A farmer works in acres not hours.
5/4/2022 – Sowed 8 rows of peas and beans as listed below. The seeds were sown 1″ deep in the top of a low hill pulled up on top of 1 pint (1 lb) of 0-0-60 spread between the tracks in each row. Sowed the peas with the HOSS seeder with plate 5 and Plate […]
Continue Reading4/25/2022 – Sowed: Autumn Frost F1 Squash – N/68ft Honeynut Squash – N/68ft Ashley Cucumbers – S/55ft Sugar Cube Cucumbers – N/55ft Hales Best Cantaloupe – S/55ft Cherry Belle Radishes- N/68ft White Icicle Radish- N/68ft
Continue Reading4/20/2022 – Planted squash, basil, and pepper seedlings raised in the greenhouse. Marked rows with the tractor running the rear wheel about a foot away from the previous track making the rows 5-6 feet apart. In the Squash rows in the south-half spread between the tracks 13-13-13 with about 1 teaspoon of borax per 60-foot […]
Continue Reading4/20/2022 – Today Began Identifying Rows By Citing Them As “N/XXft” I.E. N or S for North or South Half then how far they are from the east fence.
Continue Reading4/15/2022 – Planted yellow onion sets in a double row, 20 feet long next to the flowers on the west side, north half, south end of the row. Used the double row dribble that puts the rows 6 inches apart and the sets 4 inches apart. The row is 69 feet from the east fence. […]
Continue Reading4/13/2022 – We had saved 4 small tomato seedlings to replace any that died and only one died. Mary planted them. Placed the treated stakes between every other one (4′ o.c.) and placed the first run of the Florida Weave. Many have blooms. Mary also cut off or shortened the leaves that were on or […]
Continue Reading4/11/2022 – Mary sowed Beach sunflower seeds and marigold seed we saved last year. The sunflowers were sowed in a narrow band along the grass on the SW edge where they have been in the past years. The marigolds are in a 5 ft wide by about 10 feet of the wide area along the […]
Continue Reading4/11/2022 – This sowing follows what we did on 3/20/2021. Sowed 8 rows of the 10 planned of G90 corn in the south half east side where we first planted corn 3 years ago. The seed was bought last year, luckily, as there is a shortage like everything else in these Biden times. Found some […]
Continue Reading4/10/2022 – Spread 15-0-15 under the Crepe Myrtles cited below that are budding out and 3-4 feet out from the blueberries as all are blooming. The two along the rail fence in the Pond Yard The small ones around the grain bin Those in the pecan orchard including the big one at the rail fence […]
Continue Reading4/10/2022 – Spread pecan wood ash from the fireplace around each 12-18 inch high tomato plant as some are blooming. See the info here. Per the references on that page the ash will add potash and calcium. It should also assimilate quickly into the soil and be taken up by roots.
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