Fed the Crape Myrtles
5/1/2021 – Fed them 8-8-8 with sulphur and zinc. Last feeding was mid April. 5-6 handfuls for the large ones 3-5 handfuls for the smaller ones They are lush and green but no blooms so far.
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Sowed Butternut Squash Seeds
5/1/2021 – As there is an empty section—about 30 feet— of the row between the tomatoes/peppers and the white scalloped squash, sowed six Betternut 401 F1 winter squash seeds as we really like butternut squash. The seeds were sowed ½ inch deep and 4 ft. apart.
Continue ReadingSowed Hummingbird and Butterfly Flowers in the Little Garden
5/1/2021 – Mary sowed American Meadows Hummingbird and Butterfly Flower Mixture seeds in the north and south end of her garden. The packet said it contains over 100,000 seeds. It did not seem like that many. Net Wt: 1oz., 65% inert matter as a sowing aid, and over 10,000 flower seeds. The following flowers are […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Tomatoes & Peppers with Epsom Salts
5/1/2021 – Some of the pepper’s leaves in the big garden and basil’s leaves in the little garden are yellow between the veins. Based on various pieces of advice collected on this page, we sprayed them with Epsom Salts mixed one tablespoon of Epsom Salts in one gallon of water. Sprayed the top and bottom […]
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Sowed F1 Sunflower Seeds
4/30/2021 – The north end of the wide sunflower row was waiting for something. This morning we bought sunflower seeds at G&D when we bought Mary’s deck rocker and 2 gallons of GrazonNext HL for the pastures. She sowed them 6″ apart in rows that were 12″ apart.
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Treated Pond for Filamentous Algae
4/29/2021 – Sprayed Cutrine Plus Algaecide Aquatic Herbicide by Applied Biochemists around the perimeter of the pond where the Filamentous Algae is floating near and at the shore. The label is here. Planned to treat 10 ft. from the shore. The pond’s perimeter is 550 LF and average diameter is 175 ft. Area of a […]
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Planted Basil and Onions in Mary’s Garden
4/28/2021 – We pulled the last of the carrots and tilled that space and the spaces that had spinach and onions. The basil she grew from seed in the new greenhouse and up-potted to 6″ pots waiting on the weather to warm up, are great plants. The had enough roots to hold the soil together […]
Continue ReadingPintas, Snapdragons, & Basil in the Greenhouse
5/26/2021 – Mary sowed Pintas, Snapdragons, & Basil seeds in the greenhouse in trays.
Continue ReadingMajor Garden Sowing & Planting Day
4/26/2021 – Based on the early morning temperature predictions for the next 10 days being in the 60’s and the pepper seedlings in the greenhouse looking really ready, we spent the day in the big garden. The day was great and the late afternoon before the full moon was even better. What was accomplished was: […]
Continue ReadingSowed Marigolds, Zinnias, Cornflower, & Primrose
4/25/2021 – Sowed Marigolds, Zinnias, Cornflower, & Primrose in the north half, westmost wide row, of the big garden. Immediately before, I disked the 6′ wide swath to break up the rain-packed soil, and because there were scattered weeds coming up. This swath was not plowed with the new moldboard plow to see if the […]
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