowing before they broke ground. Resowed them 1 inch deep and 3 inches apart. The mole better find something else to eat.
Continue Reading9/10/2021 – This is a follow-up check and treatment of the first check/treatment on August 3. The Frescati is still struggling and has some small leaves although more than in the spring but sparse. pH readings with the Kell meter about 8 feet from the outside of the multi-trunk were: North – 5.0 NE – […]
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