Bought Bonnie’s Seedlings for Garden
To replace some of our tomato seedlings that are not surviving and the jalapenos that did not come up we bought Bonnie’s plants at Lowe’s. Tomatoes – Jalapenos – Sweet Banana Peppers –
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Spread Extinguish Plus with 15-0-15
The Basis and the Plan Soil test says to fertilize the grass with 6 lbs. per 1,000 SF of 15-0-15. ACES says here for a low maintenance lawn apply 1/2 lb. nitrogen per 1,000 SF three times per year. So to get 0.5 lb nitrogen with 15-0-15 would equate to: Amount of Fertilizer = (0.5 […]
Continue ReadingWorked the Garden on Easter Sunday
4/21/2019, as sundown approached on Easter Sunday – Added another hose to the ones already connected at the east end of the house and Mary watered the new seed locations. That also loosen the soil over the seeds–packed by the hard rain Thursday–and I “harvested” old hay from around the bale in the pond field […]
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4 Lightning Strikes in the Yard
4/19/2019 – The storm that roared through last night tried hard to get us as lightning struck the power pole at the street shattering the top of the pole and leaving the top lying on top of the shattered stub. Ironically the wires supplying the house were left intact so we did not lose power. […]
Continue ReadingMore “Concoction” on Roses
4/17/2019 – Mary is calling the feeding dilution blend of fish emulsion, iron chelate, and Miracle Grow–this time it was with Super Bloom–Tom’s Concoction. The blend was 1 Tbs of each per gallon of water as we made the bulk blend put on the roses, daylilies, and other plants last week. This concoction came from […]
Continue ReadingPlanted more corn and peas
4/16/2019 – I disked again the area in the center of the garden where nothing was planted as the weeds were getting started. Leveled it nicely with the “gate drag” pulled separately from the disk and it worked a lot better. Then, went over the original hills that had not been planted with the hiller […]
Continue ReadingA Second Rain Since March 4th
4/14/2019 – From about 2:20 to 3:20 AM a line of thunderstorms blew through with up to 32 MPH gusts and dropping 2.16″ of rain within an hour. We needed rain, especially in the garden.
Continue ReadingBroke up rain-packed soil over seeds
First Early AM work in the Large Garden Mary & I worked in the large veggie garden while the sun was coming up behind the trees in the neighbor’s yard. We fertilized the tomatoes and bell pepper seedlings with fish emulsion, planted cucumber; watered pepper seeds and tomatoes. I used the 4-tine hoe to break […]
Continue ReadingMulched All Flower Beds
4/12/2019 – Place 2.5 CY of crushed pine bark mulch in the daylily and plumbago parts to the long bed. This will hopefully complete this large area for the spring/summer. There was a lot to do before this to clean out the wildflower mess, till the soil, divide the daylilies, expand the bed, and then […]
Continue ReadingWork in the Garden including planting cucumbers
4/12/2019 – Mary & I worked in the large veggie garden where we: fertilized the bell pepper seedlings with fish emulsion, planted cucumber; watered pepper seeds and tomatoes
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