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6/6/2023 – The tallest corn has begun to tassel so side dressed it with 33-0-0. Drew a slot with the corner of the hoe beside each row on the east side (opposite the knee-high side dressing). Threw in about 40 lbs. of the granules. Used the hoe to pull the loose soil over the granules […]
Continue Reading6/5/2023 – Digger Creel gave us 5 Elephant Garlic blubs with dead leaves and blooms he pulled up from his garden yesterday. Following advice here and here they were planted 4-6 inches deep after cutting off the bloom stems and leaves leaving about 10 inches so about 6 inches is sticking above the soil. The […]
Continue Reading6/1/2023 – The Prosper Basil and peppers grown in grow boxes in the greenhouse that were too small to plant a few weeks ago were planted this afternoon in the rows with the first basil and peppers. We added three peppers and four basil.
Continue Reading6/1/2023 – As the first tomatoes are not doing well due to not enough sun time, we bought 7 and planted them with the three Better Boys that were rooted from suckers 4 feet or so from where they were last year on the west edge of the north half. The tomatoes bought were: Had […]
Continue Reading5/30/2023 – Tilled the wide rows with the JD Tiller and the corn middles. All the middles have now been tilled or plowed. Only plowed the corn once before it was too tall and so this tilling was the second cultivation. The soil was packed so this also helped that issue. Side Dressed the cucumbers […]
Continue Reading5/29/2023 – As the tomatoes have quit blooming we fed them Jack’s Super Bloom mixed at 1 tbsp per gallon. Applied 5 gallons.
Continue ReadingThe pear tree we planted __ years ago has continued to grow tall and narrow. Today, we began training it based on advice at Clemson.edu that states; Pear trees naturally develop narrow angled, upright branches. To train properly angled scaffold branches, either weight the branches, tie branches to pegs in the ground or brace the […]
Continue Reading5/24/2023 – I tilled two days ago the 5-6 foot wide row on the west edge of the north half where there is a plot of daylilies and onions. We had collected a lot of flower seed packets that had not been sowed so Mary scattered them in the tilled and raked-out soil. I then […]
Continue Reading5/24/2023 – Onioin sets bought locally will soon be used and doubt the local feed stores have any as they usually do not. Hence, the reason for this order. Also trying a different shallot. Product image Description Quantity Price 1 Shallot Sets – MoniqueBulb, Set, Tuber / For Gardeners / 25 Count 1 $8.80 1 […]
Continue Reading5/23/2023 – Planted in the garden basil seedlings Mary grew from seed in a grow box in the greenhouse. The seed was Prospera® DMR (CG1)Organic (F1) Basil Seed. Had good luck and few disease issues last year. Mary dug them from the grow box and put each cluster in a small pot to keep the […]
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